> Thirty countries passed 100 percent mobile-phone penetration in the first quarter. Article [1]
> Strategy Analytics says more than 100 million people around the globe are now using WCDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO handsets. Article [2]
> SmarTone-Vodafone launched its HSDPA network in Hong Kong. Article [3]
> Motorola said it would establish an Indian manufacturing facility with a total investment of $100 million. Article [4]
> Dijji, formerly known as Dwango Wireless, is closing down and will liquidate all its assets. Article [5]
> Chutes & Ladders: Martin Rofheart, the director of ultra-wideband operations for Freescale, left the company. Article [6]
And Finally... Intelligence from tracking cell phone locations helped U.S. armed forces find and kill the head of Al Quaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Article [7]
Links:
[1] http://www.telecommagazine.com/newsglobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_2148
[2] http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17751.php
[3] http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17750.php
[4] http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17749.php
[5] http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17743.php
[6] http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JDTWPMVBXYMLOQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=188703435
[7] http://www.cellular-news.com/story/17746.php