North America

Mobile Broadband Network, the UK network-sharing joint-venture between mobile operators T-Mobile UK and 3 UK, has signed a five-year outsourcing deal with BT for backhaul services, reports the Financial Times (FT).

Taiwanese handset vendor HTC - manufacturer of the first Android-powered G1 device - is reaping the rewards of recent success, reporting a 30 percent rise in third-quarter revenue to TWD37,859 million (US$1.17 billion).

Dow Jones Newswires reports that China has ordered the country's three mobile operators to share infrastructure in an effort to save costs on the rollout of 3G networks. The

Cellular News reports that Broadcom has fired yet another salvo in its ongoing patent battle with Qualcomm.

T-Mobile UK has unveiled a docking station for its 3G mobile broadband dongle, reports Hexus.

New research has suggested that almost one in three iPhone 3G customers at AT&T have churned to the network from rival operators.

Research In Motion (RIM) today confirmed that the BlackBerry Storm - the vendor's first touchscreen device - will go on sale in the next few weeks to Verizon Wireless customers in the US and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.