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2006

UK Ofcom awards low power wireless spectrum
Houston Metro to Deploy Blackberry PocketCop
Bid To Block FCC Spectrum Auctions
South African Bugging Law Approved
EU to fight cyber repression
EU To Promote cars that call 112 Emergency
FCC Changes Spectrum Auction Rules
GSM Association Slams Turkish Mobile Tax
GSM Operators Slam EU Roaming Cut Initiative
How UK Mobile Devices Are Lost
XSAT Awarded Thuraya SP Award
UK Child Phone Muggings Increase

Motorola to explain exploding batteries
Amdocs Buys Qpass for $275 Million
Ofcom Looks at mobile phones on aircraft

Mobile Operators Biz turning inside out
EU ensures emergency services can locate callers
Quad Play Services on the Horizon
Discovery to Launch Mobile TV Channel
US patent office rejects Blackberry patent
Ericsson sues Samsung for patent violation
Millicom boost with over 1m new subs in Q405
WatchLink Tracks And Maps Registered Sex Offenders
Vodafone's New Face Recognition on CellPhone
South African Regulator Wants Shorter CellPhone Contracts
RIM Loses Blackberry US Exemption Case
PanAfrican Regulator Could Cut African ICT Costs says CTO CEO
EU Begins European Mobile Phone Roaming Rate Investigation.
RIM Wins in UK Over Blackberry Patent Case
Teles says Nokia 6136 GSM Wifi Phone violates patent
EU says telecom markets 2006 outlook positive
Nigerian Mobile Users Plan Phone Switch off campaign
African MObile Phone Subscribers To Reach 400m By 2007
Mobile operators in anti mobile spam initiative
Transparent Pricing Signals 3g Acceleration For 2006
Motorola/NTT DoCoMo HSDPA 3G Phone  Prototype
3 Hong Kong Introduces Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry
Celtel Sierra Leone plans USD20 million investment
DiGi Selects Siemens for 3G Network in Malaysia
Freescale and Nokia ready 3G phone reference design
Massive Rise in GSM/EDGE mobile data access devices

2005
Turkcell Settles its Interconnection Dispute With Turk Telekom
The Malware Attack Against Mobile Phones is Mounting

Saudi Arabia Repeals Ban on Camera Phones
Saudi Arabian Mobile Regulator to Punish 'Immoral' 3G Phone Use
Class Action Filed Against Russian Vimpel Comm

2004
Dutch Regulator OPTA Fines SMS spammers
Art Theft Investigation Goes Mobile
Israeli Ministry to Restrict Porn on Mobile Phones
Sonera launches mobile digital certificate
Japan Proposes Ban On Prepaid Mobile Phones
ICSTIS gets more power to tackle mobile fraud.
Calls to help stop camera phone surveillance abuse
Mobile Phone jamming scam in Scotland
UK National Lottery goes mobile
US Sets New Rules for stopping spam on mobile phones
Rules governing location services set in the UK
SMS interoperability for Little Smart phones
American MOBILE trade bodies align
SA Interception Regulations Set For Implementation
France Agrees To Mobile Phone Jammers
US Sets New Rules for stopping spam on mobile phones
Rules governing location services set in the UK
SMS interoperability for Little Smart phones
American MOBILE trade bodies align
SMS Mobile spam draws US FCC regulator wrath
Verizon Wireless sues SMS spammer
EU Commission challenges UK international roaming rates
BT and TMobile UK argue over mobile termination rates
Russian mobile revenues to exceed USD 9 billion in 2004
Ofcom to strengthen premium rate services protection

New UK Regulations for opting out of PSMS
Consumer group formulates cell phone in-flight policy
Malaysian couple misread text competition details
Legal Q&As - working time and 3G harassment
Switzerland to insist on Prepaid registration
Malaysian couple misread text competition details
Consumer group formulates cell phone in-flight policy
GSM Wireless Nanny Blocker Launched
UK Mobile Operators Block Online Porn
Finland's cellphone service watchdog shuts down SMSs from 'God'
Brazilian Government Faces Legal Action Over Regulator Sacking

2003
CLA Munich Tackles Legal Issues In Mobile and Telecoms Business
Now you can dump your wife by SMS
EU presses for mobile spam and privacy laws
Mobile Phone whilst driving ban commences in the UK
"No cell phones" sticker now trademarked
Warning That Bluetooth Class I devices pose hacking & security risk
Anti-spam laws now in force in the UK ban unsolicited SMS
South Korea Clamps Down on SMS Spam
Tackling worldwide trade in stolen mobiles
New GSM Jammer Looks Like a GSM Cellphone
Sangyo 360 degree surveilance camera working with 3G phones
Bizarre Jamming Of Moldova GSM Network
Camera phones a threat to industrial secrets
US tower firm fined over safety violations
Mobile Phone whilst driving ban commences in the UK
Lawsuit over GSM network seizure in Cote d'Ivoire
African GSM Operators Create Mobile Phone EIR Blacklist
Woman suffers facial burns from cell phone
Nigerian Regulator  Sets Up Arbitration Panels Over GSM Complaints
Calif. bans mobile phone spam
Security Concerns Still Slowing Mobile App Deployment
DoCoMo Mova F505i wth fingerprint authentication technology
GSM Association sets its sights on spamming globally
Vodafone to clamp down on SMS Spam
GSM Jammer Security Device saved Pakistan's president
Worlds First Mobile Spyphone Launched
EU moves against illegal and harmful content online
Korean Government Admits Developing Anti-Tapping
South Korea to introduce tougher Location laws