Daily News December 26, 2011

France Telecom-Orange reached an agreement with Apax Partners for the
disposal of Orange Switzerland
http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp111223en.jsp

Qualcomm Announces FCC Approval Of Sale Of 700 MHz Spectrum Licenses To AT&T
http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2011/12/23/qualcomm-announces-fcc-approval-sale-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses-att

AT&T Receives Regulatory Approval for Purchase of Wireless Spectrum from
Qualcomm
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=22158&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=33575&mapcode=financial%7Cmk-att-wireless-networks

ARCEP publishes the results of the allocation procedure for 4G mobile
licences in the 800 MHz band (the digital dividend)
http://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=8571&L=1&tx_gsactualite_pi1[uid]=1470&tx_gsactualite_pi1[backID]=1&cHash=80abfa005c

TeliaSonera Increases Its Ownership in Kcell and Prepares For IPO
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111222005224/en/TeliaSonera-Increases-Ownership-Kcell-Prepares-IPO

KPN to sell French Simyo business to Bouygues
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/12/22/kpn-to-sell-french-simyo-business-to-bouygues/

iPhone Sales: 30.3 Million This Quarter, 111.4 Million in Fiscal 2012
http://allthingsd.com/20111222/iphone-sales-30-3-million-this-quarter-111-4-million-in-fiscal-2012/

Motorola Mobility Launches the Budget-Friendly Motorola SPICE? XT
http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=14690&NewsAreaID=2&changeCurrentLocale=1

Firefox 9.0 for Android launched, it’s optimized for tablets
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/12/22/firefox-9-0-for-android-launched-its-optimized-for-tablets/

ZTE Completes World-First TD-LTE CSFB Tests
http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/press_center/news/201112/t20111222_274872.html

China tightens rules for microblog publishers: Xinhua
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/us-china-microblogs-idUSTRE7BL0GR20111222

ITU APPROVES NEW WORLDWIDE SMART GRID STANDARDS - NARROWBAND POWERLINE
COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS KICK-START MARKET
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/newslog/ITU+Approves+New+Worldwide+Smart+Grid+Standards+Narrowband+Powerline+Communications+Standards+Kickstart+Market.aspx