AFP - Top Japanese mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Friday promised to offer improved videos and custom services, seeking to boost profits as it faces intense competition in the saturated market.

AP - Motorola Inc. posted a hefty loss in the third quarter Thursday, citing the continued troubles of its cell phone division. The company will postpone the planned spin-off of the unit, and cut more jobs.

AFP - US antitrust authorities said Thursday they would approve a Verizon Wireless acquisition of mobile carrier Alltel pending a series of divestitures in 22 states.

AFP - Motorola Inc. announced on Thursday that it was cutting its global workforce by 4.5 percent, or some 3,000 employees, and delaying the spinoff of its troubled cell phone unit.

AP - Intel Corp. announced Thursday it will join the Taiwanese government in setting up a Linux software center in Taiwan to help better market locally produced laptops and mobile Internet devices to the world.

Reuters - The world's top mobile phone makers fear further weakening demand after reporting third-quarter growth grinding to a standstill, with only Samsung Electronics gaining market share through price cuts.

AFP - Intel Corp Thursday said it would invest 386 million dollars (11.5 million US) in Taiwanese carrier VMAX Telecom Co. to help it develop the island's first fourth-generation mobile network.

Reuters - Motorola Inc warned its fourth-quarter results would miss expectations and said its struggling mobile phone business would weaken further in 2009, forcing the company to delay its plan to spin off the unit and cut 3,000 jobs.