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Nokia to invest an additional USD 150 million through Nokia Growth Partners
Menlo Park, California, USA - Nokia Growth Partners, a global private equity and venture capital management firm, today announced an additional commitment of USD 150 million from Nokia, increasing funds under management for direct investments to USD 250 million. Nokia began sponsoring funds [...]

Libertyville, Ill. - 29 July 2008 - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that the stylish MOTO U9 is now available unlocked for GSM networks in the U.S. exclusively through MOTOSTORE (http://www.store.motorola.com/U9). In addition to its curvaceous, graceful design, the U9 features an abundance of mobile entertainment features.
“MOTO U9 is a stylish phone, designed for [...]

Motorola Introduces WLAN Mesh-Enabled Access Point for Hazardous Environment Duty.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – 30 July 2008 – The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the latest member of its outdoor access point (AP) product family, the Haz-location (Haz-Loc) certified AP-5181, that is designed to extend the wireless enterprise into the harshest [...]

Palm Centro Available in More Than 25 Countries, Centro is among the Top 10 Phones Worldwide for Mobile Internet.
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jul 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today said it has sold its two-millionth Centro smartphone, confirming the $99 product’s growing momentum with traditional mobile phone users who want to move up [...]

Motorola to Acquire AirDefense, a Leading Wireless LAN Security Provider.
Transaction to Enhance Motorola’s WLAN Offering through AirDefense’s Best-of-Breed Technology and Proven Go-to-Market Team
Motorola’s Common Platform Solution to Provide Protection to Wireless LAN Users Making All-Wireless Enterprise an Even Greater Reality
SCHAUMBURG, IL 28 July 2008 — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has signed [...]

For around $670 million in cash Sprint Nextel agreed to sell approximately 3,300 transmission towers to TowerCo.
“By leasing rather than owning these network facilities, we can better focus on our core business of providing communications services to consumers, businesses and government customers,” said Bob Azzi, senior vice president, Field Engineering and Operations, Sprint Nextel. “Significantly, [...]

SYDNEY, Australia, Vancouver, BC – Telstra, Australia’s leading telecommunications company, has partnered with NetComm Limited, Australia’s leading provider of data communication technology and the world’s leading 3G embedded module manufacturer, Sierra Wireless to launch a new mobile broadband device.
The device, introduced today, is marketed as the Telstra Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway and BigPond [...]

Thanks to mobile devices’ increasing availability and continuing accessibility for professional users, Latin American users are joining the mobility wave prevailing in developed markets.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) - With a 52% service revenue share in the telecommunications market, far exceeding that of fixed telephony (35%), mobile telephony services, including voice and data, are the industry’s top [...]

Espoo, Finland and San Diego, USA - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced that they have entered into a new agreement covering various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMax, LTE and other technologies. The agreement will result in settlement of all litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – 21 July 2008 – The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the most robust 802.11n planning tools featuring predictive networking capabilities—Motorola’s 11n LANPlanner. The award-winning software suite – now in its 11th edition – has been enhanced to simulate the performance of 802.11n products like Motorola’s AP-7131, [...]