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Vodafone and Britain’s top mobile phone company, O2, are conducting separate trials of a new technology that provides indoor base stations for third-generation mobile phone networks, they said on Monday.
O2, Britain biggest mobile firm in terms of customer numbers, is working with Japanese electronics group NEC Corp and Google-backed Ubiquisys to trial [...]

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Nokia Maps is closing in on a second-generation version. The beta version is available to a few testers. Allaboutsymbian has the lowdown on the improvements:
* Walk pedestrian mode using breadcrumbs. There is no voice instructions. This can be purchased on its own and is also available pre-loaded in the driving navigation license.
* Drive or [...]

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The most established names in telecoms, Internet and media will come together next week in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, one of the world’s biggest events for the mobile phone industry.
This year, like others previously, debate is likely to focus on how to encourage users in developed countries to use their phones for more [...]

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Cellphone makers, telecoms carriers and Internet groups are squaring up for a fight for dominance of the mobile Internet, finally ready for market after years of promises and hundreds of billions in investments.
Wireless broadband is coming of age, making rivals of companies such as Nokia Oyj, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc, who previously [...]

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Microsoft is close to forming a partnership with Nokia that will see the phone manufacturer release Windows Mobile smartphones to the masses, according to Microsoft’s former marketing director.
Without getting too in-depth, the former executive said an agreement could see Nokia’s support for Microsoft technologies “extend completely” to include Windows Mobile.
Ever since the iPhone hit store [...]