IBM researchers have created technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for Webmasters to make their Web sites more readable on the small screens of mobile devices, reducing burdensome scrolling through out-of-order text and graphics. The Web has turned consumers into do-it-yourself travel agents, data entry clerks and librarians. With the rise of blogs and social media, they have also been turned into syndicated columnists. As such, many ... Read More

Roz Ho, Corporate Vice President, Premium Mobile Experiences, Microsoft Corporation in a press release says: Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was ... Read More

At Carrier Ethernet World Congress (CEWC) in Berlin (September 21 – 24, 2009) Nokia Siemens Networks will display a complete, live Ethernet-based wireless mobile backhaul solution. The new approach provides a cost efficient, environment friendly answer for operators who need to dramatically increase capacity and switch to a simpler, packet-based transport network. The demo is fully incorporated in the interoperability test bed of the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC). The ... Read More

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to unveil proposals Monday for ensuring Web traffic is not slowed or blocked based on its content, sources familiar with the contents of the speech said on Friday. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will announce plans to ask his fellow commissioners to adopt as a rule net neutrality and four existing principles on Internet access issued by the agency in 2005, one of the sources said. ... Read More

Vodafone's chief executive, Vittorio Colao, isn't sitting around the sidelines anymore watching things go by without any say in the matter of their stake in Verizon Wireless. It seems that he is frustrated that Verizon, which has about 87.7 million customers and took in $58.6 billion in revenue last year, has not come out to show even one paid dividend in four years. Vodafone of course has a major stake ... Read More

Trigcom AS and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone for customers in Norway. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is now available from Trigcom AS. The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone that will come to the Norweigan market in black and frost blue. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile ... Read More

NEC Corporation, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. today announced an agreement to integrate their mobile terminal businesses in April 2010 through the establishment of a joint venture company named NEC Casio Mobile Communications. Shares will be: NEC: 66%, Casio: 17.34%, Hitachi: 16.66%. 1. About the Business Integration NEC develops and manufactures mobile terminals for NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Mobile Corp. that capitalize on the company’s core competencies and incorporate ... Read More