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Nokia Working on "Augmented Reality" for Mobile Phones

The University of Southern California (USC) and Nokia's Research Center (NRC) in Hollywood have announced a research collaboration framework agreement that centers on advanced mobile user experiences. The umbrella framework agreement allows Nokia and USC to work together on multiple projects in a variety of areas and will streamline the process for commercializing USC inventions.  more

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London Underground Gets Emergency Radio Network

A TETRA based radio network is now working across the entire of london's underground railway network - it was announced today. The Airwave system - will be made available to the police initially, and later to other emergency services and was a key recommendation of the report following the terrorist attacks in london a couple of years ago.  more

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Nokia Teams up with Visa for Mobile Money Trials

Credit card processor, Visa and Nokia have announced plans to deliver Visa payment and payment-related services - including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications - for Nokia phones beginning with the Nokia 6212 Classic, expected to be available starting October 2008.  more

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Egyptian Mobile Operator Orascom Poised For Shopping Spree

BARCELONA (Dow Jones) -- Egyptian mobile operator Orascom Telecom has the cash to make an acquisition of up to US$5 billion, Chief Executive Naguib Sawiris told MarketWatch in an interview Wednesday. more

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