Mobile Headline, 17 July 2009

Nokia sales and profits dip in 2nd quarter

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10288154-94.html

Sony Ericsson swings to €283m loss
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba16c8e6-71d3-11de-b7e1-00144feabdc0.html

Symbian Foundation Announced Brand New Application Publishing Platform "Horizon", it's not an application store. Horizon will back up developer making application for Symbian OS.

http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/009/07/symbian_launches_app_publishing_platform.htm

Operator O2 may lose exclusive distribution of the iPhone. T-Mobile may get a rihgt to sell iPhone in UK
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article6715590.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742

Foxconn may manufacture iPhone for China Unicom? Wi-Fi is not standard in China, iPhone for China to employ Chinese standard Wireless LAN module.
http://japan.internet.com/allnet/20090716/26.html?rss

●Contents

Nokia to accelerate mobile services push and to acquire 300 million users of Nokia's VAS services in 2011.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b8785c2-7237-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html

Facebook’s Offical User Count Now 250 Million
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/15/facebooks-offical-user-count-now-250-million/

Google Brings Location To The Mobile Web On The iPhone

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/15/google-brings-location-to-the-mobile-web-on-the-iphone/

Windows app store extended to existing models
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39682624,00.htm

●India

Zero-Sum comic contents provider in Japan provides local comic for mobile handsets in India via Vodafone Essar

http://japan.internet.com/allnet/20090716/28.html?rss

MNP to delay by a month, may start in November (India)
http://wirelessfederation.com/news/17231-mnp-to-delay-by-a-month-may-start-in-november-india/

TRAI wants mobile operators to bear the cost of number portability (India)
http://wirelessfederation.com/news/17238-trai-wants-telcos-to-bear-the-cost-of-number-portability-india/

4,000 Indian jobs go as BT brings call centre work back to UK

http://services.silicon.com/offshoring/0,3800004877,39452615,00.htm

●Asia
TOT confirms 3G launch in Bangkok by 2009-end
http://wirelessfederation.com/news/17229-tot-confirms-3g-launch-in-bangkok-by-2009-end/

Huawei and Viettle agreed to construct 3,000 base stations of HSPA＋ in main cities in Vaitnum

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090716-00000012-inet-mobi

●EU
Blyk MVNO to run as Orange agent. Orange to line up Blyk as one of their brands
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/287495/blyk_mvno_to_run_as_orange_agent.html

●Japan

NEC merged Mobile Manufacturing Section to other device section and erased the word "Mobile" in the company

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090716-00000040-inet-inet