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- Bell Canada ignites $1B wireless network, iPhone sales
Bell Canada switches on its nearly $1 billion broadband-wireless network today and begins selling the iPhone. With rival Telus as a partner, BCE has built a network that will provide high-speed Web access to urban and rural regions alike. On the iPhone, Bell Canada CEO George Cope said the strong Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar would help lower smartphone's retail price. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- LG sees double-digit handset gains through 2010
LG Electronics, the world's third-largest cell phone maker, is eyeing sales gains of 20% this year and in 2010, Skott Ahn, the CEO of its mobile-device business, said. At a separate event Tuesday, LG Electronics CEO Yong Nam said the company was "investing heavily" in smartphones, adding that, "We're not yet there but we'll get there." Nam said LG saw companies such as Apple and Research in Motion, rather than fellow handset makers, as its chief competition. Reuters
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, The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
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- Samsung, Huawei and Sony Ericsson debut Android phones
Sprint Nextel and Samsung have officially introduced the Samsung Moment, the carrier's second Android-powered device, the companies said Tuesday almost a month after announcing their tie-up. Sony Ericsson on Tuesday announced its first Android-based phone, which will go on sale early next year. And Huawei, which has launched an Android phone in the U.K. through T-Mobile U.K., said it would release a number of devices in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America in the coming months that run on the Google operating system. eWEEK.com
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, PC World/IDG News Service
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, Reuters
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- T-Mobile back online after 8-hour outage
T-Mobile USA restored full services early this morning to the nearly 1.7 million customers affected by an outage that began late Tuesday afternoon, the carrier said. The outage disrupted voice and data services to about 5% of the telecom's subscriber base. PC World/IDG News Service
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- Company builds pocket-size mini-laptop with smartphone
A Chinese company has begun taking pre-orders for a device that aims to blend PC features with those of a smartphone. In Technology Group has developed the pocket-size XPPhone, which runs on Windows XP and also operates like a smartphone and a mobile Internet device. Some analysts termed the handset intriguing, but wondered if Windows XP was too powerful an operating system to run smartphone features. PC World/IDG News Service
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- HTC said to set HD2 U.S. plans, launches abroad
HTC is ready to ship its new HD2 smartphone to Europe and Asia, with plans to reach a "major U.S. carrier" early next year, according to an Internet report that said the handset could be set to rival Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 in the spring. The Windows Mobile 6.5-powered phone, for which there was no pricing information available, will reportedly go on sale Monday. Engadget Mobile
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- Nokia goes low with 5 new mobile handsets
Looking to fight off competition from mobile-phone makers such as ZTE, Nokia has introduced five models with price points designed to appeal to the lower end of the market. The phones, which will sell for as little as $30, feature a battery life of up to 22 days in standby mode. Reuters
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- Telecoms eye M2M potential in energy management
Telecom-service providers are among a large, diverse group of companies that are exploring ways to offer in-home energy-management services using mobile phones, PCs and TVs before the eventual introduction of smart meters by utility companies, according to industry observers. The government's dispensing of federal stimulus funds for smart meters last week sparked telecoms and the others to start seeking out potential partners. Telephony Online
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- Verizon Wireless ramps up Droid promotion with TV spot, events
Verizon Wireless had launched an aggressive media campaign to support the Motorola Droid, which debuts Friday, using a heavily produced TV spot that will likely get major airplay this week as well as an interactive event in New York's Times Square and expanded store hours. Industry observers have begun analyzing the potential impact the Droid and other new Android-powered smartphones will have on the iPhone. MocoNews.net
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,  CNET/Crave
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, PC World/BizFeed blog
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- Ghana won't revoke $900M Vodafone sale
Ghana said Tuesday that it would let stand last year's much-criticized sale of the state-owned Ghana Telecom to Vodafone even after a government review had concluded the $900 million price tag grossly undervalued the carrier's worth. In a statement, the government said it "accepted the recommendation of the review committee to re-engage with the management of Vodafone and ensure ... compliance with the laws of Ghana." BBC
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