USA and Canada

Sprint Nextel is to keep its iDEN business after failing to find a buyer. "After careful review of the iDEN business, Sprint intends to retain and rejuvenate this important asset," the company said in a statement yesterday.

Motorola today claimed it has completed the industry’s first over-the-air Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data sessions in the 700MHz spectrum band using its LTE Radio Access Test Network and LTE eNode-B platform with a prototype LTE device. The

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing the ownership structure of T-Mobile USA.

The New York Times reports that Google and Yahoo have offered to significantly narrow the scope of a planned advertising partnership in a last-minute effort to win the approval of the Justice Department, which is scrutinising the deal for its effect on competition.

Unstrung notes that Motorola will still introduce handsets using the Linux operating system from the LiMo Foundation by the end of the year, despite announcing last week that it will stop production of its home-grown Linux phones.

Reuters reports that FBR Capital Markets said yesterday production of Apple's iconic iPhone might plunge more than 40 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous period.

US operator AT&T will today launch Research In Motion's (RIM) high-profile BlackBerry Bold after months of delay.