February 28, 2011

Daily News February 28, 2011

Telefónica’s net profit up 30.8% in 2010, to 10,167 million euros
 
Deutsche Telekom brings the 2010 financial year to a successful close and expects almost stable development in 2011.
 
Deutsche Telekom Annual Report 2010

DT’s Q4 loss widens on Greece, Romania impairments
 
Vivo’s 4Q net income quadruples on strong operational performance
 
Telecom Italia FY revenues rise 2.5% to EUR27.6 billion
 
NEC cuts profit forecast by 40 pct, IT business drags
 
Verizon Wireless iPhone sales mostly online
 
Nokia affirms Symbian commitment
 
China Telecom forms Taiwan alliance

February 25, 2011

Daily News February 25, 2011

France Telecom 2010 results
Thanks to its solid commercial performance, France Telecom-Orange achieved its 2010 objectives and confirmed its commitment to organic cash flow of 8 billion euros in 2011 (1)
 
France Telecom 2010 results, released meterials
2010, annual results, France Telecom
 
Everything Everywhere adds 300,000 contract customers in Q4
 
Rumor: China Mobile Begins 12 Mln TD-SCDMA Handset Tender
 
Deutsche Telekom, M2M service portal: Easy-to-operate real-time control for mobile machine communication
 
Google faces new French antitrust claims
 
Telefonica increases 2011 dividend by 14.3%
 
India revives proposal of BSNL, MTNL merger
 
TIM Brasil reports a sharp rise in Q4 net profits
 
96% of Brazilians can now access broadband, Telebrasil reports
 
Asustek announces 4 TD-SCDMA smartphones
 
Pakistan ends 2010 with 102.78 mln mobile subs
 
Google releases final Honeycomb SDK
 
Sony Ericsson in-house production remains at 40-50%, says paper
 
Motorola Mobility Invests in Catch Media
 
DOCOMO Unveils Three New Smart Mobile Devices for Japanese Market
 
The 2010 Mobile Year in Review, comScore

Apple takes wraps off new MacBook Pro lineup

February 24, 2011

Daily News February 24, 2011

Stephane Richard named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom-Orange
 
Orange makes purchasing Windows Phone 7 applications and content easier for customers by enabling payment on their mobile phone bill
 
GSMA backs NFC interoperability
 
China Telecom to procure 60 million end-use devices for 2011
 
Telekom Austria FY revenues drop 3.1%; Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia all witness slump
  
Etisalat & Huawei Sign Agreement to Deliver the Middle East's First LTE Network
 
In Brazil, Mobile Phones Increasingly Important to the Young

 
Amazon takes on Netflix with free movie streaming to members of its $79-per-year Prime service
 
A disappointing debut: HP shares drop on weak forecast, marring new CEO's first full quarter

February 23, 2011

Daily News February 23, 2011

Apple iPad launch due on March 2: source
 
Apple iPhone 5 could be delayed to September. iPad 2 “not delayed”
 
TeliaSonera Makes Bid to Buy Poland's Polkomtel
 
HP to start selling WebOS 3.0-based TouchPad in April
 
HTC to set up service platform instead of own application store, says CEO
 
Reliance Communications to finish pan-India 3G rollout this year
 
Aircel launches 3G services in India
 
Telecom Argentina Q4 profit up 28%

February 22, 2011

Daily News February 22, 2011

Movistar launches 100Mbps FTTH package; fibre coverage expansion due this year
 
Oi to sell $7.2bn in new common, preferred shares
 
GSA Confirms 63 LTE User Devices have launched

Obama talks R&D, exports with Facebook, Apple CEOs
 
Nokia Siemens CEO confident on progress in 2011
 
Lenovo's founder vows tablet challenge to Apple
 
GSM subscribers’ base at 556.6 mn
 
China mobile subscriber total rises to 853 million in January
 
In brief: Huawei confirms bid for London Underground phone network
 
Apple outlines differences between CDMA and GSM phones

HTC Thunderbolt’s price to be $249 or $299 (on contract)
 
Samsung Pads DRAM Market Lead in Q4

February 21, 2011

Daily News February 21, 2011

Sony launches Music Unlimited in the US
Ten bucks a month for all you can eat music
 
LTE-Advanced specification expected in 2H11, says NSN regional head
 
Indian regulator to send proposals on 4G by June
 
Alcatel-Lucent sees LTE in India by 2012
 
Digital divide apparent as NTIA unveils national broadband map

COMMERCE’S NTIA UNVEILS NATIONAL BROADBAND MAP
AND NEW BROADBAND ADOPTION SURVEY RESULTS
 
Yoigo reveals trial of international VoIP service
 
Renren owner eyes $500 million from U.S. IPO: report
 
Lenovo to release tablet PCs in 1Q11
 
China Mobile, Xinhua to Launch Search Engine This Month
 

February 18, 2011

Daily News February 18, 2011

Ofcom to auction 2010MHz band for mobile broadband use; sale likely next year
 
China Mobile Signs Co-operation Agreement with Vodafone
 
Telenor crosses 100 million subscribers in Asia
 
Intel says will find new MeeGo partners
 
Sony Working on S1, a 9.4-inch Android Tablet with Honeycomb?
 
Dell smartphone roadmap leaks, powerful new Android and WP7 handsets on the way

 Qualcomm Announces Next-generation Snapdragon Mobile Chipset Family
 
MWC 2011: Samsung Unveils Bada 2.0 Supporting NFC, WAC
 
MobiFone to hold IPO this year
 
LTE activity in Asia: more than you think

Ericsson tees up ‘Hetnet’ launch with Antenna Integrated Radio
Huawei to Demonstrate Heterogeneous Network Solution at MWC 2011
http://www.cn-c114.net/583/a580796.html

February 17, 2011

Daily News February 17, 2011

TD-LTE commercial use to take off in 2011, says China Mobile chairman
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110216PD202.html
 
Expect Nokia Windows phones in 2012: chairman
 
Schmidt: More than 300K Androids Activated Each Day, 150K Apps in Market
 
Telefonica O2 selects NSN as LTE partner; will be renamed Telefonica Germany on 1 April
 
China Mobile wants Wi-Fi as default broadband option
 
Etisalat to deploy LTE network in Q1 with Alca-Lu
 
HTC Unveils HTC FLYER™, The First Tablet
With HTC SENSE

HTC’s Flyer Android tablet priced in Germany: EUR 669
 
Verizon Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet gets priced, $600 Wi-Fi-only, $799 with 3G
 
DOCOMO & Nissan, ICT for Nissan LEAF wins GSMA Award 2011
— Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive and Transport —
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2011/001512.html
 
January 2011: Top U.S. Web Brands and News Sites

February 16, 2011

Daily News February 16, 2011

Clinton to lay out U.S. Internet freedom plan

E-Plus to launch TD-LTE field test in Q1 2011
 
Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store

Deutsche Telekom plans to launch "Mobile Wallet" in 2011
http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/989664

Telefonica and eBay launch first global app deal
Telefonica’s O2 customers in the UK will be first to have the eBay app ‘ready to go’ on new smart and feature phones
 
America Movil eyes Polkomtel
 
Apple's next iPhone could have 4-inch screen with next-gen A5 processor
 
Orange strengthens its tablet portfolio with launch of the Orange tablet

Adobe spells out Flash-y plans for Android
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-20031702-78.html
HTC Unveils Two Social Phones With One-touch Facebook Access


Samsung Galaxy Mini, Fit and Gio hands-on (video)

February 15, 2011

Daily News February 15, 2011

Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom-Orange to explore potential areas of cooperation for customer benefit

Orange accelerates the deployment of mobile contactless services with launch of the Samsung Wave 578 in Europe
 
Orange Launches Data Roaming Safeguard and expands Travel Data Daily range for high usage customers
 
RIM and Telefonica to introduce Blackberry App world with integrated carrier billing
 
Telefónica to take eDNI to mobile SIM cards
 
Telefónica unleashes apps across all devices
 
Telefónica announces BlueVia developer community
 
Nokia's turnaround risks 5,000 Finnish jobs: union
 
With Opera, WAC is right here, right now
 
Qualcomm Announces Quad-Core Snapdragon for Next Generation Tablets and Computing Devices
 
Qualcomm Introduces 28nm Mass Market LTE/DC-HSPA+ Chipsets for Mobile Broadband Products

 
Motorola Mobility Acquires 3LM
 
China Unicom App Store Reaches 1 Mln Registered Users
 
Game Developers on Xperia™ PLAY

February 14, 2011

Daily News February 14, 2011

Nokia surrenders and enlists Microsoft in smartphone war
 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P7100) announced at MWC, coming soon on Vodafone

China sees 3G user base grow by over 36 million in 2010, says media

HP hires former Apple exec to pitch webOS to developers

SingTel’s 3Q profits surpass expectations driven by Singapore, Ozzie units
 
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Officialized at MWC. Available in March 2011, on Verizon Early Spring


Samsung Makes Galaxy S II Truly Official at MWC

Samsung Wave 578 with NFC gets official [Updated: Full specs]
 
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Reaches 8000 App Milestone; Quickly Approaching 10K

Opera to roll out iPad browser
 
Apple's CDMA iPhone 4 components cost $171, $16 cheaper than GSM phone
 
CHART OF THE DAY: iPhone App User Worth More Than An Android App User
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-iphone-android-revenue-per-user-2011-2

Telus profit surges on data and wireless revenue
 
AIS' annual net profit rises 19%
 
Bell’s Q4 wireless service revenues up 9.1%, wireline sales down 2.5%
 
Etisalat FY 2010 revenue up 2%, net profit falls 13.6%

February 10, 2011

Daily News February 10, 2011

America Movil Q4 net down 4.7% to $2bn
 
America Movil sees mobile subs flagging in 2011

America Movil sees 16m-17m wireless subscriber adds in 2011
 
Apple's New iPad in Production
 
HP unveils TouchPad tablet, WebOS headed to PCs
Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users Reached 1.6 Billion Units in 2010; Smartphone Sales Grew 72 Percent in 2010


SingTel mobile subscribers rise 34% in 2010
 
Cellcos ink 3G network sharing deal
 
TRAI reveals first MNP figures
 
Globe Telecom Q4 net profit down 16%
 
Cisco sales beat Street but margin disappoints
 
Qualcomm to Demonstrate New Peer-to-Peer Technology at Mobile World Congress
 
mimoOn and Tensilica Demonstrate Atlas LTE Platform for Mobile SDR Baseband at MWC 2011
 
Enabling LTE and 4G Handsets and Basestations

February 9, 2011

Daily News February 9, 2011

FCC proposes moving phone subsidy focus to Internet
 
France's Orange ditches Google's DoubleClick for startup OpenX
 
India government hit by new telecom scandals
 
Sharp Establishes R&D Base in China
 
Google Android widens lead on Apple's iPhone in US smartphone market
 
comScore Reports December 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
Number of Smartphone Users Up 60 Percent Versus Year Ago


Gartner Says Western Europe PC Market Declined 4 Percent in Fourth Quarter of 2010
 
Cellphone security threats rise sharply: McAfee

Revenue growth for Telenor in 4Q and FY 2010
 
Tele2’s 2010 sales, EBITDA, profits grow; new mobile users 90% Russian
 
GrameenPhone’s sales reach USD1bn as it prepares for licence showdown
 

Vodafone will launch the Google Nexus S “around the world”, white version included
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UnwiredView/~3/4496p6nyEqU/
Rumours, rumours: Optima, Metronet seeking Swedish, Austrian partners
 
Google wants to fight smartphone battle on Web
 
Dell unveils 10-inch Windows 7 tablet

February 8, 2011

Daily News February 8, 2011


With new executive, Google steps up mobile ad efforts
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/07/us-google-mobile-idUSTRE71645V20110207
 
Toshiba Starts Delivery of Commercial UIM Card
supporting Near Field Communication (NFC)
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2011_02/pr0701.htm
 
DOCOMO Begins Field Experiments of 4G LTE-Advanced System
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2011/001509.html
 
Android Rises, Symbian^3 and Windows Phone 7 Launch as Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Increase 87.2% Year Over Year, According to IDC
http://www.idc.com/about/viewpressrelease.jsp?containerId=prUS22689111


Vodafone Essar may sell 7,000 towers to Bharti, Indus
 
 
 
 
Softbank adds more mobile users in January
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=36060
 
Google and EU in antitrust resolution talks: source
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/07/us-eu-google-idUSTRE71639K20110207
 

February 7, 2011

Daily NEWS February 7, 2011

Nokia likely to sack several executives: report
 
Speculation That Nokia May Announce Windows OS Based Phones Next Week
 
France Telecom says Egypt, Tunisia unrest doesn't diminish interest in region
 
French mobile subscribers up 4.6% on year
Country ended 2010 with 64.4 million mobile subscribers, according to Arcep.
 
Telecommunications observatory (mobile market) in France - December 31st, 2010 - provisional results - Publication at 3rd February 2011
http://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=10743&L=1
 
NTT net profit up 4.6% in Q3
Japanese telco's numbers boosted by fibre broadband business, enterprise services.

Visa Europe Inks Mobile Payments Deal with Monitise
 
Verizon iPhone 4 preorders sell out on first day
 
TeliaSonera Profits Rise - Announces 800 Job Cuts
 
OTE ready to sell Telekom shares
 
Slim's Telcel pitches new fee proposal to rivals
 
Telmex posts decline in 4Q net profit as tax bill increases
 
CHART OF THE DAY: The Android Effect On HTC
Samsung Galaxy S2 coming with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus display?

LG Optimus 3D coming to the UK via Vodafone

February 4, 2011

Daily News February 4, 2011

Orange reinforces its Very High-Speed Broadband ambitions with a commitment to deploying solutions in every region of France
 
Buyster: a new association offering a payment service adapted to latest Internet practices. From now on you can pay over the Internet just by using your cell phone
 
Vodafone revenue rises on increased data usage

Vodafone - Interim Management Statement for the Quarter Ended 31 December 2010
News Corp bets on iPad for future of news
 
Google announces Web-based Android Market
 
Verizon may restrict heavy iPhone data users
 
iOS 4.3, AT&T's Personal WiFi hotspot may be set for release Feb 13
 
iPad 2 specs said to include HD video, 3MP camera, DisplayPort

February 3, 2011

Daily News February 3, 2011

Ofcom to extend UK spectrum trading
 
New Vodafone chairman brings emerging markets focus

Vodafone Names Kleisterlee Chairman to Replace Bond
 
French telecoms to launch Internet payment: report
 
Korek, France Telecom to close deal soon
 
Bharti Airtel's Profit Drops 41%
 
Airtel, Mastercard launch mobile payments card in Africa

CHART OF THE DAY: Hopefully You Invested In Baidu When Google Left China
 
Among Mobile Phone Users, Hispanics, Asians are Most-Likely Smartphone Owners in the U.S.


 
T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G may be fastest phone
 
Samsung is developing a portrait-QWERTY Android device

Bharti Airtel ends Q3 with 207.8 mln customers
 
Amazon to launch film streaming service: report

February 2, 2011

Daily News February 2, 2011

Nokia May Be Downgraded by S&P on Declining Margins (Update1)
 
UK Regulator to Consult on Offering 12-Month Mobile Phone Contracts
 
Slim to fatten investment in telecoms in 2011
 
Apple Spending $4 Billion Over 2-Years to Secure LCD Display Supplies
 
LG Planning European NFC Trial Next Year
 
NEC collaborates with Aricent as its Femtocell Services Partner in India
 
ARM Holdings Profits Jump on Smartphone Semiconductor Sales
 
Intel completes acquisition of wireless solution business from Infineon
 
Thai Operator Seeks $7 Billion in Compensation from Other Networks
 
SingTel senior executives meet Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
 
Thai firm to deploy mobile broadcast network
 
NTT Com plots new $430m APAC subsea cable
 
More than 2% of world's Web traffic comes from Apple's iOS devices

Samsung Galaxy Tab has 16% return rate, Apple's iPad just 2%
 
European telcos seen reporting data revenue spike
 
Qualcomm Congratulates NTT DOCOMO on Launching LTE Service With Qualcomm Solution
 
Ericsson Gets 168Mbps Download Speed out of a HSPA 3G Network
 
Optimus, Huawei achieve 150Mbps speeds with 2.6GHz LTE trial
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=36008