As Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK). inches toward launching its "Comes With Music" flat-rate subscription service before the end of the year, the company's head of global music, Elizabeth Schimel, said she's hopeful EMI Music will come on board before it goes live. "We are optimistic about our conversations to date [...]

Music lovers on the T-Mobile network have reason to get excited with the Motorola ROKR E8 music phone on its way to shelves in 6 more days (July 7th). Featuring new ModeShift technology, the unit literally transforms from music player to phone with the touch of a button. The phone [...]

Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu today launched coverage of the European telecommunications equipment sector. He is bullish on the networking sector, but negative on devices. Ergo, he launched Ericsson (ERIC) with an Outperform rating, Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) at Market Perform and starts Nokia (NOK) at Underperform. Ferragu sees network equipment sales [...]

Kevin Maney counters: The news about the crummy tech IPO situation seems to worry a lot of people. But some of the best technology gets built in times like these because there is no quick payoff. In the past quarter, for the first time in 30 years, not a single tech [...]

Skype taps former Motorola exec for COO postCNET News, CA - 1 hour agoInternet calling provider Skype said Tuesday that it has hired Scott Durchslag, a former Motorola executive, to become its Chief Operating Officer. ...Skype names Motorola's Durchslag chief operating officer MarketWatchSkype Appoints New Chief Operating Officer Business Wire [...]

Andy Abramson tipped me off to a new summer promotion by Truphone which now gives you 4X the inititial credit in your new account. Andy told me, "With the summer holiday season upon us, Truphone is giving away more credit to new users - meaning more free minutes and free [...]