India Hangs Up on Its Mobile Phone Industry

India's Supreme Court decided yesterday to cancel 122 controversial mobile phone licenses ending nearly three years of uncertainty but opening up a new round of skepticism about India as a destination for foreign investment.

N Korea mobile phone subscribers top 1 million

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Hutchison to buy mobile operator Orange Austria

Hutchison 3G continues to grow its European mobile phone business with its acquisition of Austria’s third biggest mobile firm from France Telecom and Mid-Europa Partners.

Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard

Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace third generation or 3G technology, the International Telecommunication Union announced on Friday.

Indian court annuls 122 mobile phone licences

POLITICS IN India have been thrown into further chaos after the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to cancel 122 mobile phone licences granted “irregularly” in 2008 at an estimated cost to the country of $40 billion.