Nokia Slashes 600 Jobs; Targets Emerging Markets With Internet Services And New Handsets
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Vodafone Seeking To Postpone India’s 3G Auction
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Mobile Content Bits: France Spectrum Auction; DeviceAnywhere Launching Labs; Thomson Reuters-India
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Reuters Expands Mobile Farming Info Service To Another Indian State
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Publicis’ Phonevalley Opens Doors In Asia
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Reliance Injects $1.2 Billion Into New Hollywood Film Powerhouse, Ending Paramount-Dreamworks Clash
By Matt Kapko
Well, at least big Hollywood names can still get a line of credit in these trying times. The heads at DreamWorks SKG have firmed up a $1.2 b… Read more »
Indian Deal: Mukta Arts Buys Majority In Mobile Content Firm Coruscant Tec
By Rafat Ali
In India, mobile content company Coruscant Tec has finally found a buyer. Bollywood biggie Mukta Arts Ltd has agreed to pick up 51 percent s… Read more »
Yahoo Starts Limited Beta Of New Front Page
A week after AOL unveiled its new-look front page with lifestreaming and e-mail aggregation, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is starting limited random b… Read more »
Google Testing Voice-Based Search In India
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CDN BitGravity Gets Another $11.5 Million, From Tata Communications
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E-Paper Provider Pressmart Raises $6 Million Funding
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Facebook Shuts Down Most Scrabulous Access; Blames Complaint By Mattel
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iPhone Roundup: “Small But Enthusiastic” In India; Orange Poland Hires Actors; O2 UK Sells Out
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Indian Online DVD Rental Service Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round
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No iPhone Price War In India; No Visual Voicemail Or iTunes For Singapore iPhone Buyers
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Reliance (Still) Scouting For Mobile Content Acquisitions In U.S.; How About Yahoo?
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Vodafone To Launch iPhone 3G In India On Friday, For A Whopping $715 And $830; Not 3G, But GPRS
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So much for the iPhone reaching any scale in India. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), through its Vodafone Essar joint venture, is gearing up to launch… Read more »
True Games Interactive Sells Majority Stake To India’s UTV
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This Mobile Life: Roeding
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5.2B Mobile Subscribers By 2011, 1.7B On Mobile Web And 2.1B Mobile Purchases By 2013: Reports
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iPhone To Launch 22 August In India, Estonia And The Czech Republic
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Nokia Investing $150M More In Direct Venture Arm; India and China Priority
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Indiagames To Purchase 51 Percent Of US Company
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Roundup: $200 Billion Global Data For 2008; $17B EU Content By 2012; $8B Indian Data By 2013
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MovieBeam’s Crazy Story Continues: Bought By India’s Valuable Group
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Sony Ericsson In Merger Talks With Indian Handset-Maker Spice Mobile
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