The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone bandwagon rolls on. At this year’s MWC, a cross-section of execs from operators, to handset makers, to content players were singing its praises—backing them up…

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They’re not bedfellows just yet—Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is “investigating” Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) over concerns surrounding its new oneConnect mobile social app. Unveiled in Barcelona on Monday, the app lets users…

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Another mobile TV conference panel, another opportunity to lament the low take-up of this technology with so much still-unfulfilled promise (also see yesterday’s stats and similar negativity from Mipcom). BBC…

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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son warned operators they risked becoming “dumb pipes,” if they did not move swiftly to control mobile content, reports TotalTelecom. Speaking on Wednesday at the MWC, Son…

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DotMobi said this week at Mobile World Congress that it has started to compile a database of cellphone specifications to help software developers better design Web sites for mobile phones.…

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In his role as Sundance Institute president at Mobile World Congress, Robert Redford said that, often, technology gets ahead of itself. The GSM Association is sponsoring initiatives again this year…

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Will.i.am, the brains behind Black-Eyed Peas and a switched-on digital media brand surfer with a couple of online music businesses under his auspices, shared his words of wisdom from an…

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In his role as Sundance Institute president at Mobile World Congress, Robert Redford said that, often, technology gets ahead of itself. The GSM Association is sponsoring initiatives again this year…

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If you thought Universal Music Group’s all-you-can-eat music access endeavors were just experiments, check digital SVP Rob Wells’ comments on a music panel at Mobile World Congress: “The start and…

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Not that many countries outside Asia are using it in a big way, but proportionally fewer Americans are watching mobile TV than anywhere else surveyed, Nielsen Mobile VP Jeff Herrmann…

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EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment outfit says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

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Our paidContent:UK editor Robert Andrews has been at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, covering the massive annual trade show once known as 3GSM. Some highlights: -- @ MWC Interview:…

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Here is front-row video from the launch announcement of Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) oneConnect social mobile app in Barcelona (earlier post). The first, longer video is the full product demonstration; the…

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Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) former southeast Asia sales VP Mauro Montanaro is just eight days in to his role as Jamba’s CEO, having switched from hardware maker to content player. But…

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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has unveiled an all-in-one social phonebook, lifestream aggregator and location-aware mobile communicator app that will let users let users share and read status updates and do multi-protocol…

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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is to become T-Mobile’s exclusive web search provider across much of Europe from March, the pair announced in Barcelona. T-Mobile had already started using Yahoo’s oneSearch in…

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Yesterday, EU telco commissioner Vivianne Reding and GSM Association CEO Rob Conway were on the same page when they teamed for a joint press conference. Today, the gulf between mobile…

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Maybe it’s the Spanish sun but peace (of a kind) has broken out between Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Orange. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on…

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced Tuesday that they had struck a deal to integrate the search engine with the handset giant’s search application Nokia Search. Initially, Google…

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Two of the biggest mobile players fell over themselves to pitch their environmental credentials on the Mobile World Congress keynote stage this morning. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said:…

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GSM Association Rob Conway opened the Mobile World Congress proper in Barcelona this morning by putting the frights up internet users. The internet is littered with popups, spam and illicit…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin, in his keynote to open Mobile World Congress, called for consolidation of handset operating systems. “There is no way that a group of developers…

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More detail on yesterday’s preview. Universal Music Group has licensed its tunes to Omnifone’s new out-of-the-box all-you-can-eat download service, meaning Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has company in the pre-licensed music market.…

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-- *Motorola* launches mobile TV, GPS device: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today introduced Mobile TV DH01n, a portable media player including navigation capabilities 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map…

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India’s diversified digital media group Spice is using Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to unveil three pieces of hardware, including this “Movie Phone” - a film-centric handset that plays titles…

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