FCC stops short of full consumer choice

The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday, Aug. 8: Imagine owning a car that will run on only one brand of gasoline. via Cape Cod Times - Original Story

Sanyo won't sell cell phone unit

"We are conducting various reviews in order to strengthen our mobile phone handset operation, but we have not made any decision to sell the operation" " - " Troubled Japanese firm Sanyo Electric Co. denied Saturday that it had decided to sell its mobile phone manufacturing unit. via Times of Oman - Original Story

You're not allowed to read your ex's SMSes

"If it were to be solved by community service, everything would be clean." Prague - A four-month suspended prison sentence was the punishment that a 23-year-old man in the Czech Republic received from a court for stealing his ex-girlfriend's cellphone and plunging through her text ... via Independent Online - Original Story

Gresso Release Avantgarde Collection

Gresso have released their latest collection of mobile phones, the Avantgarde Collection. via Sybarites.org - Original Story

Price Cuts Hurt Chip Revenue in First Half of Year

"We expect that key end markets will grow in line with expectations through the remainder of the year, and that total semiconductor sales for 2007 will meet the revised forecast" Continuing price cuts in the semiconductor market held revenue growth down to 2.1 percent in the first half of 2007, even though strong sales of PCs and cell phones pushed chip shipments to rise nearly 7 ... via PC World - Original Story

Samsung Takes Second Spot In Worldwide Cellular Race

"Total global cellphone shipments have continued to slow down this year, but Samsung is speeding up" By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 8/3/2007 1:06:00 PM Boston, Mass. Samsung became the world's second-largest supplier of cellular phones in unit shipments in the second quarter, overtaking Motorola, Strategy ... via Twice - Original Story

Verizon earnings up 4.5 percent

Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that satisfied analyst expectations Monday and said its wireless arm would buy a rural cellphone carrier to expand its reach. via Buffalo News - Original Story