April 25, 2013

Daily News April 25, 2013

Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA applaud MetroPCS Stockholder Approval of T-Mobile-MetroPCS Combination
http://www.telekom.com/media/company/184668

France Telecom to Focus on Costs as Mobile Phone Bill Shrinks http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/france-telecom-revenue-misses-estimates-on-wireless-price-slump.html
positive results from operational efficiency and commercial agility plans; full-year objectives confirmed
http://www.orange.com/en/press/press-releases/press-releases-2013/positive-results-from-operational-efficiency-and-commercial-agility-plans-full-year-objectives-confirmed
http://www.orange.com/en/content/download/12257/257143/version/2/file/PR_FT_Orange_Q1_2013_EN.pdf

Sprint Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2574

AT&T Misses Estimates as It Struggles to Keep Pace With Verizon http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-23/at-t-s-sales-miss-estimates-amid-decline-in-landline-business.html
AT&T, Solid Earnings Per Share and Cash Flows, Strong Mobile Data Growth and Record U-verse Broadband Gains Highlight AT&T’s First-Quarter Results
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=24091&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=36339&mapcode=corporate|financial

April 24, 2013

Daily News April 24, 2013


Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
37.4 Million iPhones Sold; 19.5 Million iPads Sold

Apple, Data samary

KPN Cancels Dividend as 3 Billion-Euro Stock Sale Planned

UK's EE Quarterly Revenues Fall While Customer Base Shrinks


Low-cost Smartphones to Account for 46% of Smartphone Shipments by 2018-up from 28% in 2012
http://www.abiresearch.com/press/low-cost-smartphones-to-account-for-46-of-smartpho

April 23, 2013

Daily News April 23, 2013



China Mobile First-Quarter Profit Little Changed on Costs

First Firefox OS phones arrive Tuesday for developers

U.S. trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-apple-google-patent-idUSBRE93L17Y20130422

Smartphone, Tablet PC Demand Drive Small/Medium Flat Panel Display Revenue to $71.5 Billion in 2016, Reports NPD DisplaySearch

SK Telecom Signs Up 10 Millionth 4G Subscriber

Slowdown in Apple orders weighs on LG Display's first-quarter profit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-lgdisplay-earnings-idUSBRE93L06320130422

Rogers Profit Tops Analysts’ Estimates as Monthly Bills Grow

April 22, 2013

Daily News April 22, 2013


Amazon Expands Global App Distribution to Nearly 200 Countries – Developers Should Submit Their Apps Soon to Reach Millions More Active Amazon Customers

Amazon expanding Appstore worldwide

HTC One sells on T-Mobile for $99 down

China Mobile drops Far EasTone stake deal

Verizon sold 4M iPhones in Q1

iPhone sales hit 35 million last quarter, forecasts analyst

Nokia shipped 5.6M Lumias during first quarter

LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) CAPEX to Soar by 82.4% in 2013

Telefonica Digital expands MDM offering

April 19, 2013

Daily News April 19, 2013


US Networks Take Action to Curb Bill Shock

UK regulator target of 4G probe

Nokia Posts 20% Fall in Quarterly Revenue As Handsets and Networks Suffer

Nokia Working on First Smartphone/Tablet Hybrid Device

Verizon Communications Posts 16% Rise in Q1 Profits

Foxconn Licenses Android Patents from Microsoft

Vodafone Expands Red Tariff to 14 Countries

Sprint Announces Availability of 4G LTE in 21 New Markets

America Movil Profit Falls as Smartphone Discounts Trim Margins

ZTE Ships 500 Millionth Mobile Device

M1 Q1 profit grows 1.8%

April 18, 2013

Daily News April 18, 2013


Orange’s communication app Libon launches on Android

T-Mobile to Offer Samsung Galaxy S 4 at Exceptional Upfront Cost
Only U.S. wireless company to sell Galaxy S 4 with unlimited talk, text and Web with no annual service contract on a fast, nationwide 4G network

Sprint Brings Truly Unlimited Data to Samsung Galaxy S 4 on April 27

Brazil launches 4G wireless service with few smartphone options

Ericsson transforms Orange France network to 4G

April 16, 2013

Daily News April 16, 2013


Dish Bids $25.5 Billion for Sprint to Challenge Softbank

KT Drops Bid for Vivendi’s Stake in Maroc Citing Price

Deutsche Telekom tweaks charges in German mobile turf war


Nokia seen curbing sales decline with Lumia's China push

Samsung Introduces the GALAXY Mega

Tablet Sales to Reach $64 Billion in 2013; up 28% as Tide Turns to Android

Italy's Wind to invest $1.3 billion in network with Huawei
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-wind-investment-idUSBRE93B0F020130412

SingTel leads push to cashless society with mCash

NEC and Portugal Telecom partner in network virtualization

April 12, 2013

Daily News April 12, 2013


Report: Telefónica considers Colombia IPO to reduce debt

Deutsche Telekom submits best and final offer to MetroPCS

Brazil says new 4G mobile band not ready for World Cup

Verizon to launch $35 prepaid plan with 500 minutes, unlimited mobile web and texting

April 11, 2013

Daily News April 11, 2013


App store revenues reach $2.2b in Q1

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the First Quarter of 2013 Drop to Lowest Levels Since Second Quarter of 2009
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2420816

ZTE announces Intel Atom-powered ZTE Geek

Huawei plans flagship phone release for summer

No Microsoft Office for iOS, Android until fall 2014?

Apple pays $10M to license Palm, other patents

AT&T adds six LTE markets, unveils plan for 77 more

iPhone 5 Comes to T-Mobile Friday With New $0 Down Trade-In Offer

Obama budget makes cybersecurity a growing U.S. priority

April 10, 2013

Daily News April 10, 2013



Samsung might announce a 6.3in Android smartphone in June

Samsung prepping 5.8-inch, 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega, rumors say

iPhone 5S to offer multiple screen sizes, analyst says

BlackBerry Q10 coming to Canada April 30

Rogers Will Kick Off Sales of BlackBerry Q10 Phone in Canada

U.K. carrier to push download speeds to 80Mbps in 10 cities


Vodafone Australia to Launch LTE Services in June

LG to expand retail stores in emerging markets, WSJ says

Deutsche Telekom gets conditional regulatory nod for vectoring

Samsung Announces the GALAXY Win

April 9, 2013

Daily News April 9, 2013


22 applications for Myanmar mobile license

HTC posts record-low quarterly profit after delayed phone launch

Ericsson to acquire Microsoft Mediaroom

Huawei's Annual Profits Rise by a Third to $2.5 Billion

ZTE Doubled its Smartphone Sales in 2012

AIS selects Nokia Siemens for 3G rollout

DOCOMO Develops New Technology that Improves Cloud Service Performance
- Enables Up to 50% Reduction in Service Response Time -
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2013/0408_00.html

April 8, 2013

Daily News April 8, 2013


China Mobile, Vodafone team for Myanmar push

Telecom Italia Considers Combination With Hutchison Unit

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2013.

China's Tencent says fees for mobile chatting app unlikely: radio

Ericsson Chairman Says Equipment Demand Looks Positive This Year

Gartner Says Worldwide PC, Tablet and Mobile Phone Combined Shipments to Reach 2.4 Billion Units in 2013

GSA Evolution to LTE report: 163 commercial networks launched; 415 operators investing in LTE

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Ubiquisys

Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined 2.6 Percent in 2012, According to Final Results by Gartner

Kindle Fire HD 8.9'' 4G LTE Available at AT&T Stores Beginning April 5
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=23992&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=36237

April 5, 2013

Daily News April 5, 2013


France Tel, Deutsche Tel line up banks for EE market listing

iPhone 5のクリスマス商戦での販売が好調だったためか
comScore Reports February 2013 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share

AT&T's 4G LTE hits 175 markets

AIS to soft-launch 3G on April 8

Nokia shutters its flagship China store

Samsung presents GALAXY Star and GALAXY Pocket Neo

April 1, 2013

Daily News April 1, 2013


Japan's NEC in talks to sell mobile phone unit to Lenovo: source
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/29/net-us-nec-mobile-lenovo-idUSBRE92S02V20130329

Samsung GALAXY S 4、米AT&Tが4月16日に249.99ドルで予約受付開始
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1303/29/news043.html

China's Tencent messaging app may no longer be free: government official

Billionaire Fridman Offers to Buy All of Orascom Telecom

Alibaba Group and MasterCard Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance e-Commerce Environment
http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/alibaba-group-and-mastercard-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-to-enhance-e-commerce-environment/


Verizon to offer unlimited LTE on Google's new Chromebook for $9.99 per day
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-offer-unlimited-lte-googles-new-chromebook-999-day/2013-03-26