Pentagon Approves Samsung, BlackBerry 10 for Military Use
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The U.S. Defense Department approved use on its networks of Samsung Electronics Co. devices running a secure version of Google Inc.’s Android operating system.
The approval allows Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung, the largest seller of smartphones for commercial use, to compete with Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry, the dominant mobile-device provider to the military.