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NewsVideocon woos Motorola's handset bizIndian consumer electronics heavyweight Videocon says that it is engaged in talks with Motorola to buy the U.S. company's handset business. Videcon, which makes air conditioners, refrigerators and Read more... Report: Sprint considers Nextel spin-off
Yesterday, the rumor mill claimed that T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom was mulling a bid for Sprint Nextel. Now a report in the Wall Street Journal says Sprint is considering a plan to Read more...
Report: Lease payments tanked D Block auction
A report from the FCC inspector general concluded that the requirement for lease payments of about $500 million contributed to the failure of the D-block auction. No serious bidders emerged for the Read more...
Google admits it never intended to win spectrum
Now that the 700 MHz auction winners are revealing their plans for the spectrum, Google is admitting it bid in the auction but never really intended to win the spectrum. Instead, in a corporate blog, Read more...
Videocon to bid for Motorola's handset biz
One week after Motorola CEO Greg Brown announced plans to spin-off Motorola's handset business, the chairman of India's Videocon said that the company will make a bid for Motorola's business. Read more...
U.K. gives Nokia another win against Qualcomm
After losing a ruling from the ITC in the U.S. Read more...
ROK drops bid to acquire MVNO Xero Mobile
For the past 14 months MVNO Xero Mobile has planned to launch mobile services in the U.S. that were either free or cheap because of ad-support, but no services were ever launched. Recently ROK Read more...
ALSO NOTED: LiMo handsets, members; AOL's open mobile platform; and much more...
> LiMo foundation unveils handsets and adds members. Article > AOL's Open Mobile Read more...
700 MHz Auction: C Block split up again at$4.74B
The total bids on the eight regional slices of the C Block have once again topped the national package, which means anywhere from one to eight bidders could be sitting on a provisionally winning bid Read more...
FCC: 700 MHz Auction to raise more than any other
After 23 rounds of bidding, the 700 MHz auction has brought in nearly $17 billion in provisionally winning bids, a total that exceeded FCC expectations. Originally, the FCC expected total winning Read more...
| Press ReleasesPress Release: Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition RequirementsGoogle Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 20 -– Google announced today that should the Federal Communications Read more... |