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How to dial down your cell phone costs (The State)
If you have ever incurred cell phone fees, you know that they can sting. Depending on your plan, the penalty for going over your minutes can range from 5 cents a minute to 45 cents. If you?ve been getting slapped with fees regularly, it?s probably time to change your behavior ? or change your calling plan. Amy Bickers, associate editor at Kiplinger.com, offers three ways to avoid cell phone ...

EU cracks down on shady cell phone services (CNET)
The European Union's head of consumer affairs is cracking down on Web sites that sell cell phone services, such as ringtones.

Telecom working to repair Auckland phone outage (Otago Daily Times)
Telecom is gradually restoring dial-up services throughout Auckland's Point Chevalier after phone cables were damaged, and has moved to compensate those affected.

On-phone Chinese interpreters available (Dallas Morning News)
Visiting China, but your Mandarin is flawed? No problem. Just dial up an interpreter. At least two new companies offer over-the-phone interpretation services with live operators. You speak with them in English, then hand over the phone and they explain your needs to Chinese-speaking locals.

Swisscom selects Sicap for i-Phone launch (Digital Media Europe)
Sicap has informed that it helped Swisscom prepare the 3G i-Phone for its launch last week, with its Intelligent Network-based billing platform set up for real-time rating to back up the Swiss operator prepaid services.

Former Mobile Phone Salesman Turned Opera Star - Selling Phones Again (Cellular-News.com)
A former mobile phone shop assistant who went on to win a television talent contest has found his winning entry being used by T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom to advertise its services in Germany.

Swisscom Trusts Sicap for Smooth i-Phone Launch (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BERN, Switzerland----Sicap helped Swisscom prepare the 3G i-Phone for its launch last week, with its Intelligent Network-based billing platform set up for real-time rating to back up the Swiss operator prepaid services.

Phoning It In: Software Turns Mobile Phone into Personal Newscam [News] (Scientific American)
A lawmaker streams live video with the first images from the Mars Phoenix lander, a technophile shares his experiences with his new iPhone 3G, and a dog owner shows off his canine comrade's repertoire of tricks (clearly without the benefit of rehearsal). Welcome to the world of "qikking," where mobile phone users spontaneously capture video and send it to the Internet where, unlike YouTube, the ...

The Prepaid Phone Trafficking Web of Crime (TechNewsWorld.com)
Cell phone trafficking operations siphon millions of dollars from the wireless industry and its customers every year. Until recently, little could be done to fight back, but a vigorous counter-attack that has yielded several victories in federal courts across the country, is beginning to turn the tide and help the wireless industry put a stop to a spreading epidemic.

Openmoko signs Koolu for FreeRunner Mobile Phone (CIOL)
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Openmoko, creator of the first completely open mobile computing platform, announced an agreement with Koolu Inc., a Canadian-based company, to distribute the FreeRunner Open Source mobile phone in all of the Americas, the United Kingdom and the European Union with plans to expand globally through local partners.