Vodafone and Telefonica O2 confirm network sharing
Telefónica and Vodafone have confirmed, after many rumours and denials, plans to share mobile network assets across four European territories - Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK.
Mobile Europe

China to get 3G iPhone soon?
China Unicom plans to start trials of its 3G network within the next few months according to a company spokesperson. The firm plans to offer 3G services in 284 cities by the end of this year as it races to deploy its network against its two rivals, China Mobile and China Telecom, said the spokesperson. She also confirmed her company is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, but declined to give further details. China Mobile, the country's largest mobile carrier ahead of China Unicom, had been the rumoured national iPhone carrier. However, its 3G network licence is for Chinese homegrown 3G air interface TD-SCDMA.
PC World

Salesforce adds Twitter to its software
Twitter has made its way up the corporate ladder with Salesforce integrating its Service Cloud customer service platform with the twitter platform. Currently in its beta, the service is expected to be officially launched this summer at no additional charge to subscribers.
TechWorld

Cyber attacks are the top business risk, according to new survey
Cyber attacks are the top business risk for 77 per cent of European companies, according to research by software and IT services supplier Symantec. The survey of mainly IT managers (81 per cent) showedinternal threats were a top concern for only 31 per cent of organisations, followed by conventional crime (29 per cent) and natural disasters (24 per cent). Fear of cyber attacks far out ranks other business risks as a top concern, a survey of IT security professionals at 477 large European organisations revealed.
Computer Weekly

Widgets confirmed for Windows Mobile 6.5
A spokesperson for the Windows Mobile 6.5 project has confirmed that widgets will be present when the new OS hits later in the year. Each individual widget will act as independent application and will support media player integration as they have full access to the other web favourites Flash and ActiveX.
Know Your Mobile

Skype goes after business with IP calls
Skype has announced a new version of its internet calling service that allows companies to use their IP-enabled corporate phone systems to make Skype calls using regular office phones instead of using a headset that plugs into a PC.
Silicon

Google Introduces Email "Panic Button"
Google has introduced a new feature to Gmail: a five-second window to "unsend" a message that the user has second thoughts about.
eWeek

IBM 'in talks' to buy Sun Microsystems
IBM has opened acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems, raising the prospect of a massive consolidation of the software, server and storage markets. IBM has seemingly mooted a price in the region of $6.5bn.
The Register

BT reveals which towns will get fibre first
BT has revealed the locations of the first 29 exchanges to be connected to its forthcoming fibre network. Around 500,000 homes and businesses will be connected during the initial rollout, which BT claims will begin early next year.
PC Pro

IEEE working on two new standards
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved work to begin on two new standards for heterogeneous wireless networks, based on the existing IEEE 1900.4 standard. The first project, IEEE P1900.4a, an amendment to IEEE 1900.4, will examine architecture and interfaces for dynamic spectrum access networks in white space frequency bands. The proposed standard would define new components (both entity(s) and interfaces) for operating in white space frequency bands in addition to IEEE 1900.4 entities and interfaces.
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