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September 30th, 2009 A brief history of the Saturn brandA timeline of events in the life of General Motors Co.'s Saturn brand. 1983- General Motors Chairman Roger Smith announces plans for Saturn brand.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Wednesday issued guidelines on mobile number portability (MNP) that will allow subscribers to change operators while retaining the original number, but only within a particular circle. The new facility will become a reality from Dec 31 in metros and by March 20, 2010 in the rest of the country, said a statement from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reliance Mobile, the GSM arm of telecom operator Reliance Communication (RCom), Wednesday said it would launch a new mobile number series beginning with the digit "8" in the Delhi-National Capital Region circle. Reliance will be the first telecom operator to shift from the practice of beginning a cell phone number with the digit "9".

August 22nd, 2009 TAIPEI - China Mobile Ltd, the world's largest mobile phone carrier, has decided to pick Taiwan's electronics giant Hon Hai Group as its supplier of electronic readers, a top company official said Saturday. "We have picked Hong Hai Group to make electronic readers for us and we believe the electronic reader market will be huge," said Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, on the second day of his nine-day visit to Taiwan.

August 6th, 2009 T-Mobile adds 325,000 net subs, mostly prepaidNEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, says it added a net 325,000 subscribers in the second quarter, with most of them choosing to prepay rather than sign two-year contracts. The news cements this year's trend in wireless: The two biggest, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., are attracting the valuable contract-signing customers, while Sprint Nextel Corp.

July 28th, 2009 Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USAOVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Telecommunications company Sprint Nextel Corp.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taiwanese handset major HTC Corp, in collaboration with Bharti Airtel, Tuesday launched HTC Magic, India's first smartphone that will run on Google's Android operating system. The device is priced at Rs.29,900 and will be available in Airtel relationship centres and authorised HTC resellers in 17 cities.

June 22nd, 2009 BARCELONA - The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in money-transfer services, announced today the launch of its Digital Vendor Program intended to extend the reach and accessibility of Western Union Money Transfer(r) services to mobile finance initiatives in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. "Establishing a strong mobile vendor program is a critical step in the delivery of our 'Western Union Anywhere' service proposition," said Matt Dill, SVP and Head of Western Union Digital Ventures.

May 26th, 2009 King Mobile Enables Guests to view flight details, purchase tickets, check-in, manage reservations, and book holidays Mumbai, May 26 2009: Kingfisher Airlines, India's only Five Star airline, rated by Skytrax, today announced the launch of King Mobile, a mobile ticketing solution. King Mobile will be available exclusively on ngpay, India’s fastest-growing mobile commerce service.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Voters in the desert city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan can escape the sweltering sun and still exercise their franchise this Thursday - thanks to mobile polling booths at their doorstep. On May 7, the poll panel has made special facilities for at least six mobile polling booths to zip across 12 specified places in Jaisalmer district where over 2,000 people are eligible to cast their votes.

April 20th, 2009 China Mobile quarterly profit up 5.2 percentBEIJING — China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Monday its first quarter profit rose 5.2 percent but growth slowed due to China's economic slowdown and stronger competition. Profit for the three months ended March 31 was 25.2 billion yuan ($3.7 billion), compared with 24 billion yuan for the same period last year, the Beijing-based company said.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citibank today announced the launch of Citi Mobile, its mobile banking solution that combines the consumer need for convenient, on-the-go banking with advanced mobile technology that is compatible with popular mobile devices across most GSM operators. Through Citi Mobile, customers can check account balances, send money, issue drafts, pay bills, make credit card payments, register for services like e-Statements, request for a cheque book, stop payments and much more.

March 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The mobile phone number may become an individual's identity number (ID) on account of its uniqueness if Alcatel-Lucent's plans materialise, the company said Tuesday. 'We are working with the government of India so that mobile number can be used as ID number of a person,' said Alcatel-Lucent India president Vivek Mohan.

February 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Reliance Money, part of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), Tuesday introduced a new facility that enables investors to trade equities and commodities through mobile phones. The new facility is available across all mobile platforms.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The government will soon come out with a policy on Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), a senior official of the Department Of Telecommunications (DoT) said here Tuesday. 'MVNO policy is under consideration and we are hoping to come out with the policy by January 5, 2009, that is the last application date,' DoT Joint Secretary J.S.