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ALU introduces new CDMA/EV-DO base station designed to add capacity and fill in coverage gaps

RIM will introduce a 8820 Blackberry handset equipped with WiFi functionality. Neo 1973 is a GSM phone equipped with Linux OS (OpenMoko), with GPS and microSD memory card. Sold on the web site of Open Source OpenMoko. Motorola' s minority shareholders...

RIM has been finally allowed by the MII to sell its BlackBerry handsets in China. LG will pre-install YouTube on its new mobile phones. Nokia licenses a tactile feedback system for mobile devices developed by Immersion. It plans to boost its presence...

Nokia has launched a mobile printing service in Europe. Customers can now order prints directly from their mobile phone and have them delivered by mail. Motorola, Softbank and Ubiquisys are demonstrating 3G femtocell technology for the Japanese market....

Nuance Communications acquired Tegic, a subsidiary of AOL, for $265m. Sony Ericsson establishes a mobile handset R&D center in Chennai,India. It introduced also a line of six new high-end feature-rich phones, including two music-enabled Walkman models...

LG has launched its KU-250 model, which was selected by GSM A for its "3G for All" program. Hi-Tech Wealth (China) has designed and developed the world-first solar-powered mobile phone with 40mn calling time after 60mn loading. Motorola announced additions...

Nokia and Qualcomm continue legal battles. After many patent suits on both sides in the past few years, Nokia has filed another suit against Qualcomm for patent infringements in Qualcomm' s MediaFlo mobile TV system and its Brew mobile data system. InfoSpace...

Broadcom claims that it has been ranked as one of the world's top five merchant 3G (third generation) baseband suppliers, according to iSupply.

18 companies to bid for China Mobile’s 3G handset tender in October 2007. Motorola introduces the 3G MOTORAZR maxx V3 i-mode handset in Hong Kong. Samsung has been selected to receive the WiMAX World Europe 2007 Award for its base station. HTC (Taiwan)...

NSN and SFR (France) will open a joint Competence center in Paris (France). Nokia announced three new handsets: 8600 Luna (a quad-band phone), 6500 and 6500 Slider (also quad-band 3G handsets).