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Current buzzings on the Internet suggest Google will have lots to say about its mobile phone strategies after the weekend. May we preface this by saying, yet again, Google Phone news won't be interesting until we know more about the underlying network? Thanks.

Wall Street Journal blogger Ben Worthen cited his mothership's account of forthcoming news from Google, rumored to be arriving soon:

The company looks set to make a splash in the mobile market on Monday, announcing an alliance with various handset makers and cellphone operators around the world that are willing to push its “open” platform for cellphone applications, sources say.

Be still, our beating hearts. If the announcement takes place as suggested, it's likely Google will: A) disclose which major Asian hardware consortium will assemble the Google Phone hardware; B) which carriers (Sprint and T-Mobile currently are odds-on favorites) will carry this device; C) and how third party application developers (as part of OpenSocial, perhaps?) will be able to build for the new phone. Recall that Google batted .500 when it petitioned the FCC to impose four conditions on the forthcoming 700MHz auction. Only open applications and open devices made the cut, as the FCC rejected the more important open services and open networks suggestions.

The Google Phone strategy as rumored fits well with what the FCC did approve. On Monday, we may even find out if it's going to be more than vaporware.