Lucas van Grinsven

Position: Journalist
Lucas van Grinsven is Reuters' European technology correspondent based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After starting his career in general news and financial reporting, Lucas began covering technology companies and trends in earnest for Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant in 1996, focusing on consumer electronics and semiconductors and soon writing about the small but vibrant Internet community in Amsterdam. In 2000 he became a fellow at the Financial Times and moved to London where he joined Reuters as the European technology reporter later that year. He works with a team of technology, telecoms and media reporters in Europe, Middle East and ...

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Sony Ericsson sees higher prices in emerging mkts May 16, 06:34pm EDT 

PARIS (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson <6758.T><ERICb.ST> said consumers in emerging markets are starting to replace their first, cheap phones, creating an opportunity for more expensive models from the world's fourth-largest cellphone maker.  Full Article 

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Video: Nokia's Oistamo navigates new phone

Kai Oistamo, the chief executive of Nokia's main Mobile Phone division, shows his new navigation phone with built-in GPS satellite tracker and explains why he thinks it's a killer application. This video ...  Full Article 

Coconut power

Pumpkins, peanuts or coconuts are not just for eating. It turns out you might also use them to power a mobile phone network. This microplant, shown at 3GSM, but already in action in Nigeria and Tanzania, ...  Full Article 

Green power and mobile phones

Efforts by the mobile industry to save the planet do not end with support for biodiesel and windmills. Here's Motorola's new idea in mobile phone charging: a bicycle dynamo. OK, it's not so new. Bike ...  Full Article