"Fonebak enables people to have a mobile phone while also looking after the environment," Shield said. Shield Environmental, which works on environmental issues with the telecom industry, has been testing the Fonebak scheme for the past 12 months. During this time more than one million phones have been reused, and more than 103 tons of handsets, batteries and accessories have been processed and recycled. Cell phone users can mail their handsets to Fonebak, and all five mobile operators are expected to provide special postage-paid envelopes to their customers. Handsets can also be dropped off at participating retail stores, including mobile operators' outlets.

Shield palm leaf i iphone case said mobile operators are likely to provide incentives--such as reduced prices for new handsets--to encourage people to use the scheme, However, no cell phone manufacturers have signed up for Fonebak, According to Shield, this is because the manufacturers, suffering from disappointing sales figures, are concerned about the reuse side of the scheme, "We hope they come forward, because reuse is at the heart of our policy," Shield said, ZDNet UK's Graeme Wearden reported from London, A new environmental scheme aims to reuse or recycle the stockpile of 90 million mobile phones lying unused in the United Kingdom..

Despite slashing massive numbers of jobs, Alcatel's Asia-Pacific spokesman Lim Seng Jin said the company is taking a "long-term view" with regard to its 3G investments. "Our network of 3G centers is necessary as we are confident that mobile broadband will be a key driver of telecommunications services in the future," Lim said. The job reductions, announced Friday, come on top of 30,000 job cuts previously announced for 2001 and 2002. By the end of 2003, Alcatel's global work force is expected to drop to 60,000 from 113,000 at the end of 2000, according to Reuters.

Lim declined to reveal the number of workers who will lose their jobs in the Asia-Pacific region, Alcatel has 10,000 people on its payroll in the Asia-Pacific, including employees from Alcatel Shanghai Bell, a joint venture with Chinese telecom Shanghai Bell, CNET Asia's Irene Tham reported from Singapore, The telecom equipment maker is proceeding with plans to establish third-generation labs in Asia and Europe despite intentions to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide, Called 3G Reality Centers, each facility will cost the company millions of dollars, said John Lipp, palm leaf i iphone case Alcatel Asia-Pacific's director of business development for mobile Internet..

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