French operator SFR will launch an MTV-branded phone next week, the MTV3.3, along with limited-time and fixed-cost plans designed to appeal to the young people most likely to want the…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is keeping quiet and corporate on its chances of winning European Commission clearance for its $8.1 billion acquisition of GPS map-maker Navteq, but TomTom sources are going…

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Samsung has scored a preloaded deal with CNN International. Starting in June 2008, for a six-month exclusive period, the news broadcaster’s new Java application will be embedded into Samsung handsets…

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Ovum has interviewed Kevin Russell, the CEO of 3UK, who said that he’d been with 3UK since 2001 but “only now are customers entering 3 stores to ask specifically for…

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Reports that Sonopia was shutting down spread like wildfire yesterday, but its founder Juha Christensen, said today it’s not true. The company is still alive, but drastically scaling back its…

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Orange UK brand marketing director Justin Billingsley is to be given the added responsibility of the retail side of the business following a restructuring at the British mobile operator, inside…

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UK operator O2 has admitted limiting the speed of most of its customers’ 3G connections to 128 kbps, instead of the 384 kbps the technology is capable of, reports The…

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-- Orange UK IPTV: They said the same thing last year, but France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) CEO Didier Lombard this morning told MipTV Orange’s much-delayed UK IPTV service will launch…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has agreed to pay workers 200 million euros ($315 million)--130 million euros ($205 million) more than it originally offered--in compensation for the closure of its factory in…

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British telecoms group BT (NYSE: BT) is considering investing in WiMax, according to Ian Livingston, the company’s CEO designate, a move that could help it overcome its strategic soft spot,…

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Mobile content and apps creator MobiVentures is acquiring UK-based e-mail marketer PurePromoter for $7.8 million (3.9 million pounds). MobiVentures has secured $2 million (1.01 million pounds) in financing from Trafalgar…

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3 UK reports its data traffic has risen 700 percent thanks to the introduction of its mobile broadband USB dongle in October. CEO Kevin Rusell this morning said the telco…

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Orange France has struck multi-year deals with Warner Brothers International Television, HBO, Gaumont and Fidélité Film, which will provide the content—some of it exclusive--for its new cinéma series, available to…

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Another handset manufacturer makes a content play. This time Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has partnered with hip hop and R ‘n B label Def Jam Records to preload…

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-British telco BT’s (NYSE: BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen will step down after six years on June 1, to be replaced by Ian Livingston, CEO of the BT Retail division. Verwaayen…

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The European Commission today introduced rules to harmonize the technical and licensing requirements for using mobile devices and services on airplanes. Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said that a “regulatory ‘one…

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Samsung’s foray into mobile content continues: the handset maker has struck a deal with Warner Music that will see Madonna’s upcoming album “Hard Candy” and the video for her single…

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T-Mobile Germany has slashed the cost of an 8GB iPhone to a mere 99 euros ($156) from 399 euros ($628), in what analysts are saying is an attempt to clear…

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UK telco regulator Ofcom will this summer embark on its biggest ever sale of radio spectrum when it auctions both the 2010-2025MHz block and the 2500-2690MHz block (commonly called 2.6GHz),…

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Here’s a novel way to shame operators into cutting their data and text costs: shame them in public. At least that’s what Viviane Reding, European telecom regulator, is proposing to…

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The European Commission just confirmed earlier reports it will begin an in-depth inquiry in to Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) proposed $8.1 billion acquisition of GPS mapping provider Navteq. It was always…

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The UK’s premium-rate phone regulator Phonepayplus has launched an investigation into the controversial online fashion site Miss Bimbo, which allows its typical audience of girls aged 9-16 to buy diet…

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The days of “flight mode” could be numbered. UK telecom regulator Ofcom today ratified plans to allow mobile communications on airplanes in Europe. The proposal first have to be agreed…

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German mobile operator E-Plus is shutting down its i-Mode service as of 1 April, one of the last major European networks to abandon the Japanese import, TelecomTV reports. Germany’s third…

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Buongiorno, an Italian mobile entertainment company, which dabbles in everything from mobile games, videos and wallpapers to services, such as TV voting, quizzes and mobile TV, reported its 2007 earnings…

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