Verizon Wireless Loosens Network Grip, Prodded By Google’s Open-Access Push (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

In a sudden about-face, Verizon Wireless says it’ll open its mobile phone network to all devices, not just those it sells, ceding ground in a turf war with Google and others pushing into the wireless market.

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'We've developed NG1-next-generation wireless access technology' (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News)

Even before launching operations in India, Vavasi Telegence Pvt Ltd has created waves. The company has developed a new technology, which promises to provide high-speed data and voice services. In an interview with Manoj Gairola, the managing director of Vavasi Telegence Farid Arifuddin talks about his vision in the telecom sector and his plans in India. Excerpts: The current controversy between …

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Data Domain Ranked Both Highest In-Use and Highest In-Plan Deduplication Vendor at Fortune 1000 Enterprises (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Data Domain, a leading provider of Deduplication Storage systems, today announced results from the TheInfoPro’s new Wave 10 Storage End User Study that cited Data Domain as both the top in-use and top in-plan Data Deduplication vendor at Fortune 1000 Enterprises. In addition, the new study also revealed that Data Deduplication technology has retained the top spot on the TheInfoPro’s Fortune …

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Smartphone Stocking Stuffers Make IT Departments Suffer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

MCLEAN, Va.—-This holiday season, Trust Digital - the leading provider of enterprise smartphone security management software - offers Enterprise IT department’s helpful tips to prepare and protect the corporate network without being viewed as the holiday grinch.

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Rebate opens up German iPhone market (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

German mobile services reseller Debitel will offer a 600 euro ($891) rebate to customers with an Apple iphone bought from T-Mobile (DTEGn.DE), destroying much of T-Mobile’s competitive advantage.

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T-Mobile temporarily pulls Sidekick Slide–updated (CNET)

T-Mobile temporarily suspends sales of the T-Mobile Sidekick Slide after multiple reports of power outages when the phone is opened and closed.

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And The Best Selling Mobile Phone Of The Third Quarter Was… (InformationWeek)

… Not the iphone . It was the Motorola RAZR V3. Not the new version of the RAZR, mind you, but the ancient version of the RAZR that used to be a trend setter. My question is, should it really count as a “sale” when people are not actually paying for the phone?

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The ‘failure’ of the smartphone user experience (CNET)

Recent surveys show serious problems with basic Web browsing on smartphones.

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Motorola slides to third in mobile phones, study says (InfoWorld)

Motorola has dropped to third place behind Samsung in the worldwide mobile phone market because of inventory issues and an unremarkable product lineup, Gartner said on Tuesday. Motorola accounted for 13 percent of the phones sold to end users in the third quarter, down from 21 percent in the same quarter last year, Gartner said. At the same time, Samsung increased its share to 15 …

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Under the Hood: Blackberry wins handset data-rate bakeoff (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)

In recent years, the consumer electronics industry has seen a steady trend toward convergence. In the past, users carried several separate devices–from cell phones to portable music players, PDAs, video players and cameras–in order to meet all their communications and media needs.

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