Wireless Report: Google picks iPhone for launch of new mobile app

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WIRELESS REPORT

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Thursday, Dec 06, 2007
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Table Of Contents:

* Google picks iPhone for launch of new mobile app
* Update: Silicon Valley wireless group seeks new builder
* Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in five days
* Verizon hedges on using Android
* Wi-Fi chip set sales soaring this year
* Fujitsu, Taiwan to form WiMax joint venture
* 700MHz spectrum filing deadline: What's next?
* Verizon's move to test LTE may signal 4G consolidation

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GOOGLE PICKS IPHONE FOR LAUNCH OF NEW MOBILE APP

Google released today an iPhone application that puts Google's numerous
services into a single interface on a navigation toolbar. Over time, the
application will be available for other mobile devices, said Gummi
Hafsteinsson, a product manager with the Google mobile team.

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/05/google-iphone-mobile-app_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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UPDATE: SILICON VALLEY WIRELESS GROUP SEEKS NEW BUILDER

The big-name backers of Silicon Valley's proposed wireless network are
looking for a new company to build and operate the system after
potential financiers rebuffed the original vendor.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/05/Silicon-Valley-wireless-group-seeks-new-builder_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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ORANGE SELLS 30,000 IPHONES IN FIVE DAYS

French mobile phone operator Orange sold 30,000 iPhones in the five days
following its Nov. 29 launch, the company said Wednesday.

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/05/Orange-sells-30,000-iPhones_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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VERIZON HEDGES ON USING ANDROID

Verizon Wireless doesn't yet have any solid plans to support Android,
Google's forthcoming open-source mobile software, despite reports that
the operator had joined the Android club, a company spokeswoman
said.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Verizon-hedges-on-using-Android_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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WI-FI CHIP SET SALES SOARING THIS YEAR

Shipments of Wi-Fi chip sets will hit 300 million this year and more
than 9 percent will have gone into dual-mode phones, the Wi-Fi Alliance
industry group is set to announce Tuesday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Wi-Fi-chipset-sales-soaring_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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FUJITSU, TAIWAN TO FORM WIMAX JOINT VENTURE

Fujitsu and Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry plan to form a
joint venture concerning WiMax technology, the Japanese company said
Tuesday.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Fujitsu-Taiwan-to-form-WiMax-joint-venture_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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700MHZ SPECTRUM FILING DEADLINE: WHAT'S NEXT?

Companies wishing to bid in the upcoming 700MHz auctions at the U.S.
Federal Communications Commission were largely silent about their plans
Monday, the deadline for submitting bid applications.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/03/700MHz-auction-filing-deadline-whats-next_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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VERIZON'S MOVE TO TEST LTE MAY SIGNAL 4G CONSOLIDATION

The decision by Verizon Wireless to start testing LTE (Long-Term
Evolution) mobile technology for rollout early in the next decade may
lead to an even bigger change down the road.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/03/Verizon-4G-move-may-signal-consolidation_1.html?source=NLC-WIRELESS&cgd=2007-12-06

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