North America Operators Qualcomm Verizon October 28, 2009 US 700MHz launches face delays from DTV switch Plans by US mobile operators AT&T and Verizon Wireless to launch services in recently-acquired 700MHz spectrum could be in jeopardy following moves to delay the digital TV switchover in the US, reports the Washington Post. By Mobile World Live
North America Operators Verizon October 28, 2009 CBS signs deal with Verizon FiOS, Wireless Reuters reports that Verizon Communications and CBS said yesterday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows such as CSI and Survivor on Verizon's fibre-based 'FiOS' TV service and its wireless network. By Mobile World Live
AI & Cloud Devices North America Operators T-Mobile US October 28, 2009 HTC leak hints at G2 and new Windows phones A device roadmap purported to include every smartphone that Taiwanese handset vendor HTC currently has in development has been leaked to the Internet. By Mobile World Live
North America Operators T-Mobile US October 28, 2009 T-Mobile UK MD resigns MarketingWeek reports that T-Mobile UK managing director, Jim Hyde, has resigned from his post and will leave the company at the end of March. By Mobile World Live
North America Operators T-Mobile US October 28, 2009 NSN manages T-Mobile Austria Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has won a deal to manage the mobile backhaul of T-Mobile Austria's network. Financial details of the contract, which runs through 2013, were not disclosed. By Mobile World Live
Big Tech Google North America October 28, 2009 Dell smartphone rumours resurface Cellular News notes that rumours of a smartphone launch by Dell Computers have resurfaced again, linking the vendor to a possible announcement at next month's GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. By Mobile World Live
North America Operators T-Mobile US October 28, 2009 FT rules out large M&A, but no comment on Sunrise France Telecom CEO Didier Lombard told a press conference in Paris yesterday that it would be "impossible" for the firm to make any large scale M&A deals in the current market climate, reports Dow Jones Newswires. By Mobile World Live