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Three mobile operator leaders faced the question at yesterday morning’s opening keynote session at the GSMA Mobile World Congress of whether to put the brakes on any future investments or expansion, or adopt new methods of continuing to grow during these uncertain economic times.

The GSMA has expanded the reach of its Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) programme, which aims to use mobile as a platform for sending remittances around the world.

Social networking site MySpace anticipates half of the visits to its portal will come via mobile phones in 2 to 3 years time, Chris DeWolfe, MySpace’s CEO and co-founder, told Mobile Business Briefing ahead of his keynote appearance at the GSMA Mobile World Congress today.

Vodafone will tomorrow announce plans to cut "hundreds of jobs in the UK" in an effort to reduce costs and protect earnings amid the economic slowdown, according to a Bloomberg report.

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has hinted that the Finnish handset giant could soon enter the laptop market, reports Reuters.

A deal between Skype and Nokia announced at last month's GSMA Mobile World Congress has reportedly angered UK operators Orange and O2.

The German government has become the latest in Europe to approve allocating some of the low frequency 'Digital Dividend' spectrum for mobile use.