Reuters - A quarter of European Union households surveyed by the bloc's executive body have turned their backs on fixed lines in favor of mobile phones, with a fifth now making calls over the Internet.

AFP - China Mobile said Friday the main obstacle keeping iPhone out of the world's largest mobile phone market had been cleared now that Apple has dropped its revenue-sharing demands.

AP - Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware.