The USA's postal service has implemented a ban on shipping a range of consumer electronics -- such as smartphones, tablets and MP3 players -- through its overseas postal service.

According to figures disclosed by leading global mobile operators, the number of machines using cellular communication continues to grow at a high rate in key world regions.

South Africa based mobile network, Cell C is reported to have received a cash injection of US$180 million from its majority shareholder, Dubai-based Oger Telecom.

Nokia has sold an office block in New York State, USA for US$12 million, just six years after it spent US$30 million upgrading the building.

Orange UK has announced a mobile ticketing trial with rail and bus operator, Stagecoach. The two companies have unveiled the mobile contactless transport ticketing system, Click here for more.

The local bank accounts of Pakistan's mobile network, Mobilink have been frozen by the government's tax authorities in a dispute over an unpaid Rs8.

Globally, nearly all smartphones and tablets are corporate-liable devices, including most BYOD smartphones.

A new study published in the May issue of Clinical Therapeutics shows that patients who participate in a text message prescription reminder program have significantly higher adherence to chronic oral medications than those in a control group.

Huawei says that it has filed an anti-trust complaint with the European Commission against USA-based InterDigital in which it urges the Commission to intervene to end what it says are InterDigital's abuses of its 3G patents.

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