Mobile phones

SEOUL (Reuters) - Global mobile phone operators hope mobile TV will be the next big money spinner, but if South Korea is anything to go by, their optimism may be misplaced.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online payment company PayPal on Thursday said MTV and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and others will accept payments from a new service allowing purchases by mobile phone text message.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online payment company PayPal on Thursday said MTV and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and others will accept payments from a new service allowing purchases by mobile phone text message.

The Finnish company, which sells one in three of all mobile phones around the world, has been trying to boost sales in the region, where it lags behind rival Motorola and the U.S.-based firm's ultra-thin RAZR phone.