Samsung Electronics reported second quarter net income of 2.14 trillion won ($2.1 billion) up from 1.42 trillion won ($1.4 billion) a year ago. The 51 percent jump was boosted by…

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-- Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) Mobile: UK publisher Trinity Mirror is developing mobile sites for 2 national newspapers and 12 regional ones, teaming up with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Bluestar…

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Three parent Hutchison Whampoa is calling for roaming data charges to be lowered across Europe. It said it had reached a million mobile broadband subscribers across the continent but is…

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$200 Billion Mobile Data: Informa Telecoms and Media has published some figures from its World Cellular Data Metrics, predicting that global mobile data services will exceed $200 billion this year,…

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The German Federal Patent Court ruled today that Qualcomm’s GSM patent case against Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is invalid, Reuters reports. This is the third court to conclude that the American…

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-- *AT&T* Navigator available worldwide: AT&T (NYSE: T) has extended its GPS navigation service outside the U.S. borders to more than 20 countries now. The new coverage areas include most…

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On Monday, a Canadian spectrum auction concluded with the government raising $4.2 billion, or the $1.5 billion the country expected to raise, cbc.ca reports. Among new entrants, the big winner…

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An interesting interview on Bluetooth marketing in China, which is apparently hot right now in major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. China business research firm Pacific Epoch has a…

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Stockholm-based Icomera, which fits WiFi internet access on trains, is buying UK mobile networks company Moovera, which also does WiFi for public transport, for an undisclosed amount in a deal…

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Another music label staffing up digitally at the top, this time with a mobile track record. SonyBMG UK is hiring mobile media software maker Picsel’s global content MD Graeme Ferguson…

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Another story of mobile broadband sticker shock. Italy’s competition authority AGCM is looking into complaints that customers of 3, the Hutchison Whampoa-owned mobile network, was grossly overcharging for mobile web…

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Belgian network operator Belgacom has bought SMS parking payments provider Mobile-for. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The two year old start-up was created by Belgian parking operator Apcoa…

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In Japan, like elsewhere, gadget fans lined up to be some of the first to buy the new iPhone last week. However, after the initial rush, it appears that consumers…

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AT&T (NYSE: T) has used its clout as an Olympics sponsor and official telecommunications provider to the U.S team to nail an exclusive 24/7 channel on its broadcast mobile TV…

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Two new government initiatives to crack down on rogue mobile phone services: Just days after the EU said it would force operators to lower SMS roaming charges, its consumer chief…

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And you thought it was mostly Americans addicted to the SMS/IM/web presence thingamy… ? Web measurer Hitwise says it’s the reverse - at least, proportionally. “Last week the site’s share…

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Record high inflation is apparently taking its toll on the purchasing power of French citizens, so what better way for the government to tackle the problem than to target the…

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UK mobile games maker Player X is buying Madrid-based mobile games publisher Gaelco Móviles for an undisclosed cash amount - its first acquisition and part of a European expansion plan.…

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Mobile newsreader service Mobispine is acquiring NewsAlloy, an Ajax, web-based RSS reader, intending to merge the two in to a “seamless” product offering personalized newsfeeds across desktop and mobile. The…

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Here it is: After months of threats and warnings, the European Commission announced today that it will end “roaming rip-offs” for text messages abroad after calls to the industry to…

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The European Commission is expected to announce tomorrow that it will propose legislation to cut the cost of sending and receiving text messages while roaming, according to the IHT. On…

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A bizarre twist on SMS marketing, SnapNow today brought to Europe an MMS picture recognition variant that’s been floating ‘round Japan for years. Just like SMS, SnapNow lets marketers send…

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced today that it has sold 1 million of its new 3G iPhones in the first three days since its debut on Friday. Apple chief Steve Jobs…

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German mobile social network Aka-Aki, which uses Bluetooth to do location-aware proximity networking and is also available in English, has raised a small investment of an undisclosed size from Crea…

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Despite all the complaints about the higher-than-average service plans for the iPhone that Rogers Wireless intends to charge and subsequent reports about Apple’s disappointment with the Canadian carrier, the iPhone…

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