FT.com – Sanyo is close to an agreement to sell its lossmaking mobile phone business to Kyocera (NYSE:KYO), in a move that would create the world's seventh-biggest handset maker.
Canadian Press – LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – Motorola Inc., badly in need of hit products to spark a turnaround, announced nine new cellphone handsets Thursday to be available this quarter.
Canadian Press – SAN ANTONIO – Stan Sigman, the president and chief executive of AT&T Inc.’s mobile phone business, announced Thursday that he is retiring after 42 years with the company.
Canadian Press – SEOUL, South Korea – South Koreans are increasingly turning to the Internet and mobile phones to buy sex following a tougher anti-prostitution law in 2004 targeting brothels.
AP – Troubled electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. is in final negotiations to sell its mobile phone operations to Japanese rival Kyocera Corp., the companies said Thursday.
NewsFactor – Mozilla, the organization responsible for creating the popular Firefox Web browser, is bringing Firefox to mobile phones. The open-source developer is planning to launch its mobile browser in 2008.
AP – Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB said Thursday that its third-quarter profit slipped as it sold more lower-priced phones.
FT.com – Hutchison Whampoa on Wednesday said it would sell a stake in its Australian 3G mobile telephone arm to New Zealand's Telecom Corp (NYSE:NZT)oration.
Canadian Press – NEW YORK – If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cellphone, those vibrations you’re feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.
NewsFactor – On Tuesday, Google made yet another move in mobile social networking. This time, the acquisition target was Finnish startup Jaiku, a company that develops a mobile phone application that lets people send messages, view Web feeds, and even blog. It's what has come to be called a "microblogging" service.
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