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Sprint promises WiMAX in September - June 19, 2008

Before 'competing 4G' technologies Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has laid out a schedule for the company's much-awaited WiMAX deployment, which will now be launched in Baltimore in September. Washington DC and Chicago will also get coverage before the end of the year.
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3G iPhone packs in $100 of hardware - analyst - June 19, 2008

Asia manufacturers hear ring of tills, jump for joy Apple's 3G iPhone costs just $100 to make, it has been claimed. Yet Asian component makers are jumping for joy at the boost they expect the handset will make to their revenues.
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New mobe operator slash Wi-Fi hotspotter launches in UK - June 19, 2008

Aims to avoid the standard crash 'n' burn model Just when you thought the UK mobile phone business was pretty much settled along comes UK01, claiming its place as the sixth mobile phone operator and brandishing its own GSM spectrum to prove it.
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Europe's first mobile WiMAX goes online - June 18, 2008

Amsterdam gets 3.5GHz connectivity WorldMax has launched Europe's first mobile WiMax deployment, covering the centre of Amsterdam so that coffee-shop dwellers can surf the web without puzzling over plugs and wires, once they've got their PC-card connected.
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3G iPhone not ready for the enterprise - June 18, 2008

Business unsure, O2 punters unhappy Business users are complaining they have little idea of what the new iPhone will offer them, other than the fact that the low price is going to see every middle manager toting one while their IT departments fret about the lack of encryption and security on the phone.
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T-Mobile doubles 0870 call costs - June 18, 2008

'Ofcom told us to' In a remarkable reading of Ofcom's new rules on 0870 numbers, T-Mobile has decided to double the price of such calls for most of its customers, rather than cutting them as Ofcom intended.
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Nokia opens doors to Download Store - June 17, 2008

Can't buy anything there though After 9 months of beta testing, and numerous software versions, Nokia has decided that what punters really want is a website where they can browse and buy software, though the latter part isn't possible as yet.
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The iPhone - yours for 1 - June 16, 2008

But you'll have to speak German Germany's T-Mobile is to sell Apple's new 3G iPhone for as little as 1.
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Motorola slashes R&D lab by half - June 16, 2008

Sensible response to lack of innovation Motorola Labs is to shrink by half as the company struggles to cut costs by laying off 150 researchers and transferring 180 to elsewhere within the company.
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Reding would OK charges to receive mobile calls - June 16, 2008

Double bubble for squeaking operators EU commissioner Viviane Reding would let mobile operators charge subscribers to receive calls as part of her effort to overhaul the European telecoms sector.
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