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|  | Vodafone, Microsoft forge wireless messaging deal
Vodafone has forged a pact with Microsoft to give its mobile phone
subscribers access to the software giant's instant messaging software.
The deal, which will enable PC-to-mobile phone messaging, is not
exclusive and leaves open the possibility that Vodafone could work
simultaneously with other providers. Yahoo!/Reuters (6/30), International Herald Tribune/Bloomberg (7/1), BBC (6/30), The Wall Street Journal (6/30)
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| | Motorola sets sights on Japan
NTT DoCoMo tomorrow will begin offering a high-end Motorola handset aimed at business users. Motorola, which in recent years has not been a player in Japan, hopes its renewed entry will pay off. The Washington Post/Reuters (6/30)
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| | Nortel shareholders express frustration at meeting
Nortel Networks shareholders yesterday asked management difficult questions at the equipment maker's first annual meeting in more than two years. A
common theme among the complaints was the call for Nortel's management
to assume some of the blame for continued accounting problems. NYTimes.com (6/30)
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| | Report: Today's customers want control over communications experience
The growth of wireless and
customers' desire to have more control over their communications
experience will change the way telcos market their services, a new report by Forrester Research says. Carriers should pay close attention to usage trends among
customers under 25 because their habits represent what the future of
communications will look like, the report adds. Telephony Online (6/29)
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| | Phone, cable company spots spur ad growth
The advertising landscape increasingly is filled with telecom and cable company ads selling triple-play packages. While advertising budgets in other sectors are contracting or at least moving away from traditional media, this particular battle is fueling much of advertising's growth. NYTimes.com (6/30)
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| | Nextel tests wireless broadband
Nextel Communications and California-based
IPWireless are testing a wireless broadband service using UMTS TD-CDMA technology in the Washington area. The technology is capable of achieving speeds comparable to
those offered by fixed-line broadband providers. Telecommunications (6/30), The Washington Post (6/30), RCR Wireless News (6/29), Wireless Week (6/29)
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| | Transition to new Internet protocol lags
Testimony before Congress yesterday said most government agencies -- the Defense Department a notable exception -- are not ready to switch to IPv6 from the current IPv4. The transition to IPv6, which already is under way in Europe and Japan, is seen as crucial for national security. CNET (6/29), InternetNews.com (6/30)
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| | Lawrence Lessig: Grokster decision "a pretty significant defeat"
In a Q-and-A with BusinessWeek, Stanford Law School professor and Creative Commons chairman Lawrence Lessig predicts the fallout from the Grokster decision will stifle innovation and creativity and force inventors to spend more time with lawyers and less time at the drawing board. Bloomberg Businessweek (6/29)
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