Wireless networking and Mobile Phones

SK-Earthlink rebranded"Helio"in bid for young callers (Reuters)
Reuters - SK Earthlink, a venture of SK Telecom(017670.KS) and EarthLink Inc. , changed its name toHelio Inc in a bid to lure young, tech-savvy consumers to amobile phone service it plans to start selling early next year,the company said on Wednesday.

Zimbabweans drown sorrows in mobile phone humour (Reuters)

Reuters - Zimbabweans are using mobile phones tospice up their lives with a bit of humour and take their mindsoff the daily grind of life in the shattered economy,scrounging for scant food and fuel.

Cell Phones For The People (BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - When it comes to sexy mobile phones, the stars of the moment are multimedia wonders such as the new RAZR V3x handset from Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp.’s top-of-the-line N-90 camera phone with Carl Zeiss optics. Yet for all the attention they grab, these pricey gizmos are a sliver of the 800 million unit-per-year mobile-phone business. Increasingly, the real action is at the unglamorous end of the scale, among bare-bones Nokia and Motorola models priced under$50. …

NEC profit plunges, cuts earnings forecasts (AFP)

AFP - Japanese high-tech giant NEC Corp. said its net profit tumbled by over a third in the six months to September as sales slumped on lower demand for cellphones and semiconductors.

Top tech companies complain to EU about Qualcomm (Reuters)

Reuters - Six companies includingEricsson, Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Texas Instruments on Fridayaccused Qualcomm Inc. of stifling competition in themobile phone chip market in a complaint filed with Europeanregulators.

NTT DoCoMo Posts Profit on Cost Cuts (AP)

AP - Japan's largest mobile phone service operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., said its profit rose 14.9 percent in the half-year through September, due to continued cost-cutting efforts and a lower churn rate.