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Reuters quoted Paul Roth, president of retail sales and services at AT&T, saying, "Competition in the wireless marketplace is white hot," in a testimony before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing to examine the US mobile market.

Microsoft has signed a deal with Global Hyatt to put hotel adverts on Verizon Wireless phones, part of a bid to turn around its shrinking advertising business by expanding beyond personal computers, a Bloomberg report said.

The total number of people signed up for mobile internet services with Hungary’s three mobile operators — T-Mobile, Pannon and Vodafone - reached 607,479 at the end of May 2009 up from 565,510 the previous month.

T-Mobile International has said it won’t rush to launch femtocell services, despite Vodafone UK’s announcement that it is launching a service in the UK on 1 July.

Verizon Wireless has launched Qualcomm's FLO TV in the the tech-friendly San Francisco Bay Area, Cleveland and Milwaukee service areas, reports PC Mag.

US mobile operator Verizon Wireless put rivals Sprint and T-Mobile on notice last week with the release of an HTC smartphone that is cheaper and more flexible than devices from its two competitors, notes PC Mag.

The Financial Times (FT) reports this morning that Vodafone is considering an offer to buy T-Mobile UK in a move that would transform the UK mobile market.