AP - Shareholders of telecommunications company Clearwire Corp. have approved a plan to merge with Sprint Nextel Corp.’s wireless broadband network.
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20/11/2008 Clearwire shareholders approve deal with Sprint
(AP)
T-Mobile’s Web2go Will Use Yahoo’s oneSearch
(NewsFactor)
Virgin Media sees mobile broadband as complementary
(Reuters)
Emerging markets to drive mobile growth: British watchdog
(AFP)
19/11/2008 Yahoo, T-Mobile announce mobile search deal
(Reuters)
Review: New BlackBerrys cool but can’t beat iPhone
(AP)
Irish the heaviest users of mobile phones: Ofcom
(Reuters)
Japan’s DoCoMo eyes ‘Google phone’ launch next year
(AFP)
Japanese mobiles to offer psychotherapy sessions
(AFP)
Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings
(Reuters)
NewsFactor - Yahoo has won another wireless carrier for its mobile Internet search tool. The company joined T-Mobile in announcing Thursday that oneSearch will be the search utility for T-Mobile’s web2go service.
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Reuters - British cable operator Virgin Media said it did not believe mobile broadband had mass appeal in the short term, but it entered the market to offer the service in its high-end mobile, broadband and TV bundles.
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AFP - The top emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China will drive mobile services growth in the coming years, a new report by Britain’s telecoms regulator Ofcom said Thursday.
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Reuters - Yahoo Inc announced an expansion of its mobile Web portals to T-mobile, so its smart phone users who get data will have Yahoo search by default.
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AP - With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008.
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Reuters - Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.
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AFP - Japan’s top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple’s iconic iPhone.
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AFP - A Japanese professor on Wednesday launched what he said was the world’s first web-based psychotherapy sessions available via mobile phone, as the country grapples with a growing problem of depression.
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Reuters - The world’s top five cellphone makers launched on Wednesday a common energy rating system for chargers, making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the ones consuming the least energy, Nokia said.
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