Visit our web site to vote.Vodafone Launches Own-Brand, Low-Cost Handsets
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Low-cost mobile devices will open up new market demographics for Vodafone, while putting its own brand on the new models signals that the group is taking on the leading low-cost handset manufacturer, ...
EU Panel Backs Deal on Capping Mobile Phone Roaming Charges
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STRASBOURG, France - A key European Parliament committee on Monday voted in favor of a proposal to cap mobile phone roaming charges, paving the way for the entire EU assembly later this week to approve a measure that would cut costs for travelers using their phones abroad. EU ministers are then expected to back the price caps ...
New BlackBerry Challenger from T-Mobile Runs Windows Mobile 6 Operating System
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NEW YORK - T-Mobile USA on Tuesday launched the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security. The T-Mobile Wing costs $299 (euro 222) with a two-year contract and runs Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft Corp.'s latest operating ...
Sonae Goes Shopping Again
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Portugal's Sonae and its Sonaecom subsidiary, foiled in its year-long hostile attempt to buy Portugal Telecom (PT), are at it again. Reports out of Lisbon say they have offered more than $40 million for the residential business of American-controlled ONITelecom -- Infocomunicacoes SA (ONI), Portugal's third-largest telco. ...
France Telecom Plans More Acquisitions, CEO Says
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PARIS - France Telecom plans more acquisitions and is looking at potential investments in Asia, the French telecommunications company's chief executive said Monday. CEO Didier Lombard told the annual shareholders meeting in Paris that the acquisitions will either complement France Telecom's activities in mature markets ...
Cisco Reconsiders WiMax
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Cisco Systems Inc. is now looking at the prospects of several of its networking divisions introducing WiMax products, according to industry sources, reversing a sometimes combative stance on the emerging wireless technology from the company. The wireless, cable, and Linksys groups are all looking at WiMax, a source ...
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