Daily News April 27, 2012

Hong Kong cellcos kick off 4G war
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/hong-kong-cellcos-kick-4g-war

KPN selects JPMorgan for BASE sale
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/04/25/kpn-selects-jpmorgan-for-base-sale/

Anatel will begin reviewing 4G tender proposals and reveal auction date on 5
June
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/04/25/anatel-will-begin-reviewing-4g-tender-proposals-and-reveal-auction-date-on-5-june/

MTS tests LTE in Moscow
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/04/25/mts-tests-lte-in-moscow/

O2 today announced the launch of O2 Wallet: a seamless and secure digital wallet service that will deliver the benefits of mobile money to more UK consumers than any other product or service currently available.

http://mediacentre.o2.co.uk/Press-Releases/O2-Wallet-launches-375.aspx

Smartphones to lift Samsung to record $5 billion profit

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/us-samsung-idUSBRE83P15V20120426

Qualcomm Maintains Lead with 45 Percent Share of Cellular Baseband Market

http://www.strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=pressreleaseviewer&a0=5208&src=rss

AMAZON.COM ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER SALES UP 34% TO $13.18 BILLION; 16 OF THE TOP 100 BESTSELLING TITLES ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THE KINDLE STORE

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1688175

OTE cutting 2,000 staff, report says
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/04/25/ote-cutting-2000-staff-report-says/

Alcatel-Lucent margins slip on telco slowdown

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/us-alcatel-lucent-idUSBRE83P0AC20120426

Alcatel-Lucent first quarter 2012 earnings
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3MfQFSYGYRq6m-pEoYgbxjgiRIH1vfV-P_NxU_QD9gtzQiHJHR0UAAD_zXg!!/delta/base64xml/L0lJayEvUUd3QndJQSEvNElVRkNBISEvNl9BX0U4QS9lbl93dw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2012/News_Article_002624.xml&s_cid=RSS_newsres_pr_alcatellucent-first-quarter-2012-earnings

Rogers’ Q1 mobile sales, EBIT down 1%, 7%
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/04/25/rogers-q1-mobile-sales-ebit-down-1-7/

Google's original phone surfaces in court
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57421233-94/googles-original-phone-surfaces-in-court/