June 30, 2011

Daily News June 30, 2011

T-Systems and Beyondsoft strengthen collaboration in China

Vodafone starting LTE city rollout

Belgacom launches LTE trials

Supreme Court asks commission to examine PLDT’s foreign ownership

Oracle Seeking $2.6 Billion from Google for Android Patent Royalties

O2 plans fibre-optic broadband

VAS Represents 18% of Brazilian Mobile Operators' Net Sales

Microsoft and Velocity Micro, Inc., Sign Patent Agreement Covering Android-Based Devices

June 29, 2011

Daily News June 29, 2011

KT Corp Aiming for LTE Launch in November

Ericsson Runs Live Trials of LTE-Advanced in Sweden

Ericsson expects commercial LTE-Advanced services by 2013

Over 180 Billion Annual Mobile App Downloads by 2015

Mobile Payments Users to Grow by 40% to Reach 2.5 Billion Globally by 2015

India Mulling Radio Spectrum Sharing

BSNL expects to be profitable this fiscal year

Google now activates 500,000 Android devices each day

Google removes paid Android apps from Taiwan

Google faces new antitrust suit from French rival

Microsoft Launches Office 365 Globally

Gartner Says Consumers On Track to Spend $2.1 Trillion Globally on Digital Information and Entertainment Products and Services in 2011

June 28, 2011

Daily News June 28, 2011

Bharti Airtel unveils restructuring plan

NSN expects Indian BWA spectrum winners to start signing network rollout deals soon

Bouygues finds problem in French 4G licence auction

Nokia and Siemens May Pour More Money into Infrastructure Joint Venture

Telefonica expands Brazilian FTTH coverage

Belgium Awards Fourth 3G License to Cable TV Networks

Vinaphone 3G subs grow to almost two million

Airtel signs five millionth Bangladeshi customer

DOCOMO to Become Japan’s First Mobile Operator to Offer Phone-to-Phone Service for Overseas Mobile Remittances

June 27, 2011

Daily News June 27, 2011

TDC, Telenor, TeliaSonera and 3 ink m-payments JV

Apple files patent suit against Samsung in South Korea

Telefonica and America Movil pick up Costa Rica clearance

PayPal expecting US$3B mobile transactions in 2011

Yoigo CEO: Spanish tariffs to plummet 30%

Iliad aims to boost Free Mobile service with free femtocells

GSMA Mobile Media Metrics Report Issued on UK Mobile Applications Usage

Indosat launches tower sale; aims to raise USD500m

Axiata Group Berhad, ZTE sign global framework agreement

Alca-Lu sets sights on Ghana for LTE rollout

Apple releases iOS 5 beta 2 [updated]

First Nokia Windows Phone handset leaked?

Mobile broadband market worth USD3.6bn by 2016, report says

Mobitel Starts Testing LTE Services in 1800Mhz Bands

Baidu Invests USD 306 Mln in Travel Search Engine Qunar

Foursquare raises $50 million in new round

June 24, 2011

Daily News June 24, 2011

Nokia and Accenture finalize Symbian software development and support services outsourcing agreement
http://press.nokia.com/2011/06/22/nokia-and-accenture-finalize-symbian-software-development-and-support-services-outsourcing-agreement/


PT Telkom to buy Telkomsel stake back from SingTel
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465815

Malaysian WiMAX Network Signs LTE Deal with Qualcomm
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49716.php

By 2016, Mobile Advertising Outlay Will Equal Current Total Online Ad Spending
http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3706-By+2016%2C+Mobile+Advertising+Outlay+Will+Equal+Current+Total+Online+Ad+Spending



MTN Group Says Global Subscriber Base Has Reached 150 Million Customers
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49702.php

DoCoMo shares NFC expertise in bid to drive global standards



Femto Forum Announces Winners of the Femtocell Industry Awards 2011
http://femtoforum.org/fem2/pressreleases.php?id=280

June 23, 2011

Daily News June 23, 2011

Isis plans mobile payments launch in Austin
 
KCC aims to net KRW1.15 trillion from mobile spectrum auction
 
Anatel reports rising 3G, broadband growth
 
SingTel targets 4G launch by year-end
 
Australia's $38 billion broadband plan clears last major hurdle
 
Report: Apple launching new iPhone in September
 
3G femtocells now outnumber conventional 3G basestations globally
 
AT&T eyes Q1 2012 approval for T-Mobile merger
 
GSMA Mobile Media Metrics Report Issued on UK Mobile Applications Useage
 
Google eyeing further display ad acquisitions
 
CommunicAsia – New Xperias, Feature Phone and Smart Extras
 
Energy Efficiency Mandates Drive Smart Meter Deployments above 100 Million in 2011

June 21, 2011

Daily News June 21, 2011

UK gives the green light to spectrum trading
 
Eleven bidders in line for Spanish LTE spectrum
 
AM to invest USD1.2bn in Brazil’s Claro this year
 
Qualcomm nears Indian LTE launch (and exit)
 
M1 readies for LTE launch in city-state
 
China Telcos Announce May 2011 Subscriber Totals
 
China Telecom to Procure 40 Mln CDMA Terminals
 
MNP a flop in China
 

Samsung picks up KDDI LTE deal
 
RIM defection triggers fresh slide in share price
 
830 Million Enterprise Smartphone and Tablet App Users by 2016, ABIresearch
 
Security Alert: Android Trojan GGTracker Charges Premium Rate SMS Messages
 
Facebook to take top spot in U.S. display ad market

RIKEN and Fujitsu's Supercomputer "K computer" Takes First Place in World

June 20, 2011

Daily News June 20, 2011

Spain seeks to raise at least EUR1.45bn in main 4G auction
 
Vodafone signs off on USD11bn sale of SFR stake
 
Apple and Samsung executives in talks on patent lawsuits
 
Oracle seeks up to $6.1 billion in Google lawsuit
 
Exclusive: Google Nexus 4G detailed – 720p display, 4G LTE, Android 4.0
 
Falcone’s LightSquared, Sprint Agree to 15-Year Network Accord
 
Microsoft gets antitrust approval to buy Skype
 
China Mulling a Fourth Mobile Network
 
EC transfers inquiry into Kabel BW deal to Germany
 
ZTE Unveils World's First CDMA/LTE Dual-Mode Distributed NodeB System
 
100 Million Mobile Money Subscribers in India by 2015

June 17, 2011

Daily News June 17, 2011

Everything Everywhere, Telefónica UK and Vodafone UK to form mobile marketing and payments joint venture
 
Vodafone's German unit shifting away from fixed-line business
German telco focusing on LTE; scaling back marketing of fixed-line services.
 
Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Advertising Revenue Forecast to Reach $3.3 Billion in 2011
 
Sistema, ZTE ink MoU on future cooperation
Russian, Chinese firms plan to make investments in joint venture by end of this year.
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465632
 
RIM shares to show lots of motion post-earnings
 
Sony's “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity” App Now Available on Android Market
 
ZTE, Atos target China smart grid market
 
Report: Details leaked on next Google Nexus phone
 
Finland and Russia agree terms over deployment of 3G 900MHz border services
 
Deutsche Telekom axes 7% of its Dutch workforce
T-Mobile to close offices in Amsterdam and Breda; 150 jobs to go.

June 16, 2011

June 15, 2011

Daily News June 15, 2011

Apple agrees to pay Nokia patent licensing fees
 

Ericsson announces $1.15 billion Telcordia buy
 
HSPA-based mobile broadband set to pass 500M connections
 
Telia and Telenor share Danish networks
 
Safaricom and Telkom poised to ink tower sharing deal
 
MegaFon confirms USD270 million acquisition of NetByNet
 
NCC(Nigerian Communications Commission) switches focus to mobile number portability
 
TeliaSonera to invest over $1.3bn in fibre networks
 
Lenovo to sell Android tablets this summer

June 14, 2011

Daily News June 14, 2011

Nomura: Samsung to take Nokia’s smartphone crown this quarter
 
Free Mobile could launch in October, paper says
 
South Korea set for NFC push
 
Samsung tops 1M Galaxy S2 sales in SK
 
DoT could decide on licence cancellations within a month
 
Verizon Wireless to offer another mobile payment option
 
Report: HP to add NFC capabilities to webOS devices
 
Microsoft: Port your Android apps to Windows Phone
 
MobileMe is dead. Long live iCloud
 
Bouygues breaks one million broadband subscribers barrier

Sony to launch next generation FeliCa contactless IC chip
-- New security with AES encryption standard --

June 13, 2011

Daily News June 13, 2011

O2 Warns That Radio Spectrum Caps May Be Illegal
 
Hutch-PCCW JV hands Huawei LTE deal
 
EU states agree on tougher sanctions on cybercrime
 
Google reportedly buys AdMeld for $400 million
 
ZTE Sues Huawei Over Chinese Patent Infringement
 
Watchdog fines Turkcell TRY91.94 million for abusing market dominance
 
European Commission OKs Vivendi's SFR stake purchase
 
Elop: Nokia will cut its phone development time
 
Vietnam to license Nokia to build EUR200m phone plant soon
 
Etisalat to roll out LTE to 80% of UAE by year-end
 
Mexican regulator slashes Telmex connection fees
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465463

June 10, 2011

Daily News June 10, 2011

Nokia CEO denies takeover rumours amid ratings downgrade
 
Visa buys mobile payment firm Fundamo for $110m
 
Bharti, carriers in infrastructure sharing talks
 
RIM is missing targets for new models, Citi says
 
Verizon Wireless Accused of Breaching LTE Spectrum Conditions
 
FCC - Applications of AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG for Consent To Transfer Control of the Licenses and Authorizations Held by T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries
 
Apple now world's largest semiconductor buyer
 
HP partners with AT&T for TouchPad, Wi-Fi version coming July 1
 
Nokia replaces CTO for medical reasons
 
China Mobile to Test IPv6 TD-LTE Data Cards in H2 2011
 
Sony Ericsson SHows Off Two New Phones

June 9, 2011

Daily News June 9, 2011

SFR, Orange, Bouygues and NRJ Mobile prep nationwide NFC launch
 
Sprint Nextel Reduces Clearwire Voting Rights to Below 50%
 
Orange and T-Mobile UK to Open 30 More Co-Branded Retail Stores
 
Telefónica launches ‘Movistar Ebook bq’ in Spain
 
Telefónica signs agreement to purchase Acens, a leading hosting services provider for SMEs in Spain
 
FT Orange exec: Stopping churn is now No. 1 priority
 
RIM buys social gaming company Scoreloop
 
Rogers Confirms Canadian LTE Launch This Summer
 
Facebook, Microsoft support AT&T, T-Mobile merger
 
Verizon wants to swap spectrum with U.S. Cellular
 
Number of U.S. Mobile Display Advertisers More than Doubles in Past Two Years

Gartner cuts 2011 PC forecast, as tablets surge
 
Mobile Application Downloads to Approach 48 Billion in 2015
 
Verizon iPhone not yet ready for iCloud
 
Microsoft reportedly considers launching own-brand tablet PC

June 8, 2011

Daily News June 8, 2011

DT confirmed as 40% OTE owner
 
Virgin to launch MVNO ops in Latin America
 
AT&T faces $1B settlement in mobile Internet access fee lawsuit
 
Virgin Mobile parent inks ‘full MVNO’ deal with SFR
 
Forecast: Contactless payments to reach $50B worldwide by 2014
 
Nokia Downgraded by Debt Ratings Agency
 
HP introduces in-app purchases with webOS 3.0
 
FT launches Web-based app to work on all tablets
 
Asia Pacific Mobile Ad Market Grows to 18 Billion Monthly Ad Impressions
 
RIM introduces BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app
 
Nintendo lifts lid on Wii U, seeks hardcore gamers
 
"World IPv6 Day": Orange plans ahead and prepares for the new internet protocol
 
Verizon Ready to Participate in World IPv6 Day

June 3, 2011

Daily News June 3, 2011

AT&T's de la Vega hints strongly at family data plans
 
Indian Operators Protest Against $5 Billion for Security Upgrades
 
Sinofsky shows off Windows 8 at D9
 
Verizon outs 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, pre-orders start June 8th for $529.99
 
Listing of PCCW telecom assets approved by HK stock exchange
 
Vimpelcom Q1 revenues increase 22.9%, net income jumps 54.6%
 

How secure is your wallet in Google's hands? (FAQ)
 
Windows Phone Mango: First impressions
 
Apple still trying to land films, TV shows for iCloud
 
Groupon files for $750 million IPO

June 2, 2011

Daily News June 2, 2011

 
Ericsson wins A$1bn TD-LTE contract with Australia's NBN Co
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465210


Mobile Network Operator Revenues to Exceed $1 trillion by 2016, but Rising Costs Threaten Profitability, Juniper Research warns
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/mobile-network-operator-revenues-exceed-1-trillion-2016-rising-costs-threat

Sweden to Auction Off Additional Blocks of 1800Mhz Spectrum
 
Regulator launches public consultation on 3.5GHz WiLL services
 
In campaign for T-Mobile, AT&T spends almost $7M on lobbying in Q1

Huawei Reported to Have Won $400 African Upgrade Contracthttp://www.cellular-news.com/story/49405.php
 
Android Smartphones Surge in Popularity in Asia
 
Maxis, Axiata profits fall in Q1
 
Apple, Jobs to talk iCloud at WWDC
 
Google Offers to launch tomorrow in Portland, Ore.
 
Malicious apps removed from Android Market
 
BlueStacks puts Android apps on Windows

June 1, 2011

Daily News June 1, 2011

France Telecom sets five-year financial goals

France Telecom-Orange presents its strategic and financial ambitions for 2011-2015: adapt to conquer
 
France Telecom to announce partnerships with US Web firms
 
Sprint files to block AT&T purchase of T-Mobile USA
 
Nokia warns on Q2, drops FY targets
 
China Mobile to get new chairman in industry reshuffle
 
Telefonica launching 800MHz rural LTE on 1 July
 
Intel unveils laptops that include tablet features
 
Google says Chrome to power only notebooks for now
 
Top 20 global mobile operators by revenue
 
Swiss regulator affirms mobile spectrum auction for Q1 2012
 
SK Telecom plans to spin off platform business in October
 
Telekom Austria Enables Carrier Billing on BlackBerry Apps Store
 
CAT and TOT agree on HSPA roaming
 
Twitter acquires online ad team to help with monetization
 
Digital Signage Revenue to Approach $4.5 Billion in 2016