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years after the electronics maker posted a sharp fall in profit
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T-Mobile will launch parental control features to family plans in August, allows parents to manage when and how their family members use their T-Mobile phones and service.

With Family Allowances, parents can give teens an upfront monthly wireless allowance, eliminating the worry of surprise overages. Parents set and change limits for minutes, messages and downloads (games, ringtones and wallpaper) using an online tool. Once the allowance is reached, the feature shuts off service for that specific element and parents receive a notification.

Numbers setup on “Always Allowed” will continue to call, even after allowances have been spent. Unlimited calling features such as myFaves and T-Mobile-to-T-Mobile, can also still be used.

Parents can establish limits on the time of day a phone may be used, set allowances to zero to prohibit the use of minutes, messages or downloads, and establish numbers that are blocked from calling or sending messages.

“Parents across the country want their teens to have a mobile phone to stay in contact, but also want that phone to be used responsibly,” said Lisa Brown, director, marketing at T-Mobile USA. “With Family Allowances, parents get peace of mind knowing they can reach their sons and daughters, without having to worry about surprise bills. They can also reward their teens for responsible phone use by increasing their allowance.”

Family Allowances will be available in the coming weeks at retail stores and online for an introductory rate of $2 per month on top of a current family plan.

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Finnish cell phone maker Nokia cut prices for many of its handsets in July, putting further pressure on its rivals’ already thin profits. Nokia made the steepest price reductions of up to 10 percent for selected music and media phones, while it made smaller cuts across the portfolio.

The sharpest falls were in the average retail price of the 5310 and 5610 music phones and the multimedia N81 8GB.

The price cuts follow Nokia’s launch of its Supernova phone range - aggressively priced products with integrated music players, challenging Sony Ericsson’s Walkman portfolio.

Manufacturers are facing an increasingly intense battle for market share as demand for pricey phones has started to slow in the U.S. and Europe, where economies are under pressure from the global credit crunch.

The price cuts from Nokia, which controls 40 percent of the cell phone market, will put further pressure on its smaller rivals like Sony Ericsson, which has focused on music and camera phones. Sony Ericsson made practically no money in the April-June quarter, and said it would cut 2,000 jobs as it forecast the remainder of 2008 would also be tough.

Struggling Motorola has made losses since its flagship RAZR phone lost appeal among consumers.

Nokia increased its market share to 41 percent in the second quarter, helped by surging demand in emerging markets.

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