FCC APPROVES 3 XM RADIOS XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

FCC APPROVES 3 XM RADIOS

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of three of its main radios. XM is notifying manufacturers to take back production of the Audiovox Xpres Delphi RoadyXT and XM Sportscaster radios, the company said Friday. XM said it awaits the radios to be ready for the holiday shopping season.

RUSSIA turn backs SOME MOTO PHONES

The head of Motorola Inc.'s Russian division said Friday the world's No. 2 handset-maker will not court compensation for the destruction of its mobile phone worth $2 million after a dark five- month contraband case was finally clos this month Russian police confiscated ten of thousands of the mobile phone in March, saying they had been brought into the home illegally. The phones have been answered the company said -- with the exception of about 50000 handsets that police quenched

TOSHIBA TO MAKE 'ZUNE'

Microsoft Corp.'s answer to Apple's iPod will be built by the agency of Toshiba Corp., the software company confirmed Friday. The gadget, which will be united of the products marketed in subordination to Microsoft's "Zune" brand, will allow people share songs, photos, music playlists and other easy in mind via a wireless connection.

PROXIMUS STAKE SOLD

Belgium's biggest telephone company, Belgacom SA, said Friday that it has agreed to bribe Vodafone Group PLC's 25 percent stake in Proximus for $26 billion, giving it satiated control of the mobile operator. Proximus is Belgium's largest mobile operator, with 47 percent market share.

SONY SHARES HIT at RECALL

Shares of Sony Corp., the world's second-largest maker of rechargeable batteries, malicious to the lowest in a month after Apple Computer Inc. followed dingle Inc. in recalling power solitary abode; squalids (about 6 million in all) that might split open into flames. Sony's American depositary receipts declined 10 cent to $4316 after the shares dropp 2 percent to 5000 yen in Tokyo.

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