The initial board members of the Symbian Foundation have welcomed continuing support from mobile industry leaders for their plans for the Symbian Foundation and the evolution of Symbian OS(TM) as the leading, open platform for mobile innovation.

Nokia has been awarded the 2008 North American Mobility Award for On-deck Mobile Advertising by Frost & Sullivan, solidifying the company's position as one of the pioneers and continued leaders of the mobile advertising industry.

A new Internet-based phone system for city government could save taxpayers $375,000 a year once it is fully installed next October.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) announced that it has successfully completed the first phase of a turnkey satellite network solution for Vivo, a customer of Telecomunicações de Sao Paulo (Telesp). Telesp is the largest subsidiary of Brazil's Telefonica Group and Vivo is Latin America's largest mobile network operator.

Nokia announced the grand opening of the first Nokia Flagship Store in Mainland China, the only stand-alone Nokia Flagship Store and the largest in the world. The Nokia Shanghai Flagship Store is the seventh of 18 planned Flagship Stores and is the second in the region following the opening of the premier Asia Pacific Flagship Store in Hong Kong.

Thousands have flocked to US stores to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry. Crowds lined up at some of Apple's outlets cheered as their doors opened at 6:00pm local time, while smaller groups waited outside AT&T stores.