Virgin UK chooses Yahoo

Yahoo! oneSearch service will power search on Virgin Media UK’s forthcoming mobile portal. The portal will be launched on December 8th and will provide Virgin Media’s mobile consumers with news, entertainment and access to social media services.

Mobile Entertainment

Dell enters the mobile phone arena

Dell, one of the leading manufacturers on PC computers, has entered the mobile phone arena with its first Smartphone release, the Traveller 619 GPS.

Mobile Choice

Enterprises to cut fixed-line in favour of mobile

The economic downturn means that businesses will spend less on fixed-line voice budgets, as enterprises look to mobile phones as a cheaper communications alternative, according to telecoms analyst group Analysys Mason.

Tech World

Mobile devices will beat PC, TV in battle for consumers' time

Mobile devices will potentially replace TVs and computers as the electronic devices most central to people's lives. EE Times have identified eight mobile device trends likely to have a major industry and end-user impact within the next few years.

EE Times

EU agrees data roaming caps

EU telecoms ministers have voted to cap roaming charges for data, text and voice in an effort to eliminate so-called bill shock for people travelling abroad. Ministers have imposed a one euro per megabyte cap on the roaming fees operators can charge each other, with user connections cut if data usage goes beyond 50MB.

Mobile Entertainment

Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1

Sun has released version 5.1 of the open-source MySQL database software, but the software's founder simultaneously warned of a number of bugs present in the new features that are still to be fixed. Users are advised to test the latest MySQL version before deploying it to production systems.

ZDNet

Vodafone Eying €2.8 Billion Take-Over of German Cable TV Operator

Vodafone is reported to be planning a €2.8 billion take-over of the German cable TV operator, Kabel Deutschland (KDG). KDG, which announced increased second quarter revenues, would be a good fit with Vodafone's German landline subsidiary, Arcor which controls about 14% of the broadband market.

Cellular News

Fuel-cell Powered Devices Getting Closer

The US government has allowed cells with methanol, butane or formic acid to be carried on airplanes, which opens the way to fuel-cell chargers that could potentially power laptops and handsets for days between refills and relieve owners who had to charge them every few hours.
CBS News

Virgin Mobile launches 30p per day mobile internet

Starting next Monday, Virgin Mobile will offer its customers mobile web access for only 30p a day. The 30p daily charge will include unlimited access to all websites via an "enhanced" Virgin Media-branded mobile web portal with a focus on music, video, games downloads broad and editorial content.

Pocket Lint

Microsoft faces antitrust complaint from Dutch dealer

A Dutch software dealer has filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission, arguing that the company's pricing policy in Europe violates antitrust laws by charging at least a third more for its software in Europe than it does in the US.

Silicon.com