Google plans move into UK mobile and broadband market
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Business & money: Â· Auction poses threat to established networksÂ· Ofcom wants spectrum from Vodafone and O2
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Search giant will also expand this week into key markets in Asia, Canada and Europe.
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Some of Europe's biggest telecoms groups are to hold talks next week about creating a mobile phone search engine which could challenge US giants Google and Yahoo!.
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With mobile phones soon expected to push PCs aside as the most popular tool to access the Internet, the company has given mobility a top priority and is taking steps to establish its mobile search engine as the technology of choice for mobile operators.
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Google may have plans to expand its search engine beyond static text.
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British satellite broadcaster BSkyB Plc  said on Wednesday it would tie up with Google Inc  to deploy the Internet search giant's suite of search, advertising and video functionality on its broadband service.
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Google is among more than 260 companies vying for wireless licenses to be auctioned in January, which could allow the search giant to extend its reach to the mobile Internet.
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Google, the operator of the world&#39;s most popular Internet search service, plans to announce an agreement Tuesday with some of the nation&#39;s leading research libraries and Oxford
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The U.K. mobile giant wants to find a way to disentagle the Czech wireless and fixed-line businesses.
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Broadband mass migration to Telefonica UK
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Merged online search and advertising group would challenge dominance of market leader Google
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The Motley Fool - British Sky Broadcasting -- more commonly known as BSkyB -- and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - News) teamed up yesterday in a deal that will find the United Kingdom's digital pay-television giant offering an online video-sharing platform based on Google's popular YouTube platform. BSkyB will also allow be throwing a bone to Google's nascent Google Apps for Your Domain feature by branding Google's Gmail service for folks interested in signing up for @Sky.com email accounts.
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Perhaps it's not a handset but a slice of the wireless spectrum that Google is eyeing.
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Nokia will add Google to the list of  search engines consumers can access from its handsets, the  companies said on Tuesday.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58787)  has announced the addition of Portable Technology Retailing in the UK  2007 to their offering.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.K. is considering letting mobile phone operators run 3G (third-generation) services on frequencies reserved for 2G services, a change that could mean better 3G coverage and lower costs for the public, the government's telecommunications regulator said Thursday. The move by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) follows the expected relaxation of a longstanding European Union (E.U.) restriction on how certain frequencies could be used. A consultation period started on Thursday and runs through Nov. 29. Other European countries are undertaking similar moves to liberalize their 2G spectrums, according to a spokesman for the GSM Association (GSMA), a trade group for mobile phone operators. A 1987 E.U. directive restricted use of the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrums second-generation services based on the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard, which at the time was intended to foster growth of mobile communications across Europe by ensuring a large market for common hardware. The European Commission has proposed allowing 3G in those spectrum ranges: It says the original directive is now stalling growth of 3G services. The proposal should become policy by the end of the year once it is approved by the European Parliament and the E.U. Council of Ministers, according to the Commission. Operators across Europe have been running 3G services in the 2100MHz frequency band for several years. But opening up the 900MHz spectrum is key, as the lower frequencies allow better penetration of buildings, Ofcom said. The signals also carry further, so in rural areas fewer mobile phone masts are necessary: Ofcom estimates that high-quality mobile broadband Internet services could be provided with 10,000 fewer sites per operator. In turn, consumers should see lower costs for 3G services, the Commission has said. Finland and France are already trialing 3G services in the 900MHz band, the GSMA spokesman said. Market analyst Ovum estimates 300 million people will have 3G connections in Western Europe by 2012 if 3G is deployed at 900MHz and 2100MHz. That's compared to only 235 million connections if 3G is restricted to only 2100MHz. About 50 million have access to 3G today. Operators will likely want to continue using the 2100MHz band, as it has a higher traffic capacity than the 900MHz band, and so is better for urban areas where there are more users. In the U.K., Vodafone Group and O2 (UK)Â use the 900 MHz spectrum but only for 2G services. Ofcom is suggesting letting the other operators, Three, run by Hutchison 3G UK; T-Mobile International; and Orange, to have access to that band. The spectrum would be auctioned, with Ofcom awarding licenses as soon as 2009 and services starting by 2010, the regulator said. Ofcom is also looking at removing some technology-specific restrictions from the 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands, which could happen next year.
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Web search engine giant Google Inc is interested to set up operations in Malaysia, citing the country's technology infrastructure and strategic location, newspapers reported on Sunday.