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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.

Washington Post, citing various sources, suggests that Motorola is ramping up its focus on Google's Android operating system by expanding its Android team from 50 to 350 people. Nokia and Verizon Wireless are also linked with Android developments

T-Mobile USA has switched on its 3G network in San Francisco this week, making it the operator's 20th 3G market in the US, reports C-Net News. The operator plans to expand 3G to 27 US cities by year-end.

Virgin Mobile, the UK's largest MVNO, has become the latest UK operator to enter the mobile broadband market by launching a USB 'dongle' that enables laptops to connect to the Internet via a mobile network

T-Mobile has released further details and confirmed launch dates for the 'T-Mobile G1,' the first phone based on Google's Android platform, which was announced yesterday.

A new study by Wireless Intelligence has found that revenue from mobile services in Western Europe has grown faster than the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), suggesting the mobile sector has proven to be resilient to the general economic downturn.

T-Mobile UK says it will have exclusive rights over the G1 - and its Google branding - for at least three months when it launches the much-anticipated Android-powered device in the UK next month. In a meeting with Mobile Business Briefing this week, the operator said it would offer the co-branded T-Mobile/Google device on an exclusive basis until February, at which point Google plans to expand its UK mobile presence via tie-ups with other operators and via other devices