Google’s Android OS was the only mobile platform experiencing significant growth in the US during the three months ending in January, carving out over four percentage points of market share, ComScore said.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly collecting affidavits from Google’s rivals over its proposed acquisition of AdMob, indicating it could be planning to scupper the deal.
Google is lobbying the US government to make China’s search censorship a WTO issue.
Two industry groups with close ties to the search giant are lobbying the US Trade Representative’s office, claiming that the censorship is an unfair barrier to trade.
Japanese cellco KDDI is expanding its presence in the competitive US market, announcing plans to buy controlling stakes in two US MVNOs for a total of 3.7 billion yen ($41.14m).
Google more than doubled the market share of its Android devices in the key early-mover smartphone market of the US in the three months to end-December, according to ComScore.
In the fourth quarter, Google’s smartphone device share rose to 5.2%, up from 2.5% in the third quarter,
Finnish handset vendor Nokia claims that allegations of “securities fraud” filed against it in a US class action law suit on February 5 are “without merit.”
The complaint, filed in a US District Court, accuses Nokia of failing to disclose information about component supply shortages and manufacturing problems between Janua
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