Daily News July 13, 2012

MasterCard and PrePay Solutions Join Forces to Unlock the Mobile Prepaid Opportunity

http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-and-prepay-solutions-join-forces-to-unlock-the-mobile-prepaid-opportunity/

Vodafone To Buy Telstra’s N.Z. Unit For NZ$840 Million

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/telstra-to-sell-n-z-unit-to-vodafone-for-669-million.html

Telefonica Latin America Luster Fades On Brazil Slowdown

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-11/telefonica-latin-america-luster-fades-on-brazil-slowdown.html

GSA、LTE1800: LTE deployments in 1800 MHz band
http://www.gsacom.com/downloads/pdf/LTE1800_extract_GSA_Evolution_to_LTE_report_110712.php4

Amazon Introduces GameCircle for Kindle Fire and Opens Up APIs for Game 
Developers
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1713694&highlight

Hands on with the Visa Olympics NFC phone
http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/07/12/316820/hands-on-with-the-visa-olympics-nfc-phone/

Two Thirds of New Mobile Buyers Now Opting For Smartphones

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/two-thirds-of-new-mobile-buyers-now-opting-for-smartphones/

Samsung opens its first North American store
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57470701-94/samsung-opens-its-first-north-american-store/

Low-End Google Nexus 7 Carries $152 BOM, Teardown Reveals
http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/Low-End-Google-Nexus-7-Carries-$157-BOM-Teardown-Reveals.aspx

Sprint Debuts HTC EVO 4G LTE in White on July 15 for $199.99
http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2327

New York City Turns Pay Phones Into Wi-Fi Hotspots

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/mobile/240003566