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Nokia Siemens in talks to sell off its business unit

Nokia Siemens Networks is in talks with various companies to sell of its business support systems as the network equipment maker looks to unload noncore units and focus on mobile network equipment. The company — a joint venture of Finnish handset maker Nokia and Germany’s Siemens formed in 2007 — is also looking to sell …

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Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, Galaxy Nexus to taste Jelly Bean first

Sprint today confirmed that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean rollouts have begun for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Samsung Nexus S 4G. The updates will be made available to consumers over the air and will not require Samsung Kies. According to Sprint, Android 4.1 will download in the background and notify users when it’s ready to install. As we first learned …

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U.K. gets its first 4G network

Nokia’s Lumia 920 is set for a November launch in Europe. Sarah Tew/CNET U.K. network operator Everything Everywhere, which runs the Orange and T-Mobile brands in the UK, has announced the first commercial 4G LTE network across the country. The company, which will now be known as EE, will launch the service in 16 U.K. cities — including London, Manchester, …

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LG may announce U.S. release of Optimus G next week

In addition to HTC, LG will be holding its own New York press conference on the morning of September 19. It will also be hosting a coinciding event on September 18 in Seoul, South Korea. Another look at the LG Optimus G. LG Though details are sparse, leaked press photos of the LG Optimus G suggest that the company will …

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Apple outshines Samsung on mobile ad network

Apple continues to be the industry’s top device maker, at least in the number of ad impressions recorded by Millennial Media for its September Mobile Mix report. For the second quarter of 2012, Apple took home a leading 31 percent of all ad impressions (the number of times an ad is displayed). The iPhone retained its top spot among the …

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4G: What you need to know

4G is coming — but what is 4G and when will it supercharge your gadgets? 4G is 3G, only faster, giving you a speedier Internet connection on your smart phone, tablet or laptop. EE — the new name for Everything Everywhere — has today announced its new 4G network (and the UK’s first LTE deployment), which it’s calling 4GEE, will …

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Samsung dribbles four new colours onto Galaxy S3

Just when you thought you had sated the lust of your inner gadget demon by buying a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S3, Sammy has upped the stakes by announcing a range of new colours — and a new 4G version of the phone. When the quad-core S3 launched back in May it was a case of ‘any colour so long …

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EE is the UK’s first 4G network, launching within weeks

Now playing: Watch this: EE 4G launch 1:47 A brand new network — dubbed ‘EE‘ — will serve up the nation’s first taste of 4G data. It’s run by Everything Everywhere, the hard-to-get-your-mouth-around joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile. EE will “stand alongside” Orange and T-Mobile, with the new EE company being the only one of the three to offer …

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Wireless industry waits for SF’s next move on cell phone radiation

The wireless industry isn’t celebrating a victory yet, despite a federal appeal court ruling that struck down San Francisco’s attempt to force cell phone retailers to distribute radiation warning materials with each phone purchased. The CTIA, the industry’s trade association, remained quiet on the ruling. A spokesperson for the CTIA said that the group had no comment on the ruling, …

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Huawei to invest $2B in U.K. amid ongoing ‘spying’ claims

British PM David Cameron meets Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei at Downing Street, London Huawei Chinese telecom giant Huawei has pledged to invest $2 billion (£1.3 billion) in the U.K. economy, in an apparent bid for goodwill as the U.S. Congress opens a probe of the company’s relationship with the Chinese government. (See the embedded press release below.) Huawei will plow …

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