IDT Corp. plans to bid US$255 million for control of bankrupt network operator Global Crossing Ltd., saying a sale to Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte is against U.S. interests.

Move may indicate a change in strategy for the leading telecommunications equipment maker in China.

O2, the German unit of U.K. mobile telecommunications company mmO2 , plans to set third-generation mobile phone prices below those of its competitors

A new report from SRI Consulting Business Intelligence (SRIC-BI) suggests that the center of gravity is shifting to Java as the platform to target

Measured by existing handset and Internet penetration, GDP per capita, IT spending, pop culture consumption, average commuter times, level of telecoms competition and regulatory environment.

New CIF CMOS sensor heralds a complete CIF, VGA and mega-pixel line to be introduced throughout the rest of this year. High volume price quote of US$7 in high quantities is the same as Micron's recently announced VGA SoC solution.

"Japan's leading mobile operator NTT DoCoMo admitted here that had it not splashed out $332.7 million in subsidies for handset makers to develop another 10 3G models, the phones would not have arrived."

U.K. mobile-phone operator MMO2 said Wednesday it is considering deploying EDGE, an alternative third-generation technology, in the U.K.

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