Daily News December 5, 2012

Worldwide Mobile Phone Growth Expected to Drop to 1.4% in 2012 Despite Continued Growth Of Smartphones, According to IDC

Worldwide Mobile Phone Growth Expected to Drop to 1.4% in 2012 Despite Continued Growth Of Smartphones, According to IDC

Telefonica Moving Closer to Stock Market Listing for Latin American Networks
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/57629.php

Analyst: AT&T to launch LTE Advanced in second half of 2013

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analyst-att-launch-lte-advanced-second-half-2013/2012-12-04

AT&T adds 6 LTE markets, now reaches 150M people
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57556798-94/at-t-adds-6-lte-markets-now-reaches-150m-people/

U.S. Cellular testing VoLTE, will launch 'at some point in the future'

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/us-cellular-testing-volte-will-launch-some-point-future/2012-12-04

Qualcomm Rides Wireless Wave to Take Third Place in Global Semiconductor Market in 2012

http://www.isuppli.com/Semiconductor-Value-Chain/News/Pages/Qualcomm-Rides-Wireless-Wave-to-Take-Third-Place-in-Global-Semiconductor-Market-in-2012.aspx

LG said to be switching to its own smartphone chip designs
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57556933-94/lg-said-to-be-switching-to-its-own-smartphone-chip-designs/

Ofcom, Latest customer service satisfaction levels revealed

http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2012/12/latest-customer-service-satisfaction-levels-revealed/

iPhone 5 snags 100,000 preorders through China Unicom

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57556985-37/iphone-5-snags-100000-preorders-through-china-unicom/

China Unicom Expects to Sell 140 Million 3G Phones in 2013

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/57649.php

Nokia Siemens to close German services unit: sources

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/04/us-nokiasiemens-germany-idUSBRE8B310K20121204

Sharp, Capital Alliance with Qualcomm, Inc. and Display Technology Development Agreement with its Subsidiary Pixtronix, Inc.

http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/121204_2.html