Facebook’s Phone Also Coming to France Telecom-Orange, but First to AT&T

The European carrier plans to sell the HTC First in France and the United Kingdom
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Apple Now a Bit Easier to Deal With, and Other Observations From France Telecom’s Straight-Talking CEO

At a dinner with reporters on Monday, Stephane Richard talks about the challenges facing Microsoft and BlackBerry in mobile, as well as his frustrations with European regulators.
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What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Lot of News Out of Barcelona

AllThingsD’s annual guide to what all the major players are doing at Mobile World Congress.
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Baidu Builds a Mobile Browser for Emerging Markets, and Gets Orange to Pre-Install It

Baidu and Orange are announcing today a mobile browser partnership designed to address users in Africa and the Middle East.
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France Telecom Secures Itself to Lookout with Software Deal, Equity Stake

The French carrier will invest in the mobile security firm and offer its Android software standard in several European countries.
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France Telecom Hopes a Texting and Calling App Puts It Over the Top

The French carrier is launching its own stab at an app that offers calling, texting and other services, regardless of which network one is on.
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Intel’s Motorola Deal Starts to Bear Fruit; First Smartphones to Be Unveiled Next Month

The two companies have set a Sept. 18 event in London to show off the first Motorola Android phones running Intel processors.
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Intel Finds a Russian MegaFon for Its Android Ambitions

A Russian carrier is the latest company to use Intel’s reference design as a way to offer up its own branded smartphone.
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Orange Exec: Android, Windows Phone and iPhones Are Gas Guzzlers and Developing World Needs a Prius

Senior VP Yves Maitre says all the major smartphone operating systems are too costly and bandwidth-hungry to meet the needs of the next several billion smartphone buyers.
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That Intel Phone Coming This Week: It’s for India’s Lava

Some deductive reason suggests the little-known Indian firm will be first to market with an Intel-based Android phone later this week.
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