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    Vodafone's 1H profit falls 35 percent (AP)
    AP - Vodafone Group PLC, the world's biggest mobile phone company by sales, posted Tuesday a 35 percent fall in net profit for the first half of the financial year as consumers braced for an economic slowdown by spending less. This pushed the company to cut its full-year sales forecast. -- read full article
    Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:24:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Sprint's Hail Mary? Live NFL Broadcasts Target Sports Fans (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - In an industry first, customers of Sprint Nextel cellular service on Thursday were able to watch a live National Football League broadcast, the Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos, on their handsets. -- read full article
    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:54:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    C&W 1H net profit down on restructuring costs (AP)
    AP - British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless PLC said Monday net profit for the first half of the year fell 20 percent because of one-time restructuring costs, which masked an otherwise strong growth in earnings. Shares rallied on the news. -- read full article
    Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:36:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Tool to Crack Wi-Fi's WPA Will Appear Next Week (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Two researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, have discovered a method of bypassing the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption used by many wireless routers. -- read full article
    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:17:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Sprint Nextel losing subscribers and money (AP)
    AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. watched another 1.3 million wireless subscribers head for its competitors during the third quarter, leading the company to post a loss that sent its stock skidding Friday. -- read full article
    Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:27:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    AT&T to buy rural phone co Centennial for $944 mln (Reuters)
    Reuters - AT&T Inc plans to buy rural phone company Centennial Communications Corp for $944 million in cash to expand its wireless network in Puerto Rico and other regions of the United States. -- read full article
    Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:55:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Cell phone makers face toughest year since 2001 (Reuters)

    Employees walk to the change of shift at the plant of Nokia in Bochum, Germany, February 12, 2008. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)Reuters - A wave of economic gloom is set to hit mobile phone buyers next year, with a growing number of analysts expecting the once-buoyant market to shrink for the first time since the 2001 crash, a Reuters poll showed.


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    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:06:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Sprint Nextel losing subscribers and money (AP)

    In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo, an illuminated Sprint sign is shown at one of the company's stores in New York. Sprint Nextel said Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, it lost $326 million in the third quarter as it continued to hemorrhage customers and announced a change in its credit terms that restricts the payment of dividends. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. watched another 1.3 million wireless subscribers head for its competitors during the third quarter, leading the company to post a loss that sent its stock skidding Friday.


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    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:16:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Apple's iPhone Tops BlackBerry as Smartphones Soar (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone is emerging as king of the corporate world as global shipments of smartphones reached a new peak. Defying speculation about a global recession, worldwide smartphone shipments climbed to just shy of 40 million units in the third quarter, according to the latest estimates from Canalys. That means smartphones now represent about 13 percent of the total mobile-phone market, up from 11 percent in the second quarter. -- read full article
    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:51:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Sprint suffers loss as customers flee, shares slump (Reuters)

    Dan Hesse, president and CEO of Sprint Nextel, speaks during a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless convention in Las Vegas, Nevada April 1, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, posted a third-quarter loss and a 12 percent drop in revenue as customers fled to rival services.


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    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:19:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    AT&T Buys Wayport, Will Operate 20K U.S. Hotspots (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - AT&T subsidiary AT&T Wi-Fi is buying long-time partner Wayport for $275 million in cash. -- read full article
    Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:44:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Cell carriers MetroPCS, Leap to offer free roaming (AP)
    AP - Regional cellular carriers MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. have made a business out of offering cheap talk plans, but their limited service areas have kept them tiny compared to the major national carriers. -- read full article
    Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:43:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Qualcomm 4Q profit falls 22 pct, but revenue soars (AP)
    AP - Qualcomm Inc. reports a 22 percent decline in fiscal fourth-quarter profits even though a license agreement with rival wireless equipment maker Nokia Corp. helped boost revenue 45 percent. -- read full article
    Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:06:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    Qualcomm outlook misses as cell phone demand slows (Reuters)
    Reuters - Qualcomm Inc gave a disappointing profit outlook for the current quarter and the year ahead, indicating that the economic crisis could have a prolonged impact on cell phone demand. -- read full article
    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:09:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
    FCC head, Google co-founder see cheaper Internet (Reuters)

    A Google search page is reflected in the eye of a computer user in Leicester, central England in this July 20, 2007 file photo. (Darren Staples/Reuters)Reuters - High-speed wireless Internet will be cheaper and more available across the United States in the near future, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and a Google co-founder said on Thursday.


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    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:58:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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