John Blau

British mobile operator Hutchison 3 UK Ltd. (3 UK) and Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. are poised to offer the world's first third-generation (3G) mobile video phone service between their home markets at the start of next month.

Wavecom SA, a French supplier of wireless technology to handset manufacturers, has joined a partnership program of Symbian Ltd., the OS software company owned by several leading wireless equipment vendors.

Nine German cities in the state of Rheinland Pfalz are in advanced talks to replace many, if not all, of their Microsoft Corp. software products with open-source alternatives, particularly the Linux operating system.

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Music production companies and distributors in Germany have agreed, after lengthy negotiations, to offer one of the world's first national music download services.

Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) reported Thursday a net profit in the second quarter, following moves by the German telecommunications group to lower operating costs and improve earnings in its Internet and mobile units.

In a move aimed at bringing new products to market more quickly and cheaply, German middleware software vendor Software AG has teamed with iGate Global Solutions Ltd. to launch and operate a new software development and service centre in India.

Efforts by Microsoft Corp. to penetrate the European mobile phone market could receive a boost in the third quarter when Taiwanese hardware maker Mitac International Corp. plans to launch the first mobile phone using a chipset from Intel Corp. and the U.S. software giant's Smartphone operating system.