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CNN
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Greetings from Barcelona! It could so easily have been "Greetings from Paris." The team and I made an unscheduled stop there after our flight from London was diverted when a fellow Mobile World Congress delegate fell ill somewhere over the English Channel..
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MSNBC
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The iPhone isn’t at the International Consumer Electronics Show, except in the hands of mobile phone designers and marketers eager to replicate its clean, intuitive user experience in their own products.
Apple Inc.’s introduction of the mobile phon..
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BBC News
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A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000.
Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility.
He downloa..
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BBC News
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Mobile phone company Orange has said 20% of customers who have bought iPhones from it in France have opted for unlocked ones.
Orange sold the popular Apple product for 399 euros (�288) with a two-year contract, or 749 euros without one.
Elsewhere,..
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BusinessWeek
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Its Open Handset Alliance, including Intel, Motorola, and T-Mobile, could threaten Symbian and Microsoft—and redouble investments in mobile software
Building a better mobile phone is a costly, time-consuming business. Whether it's crafting the chips..
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BBC News
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Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging.
The problems are confined to BL-5C batteries made by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006.
More than 250 million BL-5C..
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Yahoo News
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Wednesday its MTV Networks signed on Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) and Pepsi-Cola North America as the first advertising sponsors for its programs delivered on cell phones.
Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman announced the deals at the CTIA wirel..
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ABC News
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Just months before Apple is scheduled to launch its much anticipated iPhone to U.S. customers, search-giant Google is generating lots of calls about its possible entry into the cell phone business.
Google has already launched a number of applications f..
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Sydney Morning Herald
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The future of mobile phones is free - to consumers willing to watch targeted forms of advertising, according to the vision of web search leader Google Inc's chief executive, Eric Schmidt...
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BusinessWeek
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Say goodbye to phone-free flying as the European Commission bows to demand and approves cell-phone use on flights
The European Commission has dealt a blow to those who regard one of the virtues of air travel as being the haven it provides from being re..
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BusinessWeek
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Advertisers are shying away from mobile phones until they get clearer data on whether promotions on the small screen pay off
Even as ads on cell phones become more common, advertisers are holding off on a full-blown embrace of the tiny screen as a mark..
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BBC News
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Orange and T-Mobile have announced a joint pilot project of a multi-channel TV service for mobile phone users in west London in the second half of 2008.
During the trial, customers will use handsets with a technology called TDtv to receive up to 24 hig..
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BBC News
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A modular mobile phone that can add features and change its design could spell the end of costly upgrades.
Israeli firm Modu has launched what it bills the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone.
The 1.5 ounce phone can be augmented by adding "j..
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MSNBC
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Wireless industry players place their bets on the future during the four-day Mobile World Congress opening Monday in Barcelona, laying stakes on the next big thing with new product launches, services and alliances.
Is wireless broadband beamed into you..
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BBC News
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Mobile phones and net access are helping narrow the gulf between rich and poor nations, says a UN report.
The efficiencies these technologies bring has boosted development in poorer countries, said the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
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BusinessWeek
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With a burst of bids, the FCC's latest wireless auction will be its most profitable ever—and a mobile network open to any device or service is a virtual certainty
A sudden spurt of bidding has turned what was shaping up as a bust into the most robust..
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BBC News
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Google has launched a new search service for mobile phones, promising "faster" and "more relevant results".
The facility gathers regular and mobile web results, news, images and local listings, meaning people no longer have to specify a type of search...
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BusinessWeek
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The software acquisition bolsters Nokia's perch in the mobile device arena, could further dismantle Motorola, and puts pressure on Google
At first glance, Nokia's (NOK) Jan. 28 purchase of a small Norwegian open-source software company seems a confusin..
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BusinessWeek
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By 2010, the mobile technology that boosts 3G network coverage indoors could have more than 21 million subscribers in Western Europe
Femtocell technology -- which boosts 3G network coverage indoors by piggybacking on a broadband connection -- could fin..
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BusinessWeek
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The mobile software platform was late to market but has won a strong developer following, thanks to its flexibility and Google's financial might
Nikita Ivanov and his 14 employees are working on an application that would harness the processing power wi..
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