Cellular Phones

In the aftermath of a bruising advertising battle with Verizon Wireless that highlighted the limitations of AT&T's 3G network, an AT&T executive told investors that high-bandwidth iPhone users could face higher usage charges. Ralph de la Vega, AT&T's head of consumer services, told investors at a UBS conference in New York that people who consume a large amount of data could receive incentives to "reduce or modify their usage," the Associated Press reported. Full Story »

PARIS (Reuters) - Taking a page out of Apple's book, France Telecom's mobile phone unit Orange launched its own shop to sell downloadable videos, games, music and other content to its 130 million mobile phone subscribers. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 million. Full Story »

Samsung has revealed a bit more about Bada, a new mobile phone platform that's supposed to bring apps to cheaper smartphones. Full Story »

Mobile phone operator Orange plans to open Life Is Better On, its take on mobile social networking, on Wednesday. Full Story »

TOKYO (AFP) - Mobile phone subscriptions are spreading fast and due to reach 120,000 early next year in communist North Korea, where an Egyptian provider started a service a year ago, a press report said Tuesday. Full Story »

Research In Motion will develop a version of its BlackBerry handset that supports China's homegrown 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, the company said Tuesday, expanding an existing partnership with operator China Mobile. Full Story »

Motorola will start selling a smartphone similar to the Droid in China this month, but the phone will use China's homegrown 3G standard and a China Mobile operating system. Full Story »

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The 3M Co. said Monday it has formed a new division that will focus on mobile electronics. Full Story »

HTC's roadmap for the first half of 2010 was supposedly leaked over the weekend, revealing what may be a lineup of new Android and Windows Mobile phones. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Music-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. Full Story »

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Operators pushed market share of cellphones running Google's software a little higher in September quarter in Western Europe, but consumers showed little interest toward them, research firm IDC said on Saturday. Full Story »

AVON, Colo. - Skiers stuck on a mountain with no trail map but with an iPhone 3GS in their pockets could get help finding their way with another iPhone application from a Colorado company. Full Story »

Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom on Friday to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their retail price with a 3G mobile broadband contract. Full Story »

Without saying why, AT&T dropped a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless that claimed the competitor's advertisements on 3G coverage were misleading. Full Story »

European explorers used to talk about the "blank spots on the map." In 2009, Verizon Wireless talked about the blank spots on AT&T's 3G coverage map. Now the map wars are over. Full Story »

HELSINKI (AFP) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, predicted Wednesday that global sales of mobile phones would grow around 10 percent in volume next year after falling some seven percent this year. Full Story »

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile handset maker, expects the cell phone market to recover faster next year than analysts are forecasting, but falling handset prices would cap profitability growth. Full Story »