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NATO is facing new threats in cyberspace that cannot be met by lining up soldiers and tanks, the alliance's secretary-general said Thursday in an apparent reference to terror groups and criminal networks.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen said there were several international actors who want "to know what's going on inside NATO, and they also use cyberspace to achieve their goals."

He refused to give details or name groups except to say there were "many of them."

By Usha Alexander

Options traders are betting Nokia Oyj will gain 14 percent by Feb. 19 as the world's biggest maker of handsets returns to profit and investors bet the company is about to introduce technology.

Speculation that Nokia will rise pushed the number of bullish options on the stock to almost double the level of bearish ones, the highest ratio in about a year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial mobile services based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) -- the final stage in the development of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard. Starting Tuesday, laptop users equipped with dedicated 4G modems in Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway, can access super-fast mobile broadband connections that are 10 times faster than turbocharged 3G networks can deliver now, the company said.

Recession or no, when it comes to running a tech company the U.S. is still the best place to do business, according to a new study released on Sept. 17 by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The European Commission (EC) said Tuesday it will allocate 18 million euros (25 million U.S. dollars) to boost next generation 4G mobile networks.

The funding is used for research on the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Advanced technology that will offer mobile Internet speeds up to a hundred times faster than current 3G networks, the EC said.

The EC said it made the investment decision last month, and the new projects are expected to start in January 2010.

By Aditya Dev Sood

By Aditya Dev Sood

The European Union has re-established its lead over the United States in the use of high-speed computer connections, making the Continent "the world leader in broadband Internet," the European Commission said Tuesday.

Despite advanced technology and years of dabbling in overseas markets, Japan's handset makers have little presence beyond the country's shores. They call the problem Galapagos syndrome.

At first glance, Japanese cell phones are a gadget lover's dream: ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators.

But it is hard to find anyone in Chicago or London using a Japanese phone like a Panasonic, a Sharp or an NEC. Despite years of dabbling in overseas markets, Japan's handset makers have little presence beyond the country's shores.