Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an exclusive launch on one of their networks. ... Sources close to the development said a simultaneous launch across the US and Europe is expected, and announcements would be sent to media firms in India and other parts of the world. US regulatory approval, which is expected soon, is the only hurdle that Google is waiting to cross, they added. Google plans to invest $7-8 billion for its global telephony foray.

Not to rain on the parade (whether is starts in 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years), but heres some findings on mobile attacks from Avert Labs:

Several works in the academic area have pointed this out, and some have successfully exploited the cellular network via the Internet to cause a denial of service. Penn state’s paper used SMS, which can be sent freely on the Internet, to cause DoS on the cellular network. They exploit the fact that cellular networks, when sending SMS, use the same, narrow bandwidth control channel as phone calls. By flooding a service area with SMS messages, they can effectively block incoming and outgoing phone calls. UC Davis’ paper, on the other hand, used MMS to cause DoS on the host. They discovered that an outside server can obtain information from MMS messages from mobile devices, and attackers can use this information to send rogue packets to the phone, causing the battery life to decrease significantly. Furthermore, Sprint’s and Penn State’s papers further discuss the vulnerabilities on the cellular network that makes these attacks possible.