T-Mobile USA, the number four US mobile service, said it was starting to offer customers a new service that uses short-range Wi-Fi networks to improve reception when needed.

The European Commission is supporting a standard based on Nokia technology for mobile television broadcasting in Europe, according to a draft document obtained by Dow Jones Newswires.

The widespread deployment of 3G networks in the 900MHz GSM spectrum band, as well as the 2100MHz band, could enable an additional 300 million people across Asia, Europe and Africa to enjoy mobile broadband services by 2012, according to a study by the analyst and consulting company Ovum for the GSM Association.

Motorola recently announced a new version of the wireless messaging product it obtained in its recent acquisition of Good Technology.

Low-cost carrier AirAsia is poised to be the first airline in Asia to provide in-flight mobile communications.

AT&T said on Thursday it has hired 2,000 temporary store workers to handle its much-hyped introduction of the iPhone, the first cell phone from iPod music player maker Apple.

Nokia recently unveiled plans to reorganize its corporate structure in 2008, saying the move would help it take advantage of new opportunities in the convergence of mobile communications and Internet technologies.

Vodafone-only branded handsets to increase access to mobile technology for millions in emerging markets.

With AT&T being the exclusive US distributor of the iPhone, the wireless carrier may have found an easy way to handcuff rivals and steal customers.

Russia's Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Nokia Siemens Networks recently announced their cooperation in building a turnkey 3G network in the Moscow region.