FCC APPROVES 3 XM RADIOS XM Sa...

FCC APPROVES 3 XM RADIOS

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of three of its main radios. XM is notifying manufacturers to take back production of the Audiovox Xpres Delphi RoadyXT and XM Sportscaster radios, the company said Friday. XM said it awaits the radios to be ready for the holiday shopping season.

RUSSIA replys SOME MOTO PHONES

The head of Motorola Inc.'s Russian division said Friday the world's No. 2 handset-maker will not look after compensation for the destruction of its mobile phone worth $2 million after a cloudy five- month contraband case was finally clos this month Russian police confiscated ten of thousands of the mobile phone in March, saying they had been brought into the geographical division illegally. The phones have been answered the company said -- with the exception of about 50000 handsets that police ravageed

TOSHIBA TO MAKE 'ZUNE'

Microsoft Corp.'s answer to Apple's iPod will be built by means of Toshiba Corp., the software company confirmed Friday. The gadget, which will be individual of the products marketed below Microsoft's "Zune" brand, will lease people share songs, photos, music playlists and other satisfy via a wireless connection.

PROXIMUS STAKE SOLD

Belgium's biggest telephone company, Belgacom SA, said Friday that it has agreed to purchase Vodafone Group PLC's 25 percent stake in Proximus for $26 billion, giving it satiated control of the mobile operator. Proximus is Belgium's largest mobile operator, with 47 percent market share.

SONY SHARES HIT by the agency of RECALL

Shares of Sony Corp., the world's second-largest maker of rechargeable batteries, hurl down to the lowest in a month after Apple Computer Inc. followed valley Inc. in recalling power enclosed spaces (about 6 million in all) that might be rent asunder into flames. Sony's American depositary receipts declined 10 cent to $4316 after the shares dropp 2 percent to 5000 yen in Tokyo.

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