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Nokia News
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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Nokia and the music composer Brian Eno have jointly announced a charity auction to benefit two of Brian's favourite organisations - the Keiskamma Aids Treatment program and The World Land Trust. Starting on January 8th 2007 and ending on Febuary 12th 2007, a total of ten Nokia 8800 Sirocco Brian Eno Signature Edition mobile phones, individually numbered and engraved with Brian Eno's signature, will be auctioned online with all proceeds going directly to both charities. A certificate of authenticity will also accompany each auctioned phone. |
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Cingular News
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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Cingular announced that it has 3G data coverage in more than 160 markets in the US. |
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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Nokia has launched the Nokia N95, an all-in-one multimedia computer with integrated GPS functionality, a 5 megapixel camera and support for high-speed mobile networks. |
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Verizon Wireless News
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
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Verizon Wireless Chief Dennis Strigl has been called on by Verizon Communications to fill the newly created position of operating chief. He will take up his new post on Jan. 1. |
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Cingular News
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
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Cingular Wireless LLC. has partnered up with NBC Universal and Broadway Video Entertainment that will give wireless customers access to Saturday Night Life (SNL) clips on their mobile phones. Saturday Night Live Mobile will be made available on Cingular handsets. It is the first time new and classic SNL episodes will be shown on a mobile phone. |
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Samsung News
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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics launches the world's first mobile phone, SCH-V960 featuring an optical joystick for a whole new mobile experience. This phone features the latest technology that may revolutionize the way users interact with the menu and user interface of mobile handsets. Users utilize the optical joystick key by placing their finger and moving a cursor to navigate through the menu, similar to a cursor of a mouse on a PC . |
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Cingular News
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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The facilities are part of Cingular's $385 million investment in the Carolinas. The new towers will increase coverage near Northlake Mall, in the town Davidson and in Iredell, Union and York counties. |
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Other News
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc., introduced two VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) handsets adding to five others the company already offers. The group of phones is now part of a Linksys family of products called iPhone. The Linksys iPhones aren't what some people might have been expecting. Apple is rumored to be working on a combined cell phone and digital music player, and the mythical device has been dubbed the iPhone, after the popular iPod digital music player, by Apple enthusiasts. |
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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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On Monday, Myspace launched a service that lets Cingular Wireless subscribers use many features of the social networking portal on their cell phones. |
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
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Citigroup, MasterCard Worldwide, Cingular Wireless and Nokia today announced a consumer technology trial of Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones with MasterCard PayPass(TM) contactless payment capability in New York City. The goal of this trial is to evaluate the speed and convenience that "tap and go" payments made through mobile phones can provide to Citi credit cards and Cingular customers in the New York City area. The trial is expected to run three to six months. |
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Nokia News
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
The 50-50 joint venture announced in June between the telecom equipment divisions of Nokia and Siemens is facing a delay following the recent raiding of Siemens' offices related to a corruption investigation. They are facing a delay but not dead.
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T-Mobile News
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Friday, 15 December 2006 |
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US mobile carrier T-mobile has launched a Wiki site for its Sidekick users. The Wiki style of software is also known for its use in the online encyclopedia called Wikipedia. |
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Nokia News
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
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The planned merger to create the new company Nokia Siemens Networks is expected to close in the first quarter 2007. In light of the current investigations of Siemens, the scope of which includes the carrier-related business to be transferred to the new company, Nokia and Siemens intend to adjust their agreements in order to have Siemens conduct an appropriate compliance review prior to closing of the transaction. This adjustment is an addition to the previously agreed closing conditions. Nokia will participate actively in the review. |
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Samsung News
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
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According to the head of Samsung Electronics's North American wireless unit, the U.S. wireless industry should grow 7% to 10% next year. That compares with 7% to 8% growth for this year, said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Telecommunications America. It's one of the reasons why Samsung is expanding its product lineup to 60 devices in 2007. "I don't see growth slowing in the U.S. market," he told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday during the Samsung Mobile Summit in New York. |
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