Wireless and Mobile Technology

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cell phone maker, unveiled three new phone models on Monday, targeting the highly competitive market for mid-priced phones.

With customers unwilling to overhaul their infrastructure to migrate from 802.11a/b/g technology, vendors like Broadcom, Aruba, and Aerohive are getting creative.

BUEDELSDORF, Germany - German Internet and telecommunications provider Freenet AG said Sunday that it has agreed to acquire mobile telephone operator Debitel for about 1.63 billion euros ($2.54 billion).

HONJO, Japan (Reuters) - Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers.

Mobile phone suppliers shipped a total of 291.5 million units during the first quarter, up 14.3% from a year ago.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Handset makers sold 14 percent more phones in January-March than a year ago, growing at the fastest pace in five quarters, research firms said on Friday.

AT&T and Starbucks on Friday announced the beginning of the rollout of AT&T Wi-Fi service at company-operated Starbucks stores, kicking off a nationwide effort that will continue through 2008.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research in Motion shares fell 3 percent on Friday after a Fortune.com story said that a high-speed wireless version of its BlackBerry smartphone for top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc is facing delays.

The project goes dark May 18 after the Internet service provider said it was unable to find a buyer.

The mobile news service will be tailored for smartphones and give users one point of access for local, national, and international news.

"D-Day for 3G" is expected at Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote, where analysts also expect announcements about a refresh of Apple's laptop line by August and a new iPod line by September.

Mobile phones gain the ability to receive calls via Skype, and place calls in limited markets, leading to a question as to whether Skype plus cellular still benefits the mobile operators.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent higher.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Shares in telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) rocketed by more than a quarter on Friday, their biggest gain in five years, after the company unveiled surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.

Samsung Electronics posted its strongest profit gain in years in the first quarter as sales of LCD screens and mobile phones...

The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers...

Fennec, the mobile version of the Firefox browser, will simplify and enhance Web browsing on cell phones and usher in an era...

Vettro 360 for Damage Prevention is built on the same mobile platform used to provide services like coordinating pickup and delivery, field service, and IT service management.

The NextWave spectrum consists of 154 Advanced Wireless Service licenses, 30 Wireless Communication Service licenses, and additional Educational Broadband Service and Broadband Radio Service licenses.

The nation's major cable TV companies have pulled out of Sprint's Pivot wireless offering but may work with Sprint and Clearwire on a nationwide WiMax network.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filmmaker Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc's quarterly loss widened on weak cell phone sales, signaling further market share losses, especially in North America, to rivals such as LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS), and sending shares down as much as 5 percent.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest mobile phones maker, said on Thursday it would co-brand a limited edition of Renault Sandero cars in Brazil, fully equipped with Nokia's navigation system and car add-ons.

If your fingers are too slow for you to easily search for local info on your mobile devices, Tellme is offering a solution. Your voice.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Blyk, a mobile phone service that offers a number of free calls and text messages in return for users accepting advertisements, said on Thursday it had reached 100,000 clients in Britain after six months.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Talking with Greg Brown, Motorola's new CEO, is a bit like stepping into The Twilight Zone: Both require you to suspend disbelief, at least temporarily, and simply go with the story line.

LONDON (Reuters) - British mobile phone group Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two cable companies said on Wednesday they had exited a wireless phone venture with number-three U.S. wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp.