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Dow Jones Newswires are reporting that the the European Commission's plan to propose DVB-H technology as the 'official' EU standard for mobile television is likely to be watered down. A meeting today is expected to focus on a market-led approach, not a legally mandated one. [Source: via Cellular-News.com]

There's some excitement in the USA, where Verizon Wireless has said it'll let customers use any wireless device and any softwre on its network - a dramatic change from the current situation where it only lets customers use its own choice of phones. The option, which is likely to be chargeable, will be implemented by the end of 2008. Not every exciting news for the UK, where we can already pretty much connect what we want.

More people buy a new mobile phone in December than in any other month, according to a report from M:Metrics. 15% of all European customers who acquired a new phone in 2006 did so in December - that's 90% more than in an average month. It's a similar picture in the USA, where 12% of users bought in December - up 40% on the monthly average. [Source: WirelessWeek.com]

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer says its name will be appearing on a series of mobile phones produced by French manufacturer Modelabs - the company behind the Levi's phone. The first handset is expected in the second half of 2008. [Source: Reuters press release on Yahoo.com]