News.com.au reports that small Australian electronics company Kogan Technologies is set to be the world's second handset manufacturer to launch a mobile phone based on Google's Android operating system.

Cellular News notes that rumours that Nokia may start production of its own brand laptop computers have resurfaced after UBS analyst Maynard Um issued a research note saying that it was increasingly likely to happen.

Leading mobile games publishers Electronic Arts (EA) and Gameloft have said that the mobile gaming industry will ride-out the current economic downturn that has led to a decline in handset sales, reports Reuters. Their

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has launched a hostile takeover bid for Certicom Corporation, a Canadian-based company specialising in digital encryption.

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen has hit back at speculation this week that the struggling equipment vendor could offload its mobile business.

The Financial Times (FT) reports today that Vodafone will appeal against the Mumbai High Court's decision yesterday to dismiss the operator's challenge over a tax bill relating to the US$11.1 billion purchase of Hutchison Essar in 2007.

Nokia today downgraded its fourth-quarter market outlook for the second time, stating that the mobile device market slowdown has continued "more rapidly" than the world's largest handset manufacturer previously expected.