Know someone online you'd like to talk to on the phone, but don't have their phone number - or don't want to give them yours? Chances are you know their email address. Now, that's all you need to call them, no matter where they are, for free. Jangl, Inc., the company bridging the web and the phone, announced it is unveiling an easy-to-use service that lets you call anyone with an email address, anywhere in the world.

Opera and Palm, Inc. announced that the new Palm Foleo mobile companion will use the Opera web browser to provide customers a user-friendly web experience. Based on Opera 9, Opera for the Palm Foleo offers intelligent navigation features and support for advanced Web 2.0 applications using Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). Opera’s Software Developer Kit (SDK) proved to be a quick-to-market solution in tailoring a browser suitable for the cutting edge of mobile technology.

The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for mobile operators, is to collaborate with Microsoft Corporation on a global research programme to determine consumer user trends and the mass market potential of notebook PCs with embedded mobile broadband - enabling access to the Internet anywhere with mobile coverage. Today the market for mobile broadband is rapidly growing among notebook buyers who need mobile high speed data connectivity. International business travellers, road warriors, field information workers and other PC buyers find it essential.

Smart SMS Corp. has partnered with the Africa Foundation For Aids (AFFA) to create a mobile campaign that will allow cell phone users to text in donations. Smart SMS Corp.’s VP of Marketing Eric Robinson says, “This partnership demonstrates how technology can benefit charities. The ability to donate money is now at the fingertips of generous people." AFFA VP Ashley Clyde Sherman initiated the idea of getting people to text in their donations and is excited that the idea is now a reality for his organization.

Tourist Mobile, one of the worlds leading Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), announced that it has partnered with Sonim Technologies, the leader in Push-To-Talk IMS solutions for mobile operators, to launch Austria's first standards-based Push-To-Talk system. Tourist Mobile's customers will now have early access to Sonim's XP1 mobile "tough phone" along with Sonim's high performance Push-To-Talk service.

Skyworks Solutions, an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced that it is supporting LG Electronics’ ramp of its record-selling Shine handset. The Shine, which is LG’s second model from its Black Label Series, is leveraging the SKY77340, a highly integrated quad-band EDGE power amplifier - used to support the world’s largest markets in Europe and the United States. Skyworks’ modules are also being utilized across LG’s GPRS and CDMA Chocolate phones, which have sold ten million units globally since the end of 2005. LG’s Shine weighs a mere 115 grams, stemming from its unique stainless steel material base.

dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, announced more than 500,000 .mobi domains have been registered in 104 countries since the domain's commercial launch in October 2006. The continual growth of .mobi registrations illustrates that content developers are focused on delivering quality sites and applications to mobile phones for consumers to use. Millions of pages of content are now live on .mobi sites and many of the world's leading brands have gone ".mobi" over the past few months.

2waytraffic N.V. '2waytraffic' or 'The Company' the international developer and exploiter of interactive content, announces today that Emexus, acquired in June 2006, and 2waytraffic's mobile content division have been fully integrated and re-launched as 2waytraffic mobile. 2waytraffic mobile has been established to facilitate 2waytraffic's growth ambitions regarding the creation, exploitation and roll-out of mobile entertainment services and to maximise the synergy and efficiency advantages gained since the acquisition. Additionally, the company's corporate clients will have access to 2waytraffic's unique interactive experience and know-how to reach and interact with mass audiences around the globe.

FotoNation, a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today the world’s first red-eye technology for cameras phones, the FotoNation award-winning Red-Eye Correction Technology. A highly portable software implementation, FotoNation’s Red-Eye Correction Technology is directly embedded in the camera phone so consumers can automatically take perfect red-eye free photos from their camera phone every time, with no software re-touching needed.

Nokia and Elisa announced that they will carry out a pilot of Nokia's new N-Gage mobile gaming service. The pilot will start in February 2007 and run until mid 2007. "The core of the Nokia games strategy is to make it easy for people to find, buy and play great quality mobile games and we're excited to expand our relationship with Elisa to help make this possible," said Jaakko Kaidesoja, Director, Games, Multimedia, Nokia. "This pilot will help us further refine the N-Gage experience for our launch later this year." "Our goal is to give our customers a new and unique experience they cannot get anywhere else," said Mikko Mattinen, Head of Department, Consumer Customers Products, Elisa Corporation.