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    Trends & Innovations - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone owners are spending more time using their devices, with 54% saying their mobile usage has jumped 25% in the last 2 years and about 20% reporting a 50% increase. That's according to a new study released by mobile tech firm Azuki Systems. The study cites the adoption of smart phones as a main catalyst, noting that 62% of mobile users either own or expect to buy such a device in the next 12 months. About 34% of mobile users age 17 or younger report talking on the handsets for more than 15 hours a week. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:47:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    WiMAX Already Has a Long History (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - With the arrival of Sprint's XOHM WiMAX mobile Internet network (finally!), we take a look back at the wireless service's struggle to come to fruition. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:11:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    AT&T unites fixed-line, wireless consumer units (AP)
    AP - AT&T Inc., the country's largest telecommunications company, is reorganizing to put one executive in charge of both its wireless and consumer fixed-line phone businesses. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    FCC Hopes To Review Two Wireless Mergers This Year (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - In a brief statement last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced the FCC will try to complete its review of two major wireless mergers by the end of the year. The goal, Martin said, is to reach a decision before a new president takes office in January. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:56:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Microsoft to stick with licensing fees for Windows Mobile (Reuters)

    Willcom Inc's W-Zero3 handset is demonstrated for a photograph during an unveiling in Tokyo June 7, 2007. The phone is equipped with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 Classic. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft plans to continue charging licensing fees from handset makers for using its mobile operating system and not follow the free offerings of Google and Nokia, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:04:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Nokia to buy Canada's Oz Communications (AP)
    AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, said Tuesday it will buy mobile messaging company Oz Communications of Canada to give consumers access to instant messaging services and e-mails through their mobile devices. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:12:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Top firms band together behind Mobile Broadband (AFP)

    A man walks past the logo of software company Microsoft at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover in March 2008. Top computer makers, mobile operators and technology providers announced on Tuesday that upcoming laptop computers would feature mobile broadband making them ready to surf right out of the box.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Top computer makers, mobile operators and technology providers announced on Tuesday that upcoming laptop computers would feature mobile broadband making them ready to surf right out of the box.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:41:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Sprint's XOHM: What You Need to Know (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Sprint launched XOHM, a new mobile Internet network, on Monday in Baltimore. We've been following XOHM and the WiMAX technology for a while now. Here's what you need to know. -- read full article
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:12:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Baltimore goes wireless with WiMAX (AFP)

    Visitors walk past the WiMAX stand at the 3GSM congress in Barcelona in 2007. The eastern port of Baltimore became the first major city in the United States on Monday to be blanketed with a wireless broadband network that uses next-generation mobile WiMAX technology.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)AFP - The eastern port of Baltimore became the first major city in the United States on Monday to be blanketed with a wireless broadband network that uses next-generation mobile WiMAX technology.


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    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:46:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Telcos, IT companies unite to promote mobile broadband (Reuters)

    People use computers to surf the internet in South Korea in this file photo taken July 31, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - A group of 16 leading telecoms and IT companies is uniting to promote mobile broadband in a marketing initiative worth more than $1 billion over the next year under the auspices of the GSM Association.


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    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:10:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Nintento pushing "play" on new DS console (Reuters)
    Reuters - Nintendo plans to release a new model of its portable DS gaming console with a camera, music player and high-speed WiFi capabilities by the end of 2008. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:55:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Mobile technology taught to turn on thieves (AFP)

    A mobile phone user. Stolen mobile telephones are being taught to turn against thieves by sending home word of where they are and letting owners snoop on calls(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Stolen mobile telephones are being taught to turn against thieves by sending home word of where they are and letting owners snoop on calls.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:22:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Tech's Big Holy Grail: A Better-Built Battery (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Your laptop computer runs 30 times faster than it did a decade ago. Your cell phone is as powerful as your home PC used to be. Your iPod holds 32 times as much music for about half the price as the original. -- read full article
    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Blogs, mobile ads and social networks can provide companies with a key avenue for interacting with male consumers, who are often harder to reach than women, says a study by marketing firm Cone. The study found men are twice as likely as women to interact with companies via so-called "social media," with 33% of male consumers saying they connect with companies that way at least once a week. Cone also found 85% of Americans believe a firm should interact with its customers via tools like blogs, mobile ads and social networks. -- read full article
    Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:49:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Road test: Does WiMax work in the real world? (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Just a couple short years ago, many people were abuzz over metro Wi-Fi experiments in Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco, only to see those efforts largely collapse as slow speeds, expensive deployments, and economic tussles between carriers and municipalities resulted in low adoption. -- read full article
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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