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<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Mobile charges a heartbreaker
Cheaper calls may be at hand, but you'll probably still need two phones to get the best deals.

Phones keep Egyptians tweeting
Egyptians, blocked from the internet, are being offered a way by Google and Twitter to "tweet" by using a voice connection.

Smartphone users 'will download 17 bn apps in 2011'
Gartner estimates that smartphone users will download a shopping 17.7 billion apps - worth US$15bn - this year.

Cellphone drivers cause 182 crashes
Drivers are flouting the ban on hand-held cellphones - new figures show a phone-related car crash almost every two days, dozens of injuries and five deaths last year.

Fathers directed to keep out of the frame at birth
Fathers hoping to record the birth of their babies will have to rely on photographic memories now video cameras and mobile phones are increasingly being banned from maternity hospitals in the Australian state of Victoria.

Go-getter reaches for stars with new project
Kiwi tech entrepreneur Derek Handley on his latest venture into mobile advertising.

Has computer-aided cheating made us stupid and lazy?
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Google has created a mobile phone application that will solve any Sudoku puzzle?

Regulation push as telco complaints soar
Complaints against the telecommunications industry have more than trebled in the last three years, with an increasing number made about non-members, giving rise to calls for the scheme to be made compulsory.

Commission calls for lower mobile termination charges
The Commerce Commission has called for lower wholesale voice and text pricing to encourage competition in NZ's cellular market.

Text bullying victim tells lover 'see you in heaven'
'I love you I'll see you in heaven,' a 15-year-old girl wrote in a text message to her married, 27-year-old lover.

<i>Chris Barton</i>: Resistance is futile even for a hardened cellphone sceptic
Finally, mobiles are living up to their early promise.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Rural broadband bid prompts an unlikely alliance
Telco rivals say they have the technology to deliver the Government's goals.