Today Motorola announced via its official Facebook page that users of the Motorola Droid should expect their devices to update to Android version 2.1 at some point this week. The company said, "We're happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade ...
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Google recently indicated via its support forums that it has lowered the early termination fee for its Nexus One smartphone from $350 to $150. Google had originally instituted its own "equipment recovery fee" of $350 for those who cancel ...
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Huawei has inked a deal to pre-install a version of the Opera mobile web browser into a range of its handsets. Click here for more.

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Kuwait's Zain has refuted local media reports that it had been contacted regarding a sale of its African assets. Click here for more.

Nokia says that it will vigorously defend itself from a US based class action lawsuit which claims that the company mislead investors regarding handset production delays and price cuts. Click here for more.

For the first time ever, smart phones with touch screens accounted for more than half of all smart phone shipments globally in Q4 2009, taking 55% of the market, according to the latest Canalys estimates. Click here for more.

An Android software developer has launched a replacement virtual engine which it says will significantly increase application performance. Click here for more.

Singapore's SingTel has announced that the Group posted strong growth in customer acquisitions with a combined regional mobile customer base of 285 million as at 31 December 2009, an increase of 23 per cent, or 52 million from a year ago. Click here for more.

The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.N. said Monday. Click here for more.

Spending on radio access infrastructure contracted in 2009. The market was down more than 5% YoY, resulting in only $49.5 billion in radio access equipment sales. Click here for more.

Australia's mobile subscriber base is estimated to reach 33.4 million by 2014, reports IE Market Research (IEMR). Click here for more.

Samsung is set to show off a new mobile phone at MWC that sports its Super AMOLED screen. The screen promises five times the performance of current AMOLED screens.

Vodafone showed off a bunch of new handsets it will be offering customers this year. The coolest was the Qisda QCM-330 with a big 4-inch screen with high resolution.

Windows Mobile 7 details are leaking ahead of the expected introduction at MWC. The interface is said to be similar to that of the Zune HD and the browser will have some IE8 functionality.

Today Broadcom announced a new baseband chip for the Android and Windows Mobile platforms. The new chip supports HSPA with 7.2Mbps on the downlink and 5.8Mbps on the uplink. It has a new core to support 3D graphics, it ...
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Today Novatel announced that it has completed its first data transmission via Long Term Evolution technology. Novatel didn't state what speeds it attained, nor whether or not the equipment used was standards compliant. Novatel did say that it will ...
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Vietnam's MobiFone has reported a 52 percent rise in its full year revenues to VND27.4 trillion, although pre-tax profits fell by 3.4% to VND5.6 trillion. Click here for more.

Kenya's government has hinted that it might lower the cost of 3G licenses, as has been called for by the mobile networks. Click here for more.

Mobile content distributor, Mobile Streams has secured a contract to supply content to South Africa based MTN's operations in 21 countries. Click here for more.

China's ZTE has reported that the Patent Protection Association of China (PPAC) recently released patent application rankings for 2009 with ZTE, Huawei and Hongfujin claiming the top three spots on the ranking list. Click here for more.

Yota, the Russia-based Mobile WiMAX service provider, has announced an additional contract with Samsung Electronics to support plans for a nationwide Mobile WiMAX network in Russia. Click here for more.

Convicted ex-Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee was reinstated Sunday as a full member of the International Olympic Committee, a boost for South Korea's bid to host the 2018 Winter Games. Click here for more.

Vodafone Global Enterprise has been appointed by Oracle to manage its mobile service needs in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in a four-year deal. Click here for more.

Nokia has announced that it is to make around 285 job cuts at its handset factory in Salo, Western Finland after it realigned the facility towards smartphone production for the European market. Click here for more.

Panasonic Avionics says that it has won a contract from Turkish Airlines to provide an in-flight mobile phone system - powered by AeroMobile. Click here for more.

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Indian tower operator, Tower Vision has raised US$300 million from private investors to expand its tower portfolio. Click here for more.

Samsung is aiming to treble its shipments of smartphones and boost its applications market this year. Click here for more.

A homophobic comment was posted on Vodafone UK's official Twitter feed last Friday, leading to a bout of humorous speculation that Vodafone's account had been hacked. Click here for more.

A Mexican court has accepted an appeal by MVS Comunicaciones and Iusacell and ordered a delay to the planned radio spectrum auction. Click here for more.

The Philippines telecoms regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has banned the sale, purchase, possession or use of cell phone jamming devices. Click here for more.

A group of bankers are reported to be working on a plan that could lead to an eventual merger of Spain's Telefonica and Italy's Telecom Italia. Click here for more.

India's state-owned telco, BSNL says that it has covered 318 cities with its 3G network and is on target to reach 400 cities by the end of March. Click here for more.