Rand McNally has shown interest to build GPS phones by using Motorola Inc's VIAMOTO navigation software. Rand McNally asserts that it is a cost effective service for the users particularly for the drivers.
The leading mapmaker Rand McNally will turn...
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It's not official yet, but the indications seem more positive. The global mobile phone giant Vodafone KK and Walt Disney Co., have teamed up to allure the Japanese customers by offering them comics on their mobile sets.
Walt Disney is the second...
NEC has agreed to extend a strategic partnership with Matsushita Electric in the mobile phone sector in order to survive in the Japanese market.
However, NEC president Kaoru Yano did not speak much about the mobile phone pact. He indicated that NEC does...
LG Malaysia expects its mobile phone sales will be doubled this year. The leading cell phone maker LG Electronics has sold about 70,000 units of mobile phones in Malaysia last year. LG Malaysia considers its latest release LG Chocolate Phone will enhance...
In an effort to enhance wireless coverage nationwide, the government of India has decided to provide 250 million telephone connections in the country by next year and plans to step-up 500 million connections by 2010. The minister of communication and...
Considering it a way to raise fund for the member countries, the European Union lawmakers are likely to impose tax on e-mails and mobile phone messages. Alain Lamassoure, a French MEP and member of the centre-right European People's party has brought the...
France is planning to use the Chinese latest mobile technology, particularly the TD-SCDMA standard which uses a different frequency spectrum for mobile phone calls and data transfers. Li Juan, the PR manager of France Telecom R&D Beijing said that the...
Vodafone is likely to cut thousands of jobs as it has incurred heavy annual loss to tune of 15 billion founds. The detail of cost cutting program will be disclosed this week. The Vodafone's chief executive Arun Sarin will give a detailed account of the...
The global wireless service provider AOL has decided that it will launch a mobile phone service in Germany this year. Charles Frankl, the CEO AOL Germany confirmed this in an interview.
The company will provide all-in-one services in its mobile phones....
Acting on the request from the women community, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hue Sen banned the use of third-generation mobile phone services in the country to check dissemination of pornography.
A group of women complained that the 3G mobile phones...
Bahrain registered the highest mobile phone penetration rate in the Arab world in the year 2005. Its penetration rate recorded at 105.8 percent followed by the UAE at 99pc, the Arab Advisors Group's release reported. The report also states that the UAE...
CAT Telecom is likely to delay the launch of its mobile services in 51 provinces till next year due to non-preparation of market plan and billing system. Availability of handsets for the expanded service is another factor for the delay.
Now the state...
China Mobile Communications is about to acquire Millicom International Cellular in a $5.3 billion deal. The deal is expected to enhance the Chinese company's dominance in the emerging global telecom market.
The largest wireless phone company in China,...
It seems that the number '6666666' is very special in Qatar. Because the number has been auctioned there for 10 million riyals or 2.8 million dollars, the state-owned news agency QNA reported. The national telecommunications Qtel organized an auction...
United Online has announced the launch of its PrivatePhone to offer a free phone number and voice mail to any area code in America. The PrivatePhone will not disclose personal information.
This is the first free Internet phone service of the United...
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