Strange Battery problem while abroad

Hello All
I have a user who has an iphone (were in the UK) and he went on business to the UAE for a week. He was not allowed to take his phone with him to work as it was on an industrial site so he left it in his hotel room. He had a connection to the local carrier but did not use the phone as he was at work all day (approx 8 hours). The phone was fully charged when he left on a morning and empty when he returned to the hotel.
He did not have roaming turned on and had closed any apps in the multitasking bar. When he returned to the UK his battery life returned to normal and he has no issues.

I have the exact same problem.
It started with the occasional shut down when on battery power, now the machine will not run at all on the battery. When starting up on battery alone, the apple start-up tune starts, but is interrupted halfway.. The machine does not start up from battery power and will only run on AC.
In the Power section of About This Mac the Battery Information states:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 4013
remaining Capacity (mAh): 4013
Amperage: (mA): 0
Voltage: (mV): 12528
Cycle Count: 49
The battery is fully charged and seems to charge after I had the battery out for a while. The system does recognise the battery.
I did the PMU reset, did the hardware test (everything OK), even did a fresh install of Mac OS X 10.4.6 with all software updates, installed the battery update and the battery is not the type from the exchange program.
I only bought the machine December 31, 2005 (PowerBook G4 5,8)...
Any clues?
Thanks!
PowerBook G4 5,8 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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