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AT&T today offered new data plans for international travelers and expanded global coverage.

The new package will feature 50 MB of data in 67 countries for $60 per month. Laptop card users can get 5 GB of data in the U.S. plus 200 MB overseas for $230 per month. These new plans are in addition to existing plans, which range from 20 MB to 100 MB.

These new plans are in addition to a variety of existing plans, which range from 20 MB to 100 MB.

AT&T has increased the number of countries, from 41 to 67, in which it offers discounted data rates.

AT&T also has resources for travelers. AT&T’s Travel Guide (www.att.com/travelguide) creates an itinerary with rate information for up to 10 international destinations. The tool lets users accurately find rate-plan information.

Customers can make and receive calls in more than 200 countries and send email and browse the web in more than 150 countries, including more than 60 countries with high speed third-generation (3G) coverage. AT&T has also expanded its voice and data coverage on major cruise ships to 120 from 75.

“The ability to use your everyday AT&T device around the world makes international travel easier and more convenient,” said Bill Hague, Executive Vice President of AT&T. “We provide our customers with the complete solution to stay in touch with family, friends and business colleagues while abroad.”

AT&T also announced AT&T Navigator Global Edition for international navigation capabilities. It provides turn-by-turn directions in the six Olympic cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao as well as most western European countries, North America and the U.S. Caribbean.

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NewsFactor - Motorola’s mobile-phone division has been bleeding money since the start of 2007, reporting losses of $1.9 billion and falling to third in global sales. The company moved to turn things around Monday with the announcement that it is hiring a top executive away from Qualcomm to run the mobile-phone business.

NewsFactor - Randall Stephenson, the recently christened AT&T chairman and CEO, is the mastermind behind the $199 Apple iPhone 3G. He’s also the architect behind an extended exclusivity deal with Apple.

Motorola today named Sanjay Jha, Qualcomm’s former chief operating officer, to head its mobile devices business. Jha will also be co-chief executive of the parent company, sharing the responsibility with incumbent Greg Brown. Brown will take responsibility for Motorola’s other two divisions.

Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola’s handset division has been posting heavy losses for the last few years. The handset unit had a smash hit with the RAZR phone in 2004 and 2005, but has been unable to produce a follow-up of the same popularity.

Jha will receive 3.7 million restricted Motorola stock units, worth approximately $35 million at Monday’s stock price, and options to buy 16.6 million shares. If the spin-off of the handset division is completed, those awards would apply to the new company’s stock, and Jha would receive additional stock and option awards to give him a 3 percent stake in the company.

If the spin-off does not happen before Oct. 31, 2010, Jha will get $30 million in cash.

At Qualcomm, executive vice president Len Lauer, formerly the chief operating officer of Sprint Nextel, replaced Jha as COO. Jha’s position as president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, or QCT, will be filled by the EVP of the unit, Steve Mollenkopf.

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Sony Ericsson C902i More Photos - View Specs

Sony Ericsson today announced the latest James Bond phone, the C902i Titanium Silver edition.

Used in the upcoming Bond film, Quantum of Solace, the C902i Titanium Silver will include a memory card loaded with 007 content - a spy-style game, full-color trailer, behind-the-scenes interviews, and wallpapers and screen savers.

The C902i Cyber-Shot offers a built-in 5.0-megapixel camera with slide-out lens cover, illuminated touch icons, face detection, photo flash and auto-focus. The phone also offers BestPic to take nine pictures of a moving object simultaneously and choose the best shot to use, plus picture blogging for uploading photos to blogsites and PictBridge for printing direct to a printer.

“With the rich array of content both on the phone and preloaded on a memory card bundled with the C902i Titanium Silver limited edition, fans of the secret agent will only get more James Bond with Sony Ericsson,” said Lennard Hoornik, Sony Ericsson Global Head of Marketing.

The Sony Ericsson C902i will be available in Titanium Silver in Q4 2008.

- Sony Ericsson C902i Specs

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AFP - Sony Corp. said Monday it will invest 40 billion yen (372 million dollars) to boost production of lithium-ion batteries amid growing demand for their use in mobile phones, cameras and other products.