Apple's Victory Sends Fear Through Android Ecosystem

BY ANTON TROIANOVSKI

Apple Inc.'s decisive court victory over Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday further cements the company's dominance of the wireless industry and could accelerate the push by a variety of players to popularize a third alternative to the iPhone and to Google Inc.'s Android ecosystem.

The San Jose, Calif., jury's decision reinforces the Silicon Valley giant's status as the most powerful player in the mobile industry. For other companies, from wireless carriers to hardware manufacturers, that reinforcement may come as unwelcome news.

Wireless carriers including AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless, and Sprint Nextel Corp. have been hammered by Wall Street analysts for ...

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