Daily News January 23, 2012

Vodafone Isn’t Liable for Hutchison Tax: Court
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-20/vodafone-doesn-t-have-to-pay-tax-on-indian-hutchison-purchase-court-says.html

Free Mobile said to be signing up 100,000+ new users per day
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/20/free-mobile-said-to-be-signing-up-100000-new-users-per-day/

PayPal Will Expand In-Store Payments

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-20/paypal-will-expand-in-store-payments-to-2-000-locations-by-march.html

Europe to issue tough new data-protection rules soon

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/22/us-eu-data-idUSTRE80L0Q820120122

Samsung suffers German court setback in Apple battle
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-samsung-apple-idUSTRE80J0HO20120120

Apple Ramps Up The Patent War With Samsung 'Slide-To-Unlock'
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/20/apple-ramps-up-the-patent-war-with-samsung-slide-to-unlock/

IHS iSuppli: Windows Phone to overtake iOS by 2015
http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/articles/ihs-isuppli-windows-phone-to-overtake-ios-by-2015/21605/

Android Market app downloads pass 11 billion
http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/articles/android-market-app-downloads-pass-11-billion/21617/

Windows Phone Marketplace passes 60,000 published apps

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/flow/item/14097_Windows_Phone_Marketplace_pass.php

T-Mobile USA Could Raise Up to $3 Billion from Towers Sale

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52703.php

Samsung Galaxy S II sales surpass 5 million units in South Korea

http://www.bgr.com/2012/01/20/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-sales-surpass-5-million-units-in-south-korea/

Quad-core LG X3 phone may debut with Android 4.0 at MWC next month

http://www.bgr.com/2012/01/20/quad-core-lg-x3-phone-may-debut-with-android-4-0-at-mwc-next-month/

LG Optimus Net Dual Sim (P698) launched in India

http://www.unwiredview.com/2012/01/20/lg-optimus-net-dual-sim-p698-launched-in-india/

Incumbent cellcos awarded frequencies in Hungarian auction, paper says
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/20/incumbent-cellcos-awarded-frequencies-in-hungarian-auction-paper-says/

Intel Names Kraznich COO; Perlmutter Chief Product Officer
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/01/20/intel-names-kraznich-coo-perlmutter-chief-product-officer/

Ericsson gets new tech chief
http://www.telecoms.com/38816/ericsson-gets-new-tech-chief/

Amazon setting up first "fulfillment center" in India

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-amazon-india-idUSTRE80J24Z20120120

Deutsche Telekom and Lattelecom Set up a New Telecommunications Route
between Western Europe and Russia via the Baltic States
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120120005228/en/Deutsche-Telekom-Lattelecom-Set-Telecommunications-Route-Western

ASSC-1, Huawei Marine Networks team up for Perth to Singapore cable
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/20/assc-1-huawei-marine-networks-team-up-for-perth-to-singapore-cable/

ZTE and Ericsson Settle Patent Lawsuit
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52696.php

First ZTE Windows Phone arrives in UK
http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/articles/first-zte-windows-phone-arrives-in-uk/21597/

PLDT agrees to pay Digitel minority shareholders PHP600m; raises stake to
98%
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/20/pldt-agrees-to-pay-digitel-minority-shareholders-php600m-raises-stake-to-98/

iResearch Released Data of China E-commerce Market in 2011
http://www.iresearchchina.com/view.aspx?id=9286

China market: Third-party e-payment services generate over CNY2.203 trillion
in 2011
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120120PD202.html

2011 Top Twenty Internet Brands in China
http://www.iresearchchina.com/view.aspx?id=9282

iResearch released Data of China Internet Advertising and Search Engine
Market in 2011
http://www.iresearchchina.com/view.aspx?id=9284

Softbank - Issue of the 38th Unsecured Straight Corporate Bond
http://www.softbank.co.jp/en/news/press/2012/20120120_01/