BlackBerry ban for French officials
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BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful &#151; and now, a threat to French state secrets.
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Unlocked iPhones will finally be available but only in France, where the law prohibits tying the sale of a mobile phone to a specific cellular operator.
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By JOHN LEICESTER PARIS - BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful - and now, a threat to French state secrets.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission ordered a ban on Thursday of some imported cell phone models containing Qualcomm Inc.  chips that infringe on a Broadcom Corp.  patent.
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EU telecoms ministers back rules that cut the charges for using mobile phones abroad.
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A French amnesty law forbids media from reporting the details of the legal procedure that Barrot faced. Barrotâs resignation was also demanded by Britainâs anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which provoked
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Less fat, less sugar, less salt: Even the mostly svelte French are cracking down. Beginning Thursday, the government ordered food ads to carry cautions telling the French to stop snacking, exercise and eat more fruits and vegetables.
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After having waited for a jury's verdict last month to withstand judicial review, the International Trade Commission this morning upheld a decision to ban the import of certain goods containing Qualcomm chipsets into the US. The banned devices are mobile handsets whose use of EV-DO and W-CDMA technology was found to have infringed upon three of Broadcom's patents.
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(InfoWorld) - The head of the cellular industry association sent a letter to President Bush, asking him to strike the U.S. International Trade Commission's recentÂ ban on the import of Qualcomm phones in the U.S. The ban, issued by the commission on June 7, can be vetoed by the president within 60 days of the ruling. Historically, presidents have rarely overturned such a decision from the ITC. The ban will "freeze innovation" for wireless networks in the country and will adversely affect public safet, wrote Steve Largent, president and CEO of the CTIA cellular industry association, in a letter to the president dated Wednesday. In addition to diminishing public safety agencies' ability to conduct basic communications, the ban will also hinder the mobile industry's efforts to improve emergency 911 services, he wrote. That's because the ban only covers future phone models while allowing existing phones to continue to reach the market. As a result, new technologies that can allow better pinpointing of 911 callers won't be imported if the ban stands, Largent wrote. He paints a broad picture of woe across the industry that will result from the ban. "Substantial investments will be stranded and jobs will be lost if the ITC importation ban is allowed to stand," according to the letter. Largent warns that the ban will force the redesign of all handsets that use the chips, a process that could take 18 months to two years and could cost millions of dollars. That process will reduce the international competitiveness of the companies and pass on costs to consumers, he said. The ban is a result of aÂ patent feud between Qualcomm and Broadcom. The ITC ruling follows an earlier finding thatÂ Qualcomm infringed on a Broadcom patentÂ related to power management. The ITC took unusual steps in order to develop the parameters of the ban, holding hearings with the two companies and entertaining ideas from the industry. It is rare for the ITC to grandfather in products, allowing them to be imported even though they have been found to infringe intellectual property. The only similar cases historically have involved products that could directly harm lives if they became unavailable. If the president doesn't strike the ban, Qualcomm can appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, asking for a stay of the ban. However, the court rarely issues stays to such decisions. Qualcomm has said that it plans to urge the president to overturn the ban and if he doesn't, the company will appeal the decision in court.
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An order prohibiting the import of cell phones with certain Qualcomm chips will be enforced while the chipmaker appeals a patent infringement case, a federal agency has ruled.
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Leave your cellphone and BlackBerry at home. They won't work at these vacation spots.
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Email and Internet service to notoriously addictive BlackBerry cellphones in North America stopped working for several hours on Monday.
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A department in the Australian government is holding back a RIM BlackBerry rollout due to concerns about the impact on staff work/life balance.
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The French Health Ministry on Wednesday  issued a warning against excessive mobile phone use, especially  by children, though it recognized science had not proved  cellular technology was dangerous.
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French ministers tried on Tuesday to calm  tensions following the government's decision to ban cultivation  of the sole genetically modified (GMO) crop grown in the  country, stressing that the move was temporary.
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European Commission may forbid the use of Qualcomm's mobile TV technology in Europe.
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Watch a movie or make a mobile phone call. Soon, in France, you might not be able to do both at once.