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Finding a buyer for the network, which has plummeted in value in recent years, may prove a challenge.
(From Reuters)
August 8, 2008, 3:50 PM PDT
In the deal, announced Tuesday, BT has agreed to pay $105 million in cash for Ribbit, which bills itself as "Silicon Valley's first phone company."
July 29, 2008, 9:03 AM PDT
Two companies start taking preorders for the new iPhone, but errors and site slowness lead to confusion.
July 7, 2008, 11:26 AM PDT
Openwave sells those parts of its business to LiMo member Purple Labs, which plans to use the mobile Internet technologies in its Linux platform.
July 7, 2008, 6:15 AM PDT
Efforts to standardize mobile Linux get put on hold after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it's merging with the Linux Mobile Foundation.
June 26, 2008, 12:02 PM PDT
Dutch scientists find that the tracking-and-tracing chips can interfere with hospital equipment, thus putting patients in danger.
June 26, 2008, 8:11 AM PDT
roundup With an acquisition and a new foundation, Nokia casts the operating system into the limelight hogged by iPhone and Android.
June 24, 2008, 2:28 PM PDT
The move by Nokia and allies to spur the development of mobile Web applications is seen as a major strike against Google and its nascent Android platform.
June 24, 2008, 6:53 AM PDT
More than 100 mobile WiMax products will be certified by the year's end, with more than 1,000 certified by 2011, it predicts.
June 19, 2008, 7:42 AM PDT
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