Filed under: Handsets, Features, Motorola, Linux, GSM, EDGE Quick: name a Linux-based Motorola touchscreen phone that isn't widely distributed in North America. Oh, wait, that's all of them! In this case, "all of them" includes the little A810, a phone that's been kicking around the rumor mill since way, way [...]

Skype announced that it has appointed former Motorola executive Scott Durchslag as the company’s new COO.[...]

Agito Networks, the enterprise fixed-mobile-convergence (eFMC) venture founded by a clutch of former Cisco executives, picked up $13 million in second-round venture capital just eight months after bursting onto the scene. The young company, whose first and, so far only, product is the RoamAnywhere Mobility Router (an eFMC[...]

A report by the Wall Street Journal has outlined a plan by a group of major technology and communications companies to build a group defence against patent infringement lawsuits. Verizon Communications, Google, Cisco Systems, Telefon AB, Ericsson, and Hewlett-Packard are named as the core companies building the group, the Allied[...]

The recent purchase of Symbian by Nokia highlights the tensions around running a consortium-owned platform business. Obviously, Nokia believes that making the software royalty-free and open source is the key to future mass adoption. The team at Telco 2.0 disagree and believe the creation of the Symbian Foundation will cure [...]

Verizon Communications has filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia requesting a stay on last month's Federal Communications Commission ruling against Verizon in the 'win-back' fight. The FCC had ruled Verizon was not allowed to use information about its voice customers who were [...]