Italy’s diverse social network, mobile and community operator Dada has resumed its journey on the M&A trail, buying 51 percent of Milan Stock Exchange-listed casual web games publisher Fueps for €1.36 million.

It will now be cheaper to make cellphone calls, send a text message or surf the web when traveling in Europe. The new rates, which the European Parliament formally adopted in March after months of debate, will go into effect tomorrow, July 1. Reuters said it will now be up…

The Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle, a success if you believe the buzz around the device and some of the numbers analysts have come up with, is looking to expand internationally, and, as a part of that, Germany, Europe’s biggest book market, is believed to be among the first of those…

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is mulling over a bid for T-Mobile UK, a move that would catapult them to the lead of the British mobile phone market, one of the most competitive markets in Europe. The FT.com, citing “people familiar with the situation” said that Vodafone, the world’s largest carrier by…

Lines started forming in at least Japan and Australia as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) kicked off its second worldwide release of the iPhone 3G S today, Bloomberg reports. The phone also went on sale in Austria, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands, and is now on sale in 14 countries—eight others debuted…

France Telecom’s UK carrier Orange, the country’s third largest, is cutting 370 jobs, the FT.com reports. A hundred of the lay offs will come in the next three months, while the remaining 270 jobs will be cut by not filling positions. Orange UK has been struggling to regain its position…

Swedish mobile payment and security solutions provider Accumulate has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sweden’s Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, ArcticStartup reports. (The Sixth AP fund, as it’s also known, is a Swedish state fund for long-term risk capital, which invests in small and medium-sized growth companies.)

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has released its third Android phone, the HTC Hero, which has been picked up by France Telecom’s UK carrier Orange, as the first Android device in its portfolio of phones, the companies said today.

The London 2012 Olympics is planning a significant mobile infrastructure roll-out for both the public and for bandwidth-hungry visiting media - but will eschew “bleeding-edge” mobile content for mass appeal. Alex Balfour, new media head for the Games’ organising committee told Mobile Entertainment Market ‘09 Vancouver 2010 will trial Samsung’s…

Rumors have been rampant over the fate of struggling T-Mobile UK, with its parent company Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) reportedly shopping the unit around and entertaining offers from carriers, including France Telecom’s Orange. However, a France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) spokesperson said it did not make an offer and now Deutsche…

—Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) claim wireless market is competitive: The two largest U.S. wireless carriers responded to U.S. lawmakers, who are concerned that the four largest cell phone companies doubled their text message rates from 10 cents in 2006 to 20 cents in 2008. Verizon and AT&T…

We sounded the alarm in May about the UK’s National Rail Enquiries forcing third-party train-times apps offline whilst profiting from its own official offering - and now the UK regulator is investigating whether the practice breaches competition rules… The train info service sent lawyers’ threats to the UK Train Times…

—DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) Launches Euro Manga: DoCoMo Netherlands (subsidiary of the eponymous Japanese telco) will launch a mobile service for downloading manga, beginning today in France. Customers of French mobile operator Bouygues Telecom will be able to use the service to download French translations of famous manga into their mobile…

France Telecom reportedly is in talks to buy into Indian mobile operator Aircel, currently majority owned by Malaysian operator Maxis. France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) is seeking to buy a 20-25 percent stake in Aircel, which has about 19.6 million subscribers and is valued at between $7 billion and $8 billion,…

Looks like American iPhone owners aren’t the only unhappy ones with their carrier. British users are also complaining—or whingeing as it were. British carrier O2 has retained UK exclusivity on the new handset - which packs faster chips, a better camera with video, a compass and the same 3.0 OS…

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is planning to resurrect a deal with mobile phone store chain Carphone Warehouse that would lead to the carriers mobile contracts being sold in the retailer’s 800 UK stores for the first time since 2006, reports the Sunday Times, which did not cite a source. Talks between…

French startup Goojet has raised 6 million euros (US$8.5 million) in second round funding. The round included existing investors Partech International, Elaia Partners and IRDI-ICSO, and new investor VC firm Orkos Capital. Goojet offers a free application/portal with icons that represent your favorite apps, websites and services, which has tailored…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) reported that its 5800 touch screen phone had been a hit the first quarter, especially when it was combined with their unlimited music offering “Comes With Music.” But in the UK, the paired offering, which went on sale last weekend, got off to a poor start. According…

—ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ScoreCenter: ESPN Mobile has launched a third app on the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) App Store: ESPN ScoreCenter is a free app that will be sponsored at launch by Lexus, and delivers real-time scores, live game info, game summaries and statistics to iPhone and iPod touch users in…