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Reuters - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg
Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before
entering the secret headquarters of his underground art
collective on the outskirts of Moscow.

Reuters - Broadcom Corp , which makes
chips for mobile phones, network equipment and consumer
electronics, said on Tuesday its quarterly profit and revenue
beat expectations.

AFP - Ericsson, the world leader in mobile phone network equipment, reported a 70 percent collapse in net profit for the second quarter on Tuesday and a two-thirds fall in operating margins.

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone warned on Tuesday that full-year sales would disappoint the market, sending its share price tumbling one week before the exit of chief executive Arun Sarin.

PC World - China Mobile has begun the marketing push for a public beta of 3G (third-generation telephony) services.

AFP - European equities slid on Tuesday, with the telecommunications sector under selling pressure after mobile phone giant Vodafone warned over its sales outlook and Ericsson posted slumping profits.

Reuters - Vodafone cut its
revenue outlook on Tuesday, knocking confidence in the telecoms
sector and dragging down shares in European rival Telefonica
and supplier Ericsson (ERICb.ST).

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that full-year sales would be at the lower end of expectations because of difficult trading conditions, particularly in Spain.

AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that full-year sales would be at the lower end of expectations because of difficult trading conditions, despite a rise in first-quarter sales.

AT&T today announced the availability of AT&T Navigator Global Edition, its GPS-based service.

AT&T Navigator Global Edition can be used in 20 countries on AT&T smartphones featuring built-in GPS capabilities. Its coverage area includes most countries in western Europe, North America and the U.S. Caribbean as well as the six cities in China that will host Beijing Summer Olympics events. The new international navigation service is available in conjunction with the domestic AT&T Navigator solution on the AT&T Tilt, BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry Pearl 8110, BlackJack II and Motorola Q 9h global smartphones.

AT&T Navigator Global Edition provides users with spoken or text-based turn-by-turn directions - in English, German, Italian or Spanish.

It also features a local “business finder” service to find the locations of businesses by category or by specific name. The business finder database contains more than 19 million businesses and services located in the U.S. and abroad, including ATMs, hotels, restaurants, gas stations and airports.

AT&T customers will be able to use AT&T Navigator Global Edition in the six cities hosting Olympics events - Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao.

AT&T Navigator Global Edition, which includes domestic service, is available through for $19.98 per month.

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