PARIS AFP — The Apple iPhone handset, incorporating mobile phone, multimedia access and music functions, was to go on sale in France with a promotional blitz late on Wednesday, following European launches in Britain and Germany. Apple hopes that global sales from the initial launch in the United States...
LONDON AFP — The Internet juggernaut Google has held talks with Orange, the telecommunications operator, about a multi-billion dollar tie-up for mobile telephone users to search the web, a news report said. Executives from Orange, which is owned by France Telecom, flew to Silicon Valley in California for preliminary talks...
LONDON, AFP — Texting frantically on her mobile phone, teenager Sarah Marks is one of millions worldwide who will send their object of desire a romantic text message on Valentine's Day rather than a traditional card. A growing number of secret admirers or amorous couples are choosing to fire...
Byline: Abby Callard Daily Herald Staff Writer Wear yellow. Or, wear pink, orange, red, blue or white. The Lance Armstrong Foundation's Live Strong bracelets have been so popular and successful they have spawned numerous spin-offs. Pink bracelets...
By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--True Corporation plans to apply for new licences to operate fixed-line and mobile phone services with the National Telecommunications Commission in an attempt to indirectly compel the newly established commission...
By Jane Glenn Haas, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16--Congress wonders if we need national legislation to make sure that picture phones don't invade our privacy -- like catching us in our scanties in the gym locker...
By Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--Estimates of the number of new mobile phone users in Thailand this year have been revised upward to five million from three million, according to major cellular operators. ...
By Komsan Tortermvasana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--TA Orange yesterday announced plans for a comeback in the highly competitive mobile phone market, backed by a marketing budget of 600 million baht aimed at signing up 800,000 new users....
By Jim Finkle, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 17--Americans are increasingly using cell phone instead of land lines when they're in their homes, lured by the convenience of having just one phone number and handset, according to...
The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--A University of Utah study presented in July 2003 found that cell-phone use while driving is more dangerous that driving drunk, based on 41 subjects tested on a driving simulator. The study...
By Jim Finkle, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Like most Orange County consumers, Alex Rouble didn't pay much attention to a ruling issued Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. government agency that sets rules ...
By Komsan Tortermvasana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--International Engineering Plc is spending almost 100 million baht on buying package trips to the World Cup soccer tournament to reward its dealers who can sell the most mobile phones. ...
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The powerful employees' union of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand has called on the agency to close its fixed-line network to DTAC and TA Orange as the two private cellular operators have stopped paying access charges....
City Desks & Assignment Editors --BUSINESS WIRE Following is a listing of media and community events for Friday, Nov. 23: --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT: This Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is typically one of the biggest shopping...
According to Addustour newspaper (September 10, 2007), a recently released report by the Arab Advisors Group shows that Orange mobile phone operator had ... According to Addustour newspaper (September 10, 2007), a recently released report by the Arab Advisors Group shows that Orange mobile phone...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8 -- FCC LOOKS AT SPRINT CHARGES: A new 59-cent charge on Sprint Corp. phone bills will be scrutinized by federal regulators this summer. The Federal Communications Commission gave local phone companies permission to begin charging for "local number...
LONDON, February 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Orange today announced the introduction of a fixed line service for small and medium-sized enterprises, the first to be offered in the UK by a mobile operator. LONDON, February 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
By Leslie Gornstein, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Feb. 23--If you like to call friends who have cellular phones, watch your wallet. Instead of making cellular customers pay for incoming calls,...
According to Addustour newspaper (March 3, 2008), a recently released survey by the Arab Advisors Group, which offers research and consulting services in the Middle East and North Africa ... According to Addustour newspaper (March 3, 2008), a recently released survey by the Arab Advisors Group,...
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