Redraws German mobile map Hamburg-based internet access provider Freenet has agreed to buy telecom reseller debitel AG for 1.63bn ($2.54bn). Continued

HTC have announced that they have signed a deal to provide Windows Mobile 6 devices for their BT Fusion service. The VoIP service allows you to make calls over WiFi when you’re in the range of your house, switching to… Continued

Our new friends at Polymer Vision should be in fine spirits this morning since they just picked up a Best in Show award at 3GSM 2007. The futuristic rollable Readius display saw off stiff competition to win The most innovative… Continued

Remember that Samsung F700 smartphone we mentioned last week, with the slide-out qwerty keyboard and 5-megapixel camera? Well, Ashley is a lucky little sod, as he’s got within inches of one over in Barcelona for 3GSM. That’s right, he got… Continued

Not to be confused with Nokia’s 8800, BlackBerry have just announced their new version, the 8800, which apparently contains ‘GPS goodness’, according to our woman of the hour, Susi, who obviously needs a long nap, judging by this video. Bless…. Continued

Pledges to be flexible and focused - at the same time Angry Motorola shareholders confronted the ailing firm’s board over the company’s poor performance yesterday, but left with little more than vague promises and estimated dates. Continued

‘It’s only a tiny little thin one’ Three of the world s biggest chip players will cooperate with one another to develop silicon wafers to improve efficiency in semiconductor manufacturing. Continued

All your widget are belong to us Vodafone and China Mobile are setting up a Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to establish standards for Web 2.0 widgets in the hope of creating truly cross-platform mobile apps. Continued

Ten-country deal feeds Apple’s world-domination plan Vodafone has signed a deal with Apple to distribute the iPhone in ten of its operating countries - several of which are still 2G-only, which should help clear stocks once the 3G version is launched. Continued

Comments Read on, dear techie nerds… In an effort to calm the European Union’s anti-trust concerns, Microsoft has released 14,000 pages of coding secrets. The documentation for the first time publicly shows the underlying protocols for Office 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007. Continued

Mobile broadband’s magic stick masterplan Maverick mobile operator 3 UK says it’s seen a 700 per cent increase in data traffic since it launched its price-busting dongle last October. Average data throughput on the network rose to 1,400 mbit/s by February, a steep ramp from 200mbit/s when the offer was introduced. Continued

How much per minute?!? Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark yesterday used the ten-minute rule to present the UK parliament with his ideas on intra-country roaming for mobile phones. Continued

It was just a PRovisioning error O2 admitted today it has been capping speeds for its 3G customers, but claims that this is all down to a “provisioning error” rather than a deliberate policy of profiling its subscriber base. Continued

Vows to beat PS3 Samsung has shown off its next major Blu-ray Disc player release - and pledged to pursue its goal of dominating the HD player market aggressively. Continued

Redmond keeping mum The Xbox 360 rumour mill is churning again thanks to fresh claims that the Microsoft has placed orders for consoles with Blu-ray Disc drives, allegedly in partnership with a subsidiary of PC manufacturer Asus. Continued

Review Ready to run any HD disc on your PC While it’s clear that Blu-ray Disc is going to rule the HD roost, unfortunately for Sony, the rival HD DVD format will take some time to wither away. Which leaves the buying public in a tricky position. Continued

Sony, Samsung and Toshiba close behind Sony may have already produced some dinky OLED panels, but LG Display has become the latest manufacturer to details its timeline for the mass-production of larger OLED displays. Continued

Congestion beater Nokia is to add traffic monitoring to its phone-based satnav service. Continued

Devices drag figures down Motorola has posted figures for the first three months of 2008, with a rise in losses, and handset sales down 39 per cent. Continued

Stylish moves Motorola is having another stab at crafting a handset with attitude, by developing a third-generation model of its original Z8 kick slider . Continued

Can’t pick an OS? Have them all Motorola has invested in mobile virtualisation provider VirtualLogix, creating the possibility of a handset that can switch between different OSs almost as quickly as Motorola declares support for them. Continued

How much per minute?!? Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark yesterday used the ten-minute rule to present the UK parliament with his ideas on intra-country roaming for mobile phones. Continued

Bluetooth crypto blown in eight seconds Forget networked PCs or even PlayStation 3s, components commonly found in plasma TVs are the latest thing in password cracking tools. Continued