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Nokia's Roller-Coaster Report
BusinessWeek Online   Friday, 20 October 2006
BusinessWeek Online - Is the glass half empty or half full? Mobile phone giant Nokia reported third-quarter results Oct. 19 that contained both impressive growth and worrisome signs of weakness. Revenues rose 20%, to $12.7 billion, and handset shipments hit a record high of 88.5 million units in the quarter, up 33% from a year earlier. Nokia's market share also ticked up to just below 35%, according to market researcher IDC.
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Sprint Nextel chairman to resign in another unexpected top-level departure
Canadian Press   Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Canadian Press - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) on Tuesday announced that Tim Donahue is leaving as chairman of the struggling cellphone carrier, the second unexpected departure of a top executive in six weeks.
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Semiconductor sales set record at US$20.5B in August, industry group says
Canadian Press   Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Canadian Press - SAN JOSE, California (AP) - Semiconductor sales worldwide surged to a monthly record of US$20.5 billion in August, fuelled by higher demand for memory chips used in PCs and mobile gadgets such as cellphones and digital cameras, an industry group reported Monday.
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A Mobile Pioneer Tackles Doping in Cycling
BusinessWeek Online   Thursday, 28 September 2006
BusinessWeek Online - Can a U.S. mobile-phone entrepreneur clean up professional cycling? And, given that he's wealthy enough not to work at all, why would he want the grief? "It definitely seems like a contrarian move," concedes Bob Stapleton, co-founder of VoiceStream Wireless, known as T-Mobile USA since it was acquired by Deutsche Telekom in 2000.
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Nokia says N-series sales top 10 mln so far this yr
Reuters   Tuesday, 26 September 2006
Reuters - The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) unveiled a new all-in-one multimedia phone and a new slimmer model targeting U.S. consumers, at an event to showcase its multimedia devices on Tuesday.
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Column: Schools crack down on cellphones
AP   Wednesday, 20 September 2006
AP - Alabama was lifting the cell phone ban for its public schools just as New York City was implementing a crackdown.
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T-Mobile marketing exec to leave by year-end
Reuters   Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Reuters - The head of marketing for T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) mobile phone operator, will leave his job at the end of the year as the unit changes its marketing strategy, T-Mobile said on Tuesday.
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Easy Listening on LG's Chocolate
BusinessWeek Online   Tuesday, 05 September 2006
BusinessWeek Online - LG's Chocolate mobile phone was preceded by its reputation when it became available in the U.S. in July, exclusively from Verizon Wireless. The music-playing handset was a hit in Asia (see BusinessWeek.com, 7/19/06, "LG Chocolate: Will This Cell Phone Hit The Sweet Spot?") But on this side of the Pacific, it left a bad taste in some reviewers' mouths. For instance, Chocolate "doesn't quite live up to the hype," quips ZDNet.
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Symbian Reaches Profit, But Growth Slows To 58%
TechWeb   Wednesday, 23 August 2006
TechWeb - Symbian, whose software gives mobile phones the ability to take photos, browse the Internet, and play music digitally, said its software had been used in 12.3 million phones, up from 7.8 million in the second quarter of 2005.
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Lycos Revamps Free Webmail Service
PC World   Wednesday, 02 August 2006
PC World - Lycos Mail now offers 3GB of storage and the ability to send file attachments of any size.
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Rogers Communications becoming 'more stable' as Q2 profit swells to $277.5M
Canadian Press   Wednesday, 02 August 2006
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) shares hit an all-time high Tuesday after Canada's largest cable-TV and mobile-phone operator said second-quarter earnings soared to $277.5 million, more than 14 times the profit it posted a year ago.
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