Daily News August 8, 2011

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Connections Will Reach 5.6 Billion in 2011 as Mobile Data Services Revenue Totals $314.7 Billion
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1759714

Deutsche Telekom Quarterly Profits Plunge by 27 Percent

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50311.php

Deutsche Telekom maintains strong domestic business and sees improvement in many European markets

http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/1053546

T-Mobile USA Quarterly Profits Halved As Customer Base Continues to Shrink

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50316.php

Telecom Italia Reports First-Half Loss on $4.5 Billion Goodwill Writedown

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-05/telecom-italia-reports-first-half-loss-on-4-5-billion-goodwill-writedown.html

India Bharti profit falls for sixth quarter

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/bharti-profit-falls-sixth-quarter

Smartphone sales boost SKT’s second-quarter profit

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/08/04/smartphone-sales-boost-skts-second-quarter-profit/

KT’s Profit Misses Analyst Estimates on Higher Costs to Buy Smartphones

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-05/kt-s-profit-misses-analyst-estimates-on-higher-costs-to-buy-smartphones.html

AECEP - Telecommunications observatory (mobile market) in France - June 31st, 2011 - provisional results - Publication at 4th August 2011

http://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=10963&L=1

North American Agreements Advance Mobile 4G Use
http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2011/north-american-agreements.html

NFC Payment Transaction Values in China Could Surpass $8 Billion by 2014
http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3747-NFC+Payment+Transaction+Values+in+China+Could+Surpass+%248+Billion+by+2014

AT&T and NGMOCO Announce Agreement to Bring Popular Social Gaming Platform MOBAGE to AT&T Android Customers

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=20593&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=32362&mapcode=mk-att-applications|wireless&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AttAttWirelessRssFeeds+%28AT%26T+AT%26T+Wireless+RSS+Feeds%29

Nokia Debt Ratings Are Downgraded by S&P

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50308.php

Moody's Downgrades Nokia Debt Ratings

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/50258.php

Thailand AIS’ net profit up 26% to USD205m

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/08/05/ais-net-profit-up-26-to-usd205m/

NTT Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011

http://www.ntt.co.jp/news2011/1108ehfy/vkpk110805.html