Reuters – Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and wireless technology firm InterDigital each declared victory in a court decision on Friday over patents related to the UMTS third-generation (3G) mobile phone standard.
AFP – A France Telecom-led consortium on Friday took control of 51 percent of state-owned Telkom Kenya in a drive to expand its presence in Africa’s burgeoning mobile phone and internet sectors.
Canadian Press – TORONTO – Dave Ritchie has a BlackBerry, but he doesn’t use it as a cellphone or to receive and send e-mail. Instead, he pulls it out once a day, rolls the track wheel and clicks on it to fill out a questionnaire.
Reuters – Carlyle-controlled Japanese handy-phone firm Willcom Inc and a group led by mobile phone operator KDDI Corp won licenses to supply high-speed wireless Internet access on Friday.
AP – Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service that’s based on standard cell phone technology.
Reuters – Most parents who are thinking of buying cell phones for their children this Christmas are doing so for safety reasons, according to a new survey.
Reuters – Internet company Yahoo and Latin America’s top mobile phone company America Movil said on Thursday they have struck a deal to provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Reuters – British motorists caught talking on a hand-held mobile phone or sending a text while driving could be jailed under guidelines due to be published on Thursday.
Reuters – Texas Instruments Inc , the world’s top mobile phone chip maker, said on Thursday it expects global sales for analog chips to double over the next seven years, fuelled by growing demand for consumer electronics.
FT.com – Shares in BYD Electronics, a mobile phone component maker, are expected to rise when they start trading in Hong Kong on Thursday in spite of a highly unusual lack of interest among Hong Kong retail investors in its $758m (HK$5.9bn) initial public offering.
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