North America

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed that spectrum for public-safety usage be put up again for auction under rules that would be more lenient than those that stifled a bid earlier this year for the D block airwaves, reports Information Week.

Engadget, citing a Telegraph report, claims that the HTC Dream - the world's first phone to be based on Google's Android operating system - will launch on T-Mobile UK in November.

Vodafone Group has made a series of changes to its senior management and organisational structure, the first major move by new CEO, Vittorio Colao.

Digitimes reports that Motorola has begun testing LTE technology with a number of operators, including Verizon Wireless.

Research In Motion (RIM) today unveiled the first 'flip-phone' BlackBerry, an attempt by the vendor to move further into the consumer market.

Unstrung notes that T-Mobile Venture Fund has invested in another femtocell company, this time putting money into Israeli semiconductor start-up Percello.

Rumours of an imminent announcement by T-Mobile over the launch of a handset powered by Google's operating system Android have resurfaced again, with Reuters noting that an announcement could be made September 23 in New York.