mocoNews Quick Hits 8.24.09

»  Flush with iPhone cash, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) spent $390,000 to lobby the government on a variety of subjects, in particular the “funding education technology” part of the government stimulus package. [Forbes]

»  The FCC has given the green light to a merger between Sprint (NYSE: S) and Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM). [Yahoo Tech]

»  Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) CEO Bill Morrow says the fact that his company isn’t battling companies like AT&T (NYSE: T) “on the classic wireless phone system” will help it beat them on 4G/WiMax. [Seattle Times]

»  Deutsche Bank doesn’t think that Nokia (NYSE: NOK), even with its netbook, will be immune from the cratering handset market over the next few years. [Barrons]

»  T-Mobile is trying out a 4G network in Europe using Huawei LTE base stations. [Cellular News]

»  An Apple blogger from Finland legally unlocked his iPhone and registered it on another network. He credits his carrier Sonera, which he claims is a

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