Daily News August 12, 2011

Gartner Says Sales of Mobile Devices in Second Quarter of 2011 Grew 16.5 Percent Year-on-Year; Smartphone Sales Grew 74 Percent

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1764714

Caution marks mobile device market in H2: Gartner

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-smartphones-idUSTRE77A11P20110811

Telefonica Ratings Lowered on Concerns About Slowing Growth and Debt Levels

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50435.php

SingTel Posts Unexpected Profit Drop as Regional Units Drag Down Earnings

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/singtel-1st-quarter-profit-of-s-916-2-million-less-than-analysts-estimates.html

SingTel Group reports resilient performance from Singapore and Australian operations

http://info.singtel.com/node/9753

KT confirms basic monthly mobile fee cut from October 2011

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/08/11/kt-confirms-basic-monthly-mobile-fee-cut-from-october-2011/

Android Takes 20% Media Tablet Market Share from iPad in Last 12 Months

http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3753-Android+Takes+20%25+Media+Tablet+Market+Share+from+iPad+in+Last+12+Months

Tencent Falls to Lowest Level in Seven Months After Profit Misses Estimate

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/tencent-falls-to-7-month-low-after-profit-misses-estimates-1-.html

Alibaba Q2 net up, sees global econ threat to H2

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-alibaba-idUSTRE77A1K020110811

Renren posts small Q2 profit; Q3 view drags down stock

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-renren-idUSTRE77A6PU20110811

Swisscom Profits Rise on Lower Revenues

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50428.php

U.K. May Block Twitter, Blackberry Messaging Services in Future Riots

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/u-k-may-block-twitter-blackberry-messaging-services-in-future-riots.html

Globe calls for PLDT licences to be revoked

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/08/11/globe-calls-for-pldt-licences-to-be-revoked/

Is Google rushing to unwrap Ice Cream Sandwich?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20090650-251/is-google-rushing-to-unwrap-ice-cream-sandwich/

Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ images and details revealed

http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/11/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-images-and-details-revealed/

Samsung Announces High-performance 512GB SSDs with Ultra-fast SATA Revision 3.0 Interface

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=563670