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Europe has traditionally been the heartland of the mobile industry, especially when the GSM standard became dominant worldwide. This propelled European vendors like Ericsson, Nokia and Alcatel into the front line and they continue to be hugely influential, despite the challenges from Chinese vendors in infrastructure, and American ones in handsets. With the acquisitions of Lucent, Motorola Networks and most of Nortel by European suppliers, the region’s importance on the infrastructure side remains huge. Europe also boasts some of the biggest global operators, including the largest by revenues, Vodafone, and other influential players like Telefonica, Orange and T-Mobile. However, as their markets saturate, these carriers are expanding into emerging economies and into new web and content services, as well as consolidating many of their operations to save cost.

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Apple marshals EC authorities against Motorola

The patent hearings of the past few months have largely resulted in a stalemate between Apple and its antagonists, and Apple suffered several defeats around the turn of the year. But now the tide has ...

Europe and ITU pledge more broadband spectrum

20 February, 2012

ITU will formulate plan for new radio bands in time for 2015, while European Parliament passes rules for digital dividend

Deutsche Telekom could exit UK

17 February, 2012

Having failed to sell T-Mobile USA, German giant needs new sources of cash, and could offload 50% stake in Everything Everywhere

Motorola Defy Mini heading to the UK late March

15 February, 2012

Budget device destined for British shores next month

ZTE Tania gets a delay and a price cut

13 February, 2012

Latest Windows Phone for UK pushed back but there's a silver lining

iPad 3 in March, but Apple can't shake off Samsung

10 February, 2012

As the new tablet looms, Apple loses another German court case, failing in its bid to ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1N

Southern Europe crisis hits Vodafone results

9 February, 2012

Revenue growth slows amid deterioration in Italy and Spain, but emerging markets and data keep the firm robust

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