While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn’t even been born yet. But now at least it looks like we might have a due date. UK regulator Ofcom today set out new proposals for…

Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market—over half of all smartphones being used today—but that rising tide is not lifting all boats. Sales figures out today from the two largest Android device makers, Samsung and HTC, present two different pictures, with Samsung…

We’ve seen some significant strides for LTE in the past year—with some big names like Verizon and AT&T (NYSE: T) getting behind the fast mobile broadband technology and rolling it out for the masses. The latest reports on what Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is cooking up could be another boost: Apple…

More turmoil this week from BlackBerry maker RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) that could not be mitigated by the news of the launch of a new distribution deal (the “4G” Torch 9810 on T-Mobile USA) or a new service (BBM Music now live). On the back of falling market share in some…

Figures out from Canalys tracking smartphone shipments worldwide in Q3 have once again demonstrated that the flood of Android handsets on the market is making Google’s mobile OS the smartphone platform leader for the moment, with a 57 percent share of the market. In the U.S., where the rising Android…

T-Mobile is the last major carrier in the U.S. not to have the iPhone—a consequence of the device’s radio chipsets being different from those that work on T-Mobile’s 3G network. The operator seems resigned to this fact, but things could be different if it looks east to China, and takes…

Samsung’s legal setback in Australia—where the courts have now issued a formal, if temporary, injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet after patent claims from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)—is not the only bit of bad Apple news it had yesterday. In the Netherlands, it said that it has made changes to…

Frustrating news for those in the UK who have eagerly been awaiting the first 4G services. The country, home to some of the most mobile-savvy consumers in the world, is now facing a delay well into 2012 before its national operators can even begin to consider how they would deploy…

We may be approaching the point where it’s fair to ask the following question: Where haven’t Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung sued each other in court over patent and design infringements? Today, Japan became the latest country to see legal action from Apple over allegations that Samsung violated Apple patents…

One more development today that shows the patent race—and the many millions of dollars that are going into defending and settling around them—is still in full stride. The Canadian company MOSAID has announced that it is picking up the management of some 2,000 patents belonging to Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which…

LTE is far from being a widely available technology, but operators in some countries—such as the U.S., Russia and Sweden—have been quicker off the mark to offer it than others. Today, the UK could have seen its first bid to join that group, as BT (NYSE: BT) and Everything Everywhere…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earnings; Mobile Content Venture details launch plans for its mobile TV service in 32 U.S. markets; the first white iPhone 4 finally “on sale”; Nokia (NYSE:…

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: reports of RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) looking at investing in India; Best Buy starts up its WiMax service with Clearwire; (NSDQ: CLWR) and another advance in MasterCard’s NFC initiative.

While everyone else was waiting for news that Sprint (NYSE: S) was about to merge with T-Mobile USA, AT&T (NYSE: T) had a different deal in mind. In a startling Sunday afternoon announcement, AT&T said it is acquiring the fourth-largest carrier in a deal valued at $39 billion:  Deutsche Telekom…

Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today: Apple’s supposed plan to develop an iPhone for China’s LTE standard; We7 launches a radio app; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) sells off the commercial licensing rights to Qt to Finnish company Digia.

HTC is now a close second behind Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for being the most popular device maker, according to figures released today from the Millennial Media advertising network. This morning in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, HTC unveiled six new devices—including two new devices with Facebook buttons and a…

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Mobility has come into being with a bang. On top of two exciting-looking new handsets—with AT&T, it debuted Atrix, which it claims is now the world’s most powerful smartphone; and with Verizon, it’s introducing the Droid Bionic, one of the first handsets to run on Verizon’s LTE…

It’s been three years since I started working at mocoNews. In that time—I turned my living room into an office, which I sentimentally call mocoNews World Headquarters—I’ve written nearly 3,000 posts, and I’ve met so many people—some of whom had million-dollar ideas and others who were destined to fail. I’ve…

This is the tie-up that finally makes sense. After several rumors surfaced saying that Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile unit is in talks with Sprint, Bloomberg is reporting that Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA is also in discussions with a company much closer to home. According to unnamed sources, talks are underway between T-Mobile…