North America

T-Mobile USA announced yesterday it has deployed its 3G HSPA network in 13 metropolitan markets and is on track to switch on 27 major US markets by the end of the year.

A US federal appeals court ruled late last week that Qualcomm did not infringe a patent held by rival Broadcom involving technology that allows mobiles to save power, reports Dow Jones Newswires.

T-Mobile USA has announced a series of new backhaul agreements with Bright House Networks, FPL FiberNet, IP Networks and Zayo Bandwidth, reports TeleGeography.

Austrian mobile operator ONE, which is jointly owned by private-equity firm Mid Europa Partners (65 percent) and France Telecom (35 percent), will be rebranded as France Telecom's Orange brand from today.

Japanese mobile operator Softbank is to launch commercial 3G IMS-based femtocell services from January 2009, making it the first operator in the world to do so.

The UK's Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has signed-up O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone and 3 as members alongside existing member Orange, as it becomes the trade body for mobile advertising, reports Brand Republic.

Senior executives from T-Mobile, Google and HTC officially launched the 'G1' - the first device based on Google's Android mobile operating system - at an event in New York earlier today.