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Germany has more mobile phones than inhabitants: industry body (AFP via Yahoo! News) - There are more mobile phones in Germany than inhabitants, the telecom industry federation Bitkom has said.

Japan's service industry activity slips 0.6% in June (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ Japan's service industry activity index fell 0.6 percent in June from the previous month for the first drop in three months, pushed down by reduced demand in the civil engineering sector, medical services and oil wholesaling, the government said Tuesday.

Hawaii's Visitor Industry Works Hard to Brief Japanese Tourists (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) - WAIKIKI (KHNL) - The state and the visitor industry are taking special measures to accommodate tourists from Japan.

Music industry threatens guitar tablature sites (Ars Technica) - After targeting music and lyrics, the music industry has embarked on a campaign to close sites that host sheet music and guitar tablature. Several prominent archives have already shut down.

Hot weather, labour woes leading to shortages in Alberta booze industry (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - EDMONTON (CP) - Hot weather, the Edmonton Oilers' hockey playoff run and a labour shortage fuelled by Alberta's sizzling economy have combined to make a cocktail of trouble for the province's booze industry.

Industry Day planned for S.A. to enlist firms for base-closure work (San Antonio Business Journal) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host an Industry Day Forum for contractors interested in competing for $2.2 billion worth of construction projects at San Antonio military bases.

SavaJe Technologies Expands Technology Council with Mobile, Entertainment and Telecom Industry Veterans (SYS-CON Media) - SavaJe Technologies, developers of the most advanced, Java(TM) technology-based mobile operating platform, today announced the addition of five industry veterans from the mobile, entertainment and telecom markets to its Technology Council, an advisory panel that was established to provide the company with on-going guidance and strategic direction on various operator, technology and consumer

Zoomy Communications Adds Telecom Industry Vets to Management Team (Broadcast Newsroom) - GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., BUSINESS WIRE -- Zoomy Communications, the leading provider of Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks for master planned communities, has added two telecommunications industry veterans to the company's management team.

MPA, maritime industry give out S$2.4m worth of scholarships (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News) - SINGAPORE : The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the maritime industry have awarded 22 maritime scholarship and sponsorship awards.

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY (The Hindu) - CEMENT `High power costs to impede cement sector growth' Higher power cost, Centre and State levies coupled with lack of quality coal will lead to contraction of growth of cement industry in 2006-07, according to a study undertaken by Assocham. Cement remains the highest taxed essential ...