Palm’s board has gained shareholder approval for a 1-for-20 stock split which it claims will simplify the process of separating the hardware business of the Solutions Group from the PalmSource software subsidary. Palm can initiate the split at a r…

Network operator mmO2 has announced that it will launch multimedia messaging services (MMS) in its four European markets later this month. Dubbed O2 Media Messaging, the service will enable users to exchange personal messages and subscribe for mul…

Mobile games developer Digital Bridges has won a contract to supply Telefonica Moviles, the Spanish network operator, with a portfolio of entertainment services. Telefonica will offer the services over SMS, WAP and Java.

Titles include Star Tre…

British Telecom has returned to the UK mobile telephony market as a virtual network operator (MVNO). The former parent of mmO2 will buy network capacity from its newly independent subsidary and target users of its BT.com portal with flexible tarif…

Vodafone Group Plc today announces the launch of Eurocall Platinum, a new Eurocall option which has been developed to help reduce the cost of calls for high volume roaming customers. Eurocall Platinum builds on the success of Eurocall, Vodafone’s …

ViewSonic has announced a handheld device running Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2002 operating system. The PCV35 is a lightweight, entry-level handheld with 64 Mb of RAM, a 300 Mhz XScale processor, 240 x 320 colour LCD and lithium ion battery.

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As promised, NTT DoCoMo continues to advance it strategy of rolling out i-Mode and ‘i-Mode-like’ services around the world. To-date, it has helped launch services in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Taiwan, and soon France as well.

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Shares in NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s biggest wireless carrier, fell on Monday as the market digested a report it would sharply cut its subscriber target for advanced third-generation services, the latest in a string of bad news.