Pantech, a leading Korea-based mobile communications group, has unveiled its premium “Slim-Series” of handsets, as the latest stage in the ongoing expansion of its global scope of operations. The Slim-Series, which will initially be launched next month in Russia and subsequently in other global markets, is composed of the PG-1400, PG-1500, PG-3500 and PG-3600 models.

Motorola, Inc. introduced a new home monitoring and control system, Homesight, at PC World stores in the U.K. and Ireland, part of London-based Dixons Group plc. This is a co-coordinated system of wired and wireless cameras, wireless door/window sensors and devices that work together to provide information on what’s happening in a home. It monitors

Motorola, Inc. has acquired from Melco Mobile Communication Europe (MMCE), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a European team of i-mode design employees and a research center in western France. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Rennes facility will become a European i-mode focused development center for Motorola, continuing to operate in

Leading Internet auction site eBay is in talks to buy Internet telephony company Skype in a bid to boost its flagging growth, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report said that the companies were discussing a valuation of between 2 bln dollars and 3 bln dollars, but that negotiations were still far from complete.

The Banker magazine has awarded the Bank of the Year for Cyprus award to the Bank of Cyprus for the fifth time in six years, an announcement said. The award jury said its decisions were based on the bank’s significant improvement in its profitability indicators, which arose from cost cutting, in parallel with an increase