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• Jumbuck announces resignation of CFO

  Mark Doughty has left the company and taken up employment elsewhere

• MOKO.mobi signs distribution deal in US

  Cellfish Media will be the exclusive distributor of MOKO.mobi in the market

• Zingmobile narrows losses 93% in 2009

  While revenue fell by over a third, the company was able to significantly cut costs to compensate

• MOKO.mobi signs contract with UK's Orange

  Orange will launch MOKO.mobi's social networking platform on its mobile network in April

• Premium services code drags down MobileActive profit

  Compliance costs are up and subscribers down as a result of the self-regulatory code

• Google CEO has no plans to compete with mobile operators

  Google has made investments in wireless networks, is testing gigabit-to-the-home technology, and is selling 60,000 Android smartphones a day -- yet has no plans to compete with network operators, CEO Eric Schmidt told attendees at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.

• Mobile operators talk up prospects of voice on LTE phones

  While LTE modems delivering mobile broadband services already appearing on the market, LTE phones are still some way off -- not least because manufacturers and operators have yet to agree how calls will be placed and voice traffic carried over LTE's all-IP networks. One of the solutions to that problem got a boost Monday, though, with more operators and vendors lending it their support.

• eServGlobal deploys FlexiContent for Orange

  Orange used the application development and delivery tool to provide services for the African Cup of Nations

• Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand

  Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help to create a US$16.6 billion worldwide market for it by 2014, according to research firm Dell'Oro Group.

• Vodafone looks to smartphones for increased revenue

  Vodafone reported Thursday that revenue from data services exceeded £1 billion (US$1.58 billion) for the first time during the last three months of 2010, but that only partially helped offset lower voice revenue.

• Battle over voice on LTE heats up

  Backers of two competing specifications for delivering voice over LTE mobile data networks have heralded demonstrations in the past two days, while mobile giant Ericsson apparently dropped its support for one of the systems.

• Virtual SIM allows multiple connections on a mobile handset

  Comviva Technologies, an Indian vendor of technology for value-added services, is targeting poor people in India, Africa and other developing markets with its "Virtual SIM" technology that allows users to connect to their mobile service using a shared or borrowed handset.

• Vodafone, dependent on voice, set for more cost cuts

  Despite increased profit in the first half of its fiscal year, Vodafone has decided to double its planned cost reductions, the operator said on Tuesday.

• Vodafone switches on more 3G mobile coverage

  Mobile carrier Vodafone has switched on high-speed 3G network services with a focus on regional areas.

• Skype to regulators: Push mobile operators to allow VoIP

  Skype, the Internet telephony provider, Thursday urged regulators in Europe to intervene to ensure that users aren't blocked from using their mobile phones to access much cheaper phone calls via the Internet.