Daily News January 13, 2012

UK Regulator Issues Another Consultation on its 4G License Auction

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52589.php

Everything Everywhere to auction 1800MHz spectrum

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/everything-everywhere-auction-1800mhz-spectrum/2012-01-11

U.K. Won’t Reserve Spectrum for Everything Everywhere in Frequency Auction

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-12/u-k-proposes-to-reserve-spectrum-for-hutchison-or-new-entrant.html

DT, Telefonica Germany ink network cooperation deal
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/12/dt-telefonica-germany-ink-network-cooperation-deal/

LG in talks on phone partnerships: executive

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-ces-lg-idUSTRE80B0FG20120112

AIS aims to start LTE trials on Jan 31

http://www.telecomasia.net/node/23991

ZTE promises LTE smartphones and tablets for U.S. market in 2012

http://www.fiercewireless.com/ceslive/story/zte-promises-lte-smartphones-and-tablets-us-market-2012/2012-01-11

Microsoft and LG Sign Patent Agreement Covering Android and Chrome OS Based Devices

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2012/jan12/01-12LGPR.mspx

Spanish banks prepare Barcelona and Madrid for mobile payments

http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/12/312406/spanish-banks-prepare-barcelona-and-madrid-for-mobile-payments/

Fujitsu Seeking Way Into Crowded U.S. Smartphone Market

http://allthingsd.com/20120112/fujitsu-seeking-way-back-into-us-market/

Ericsson Completes US$1.15 Billion Takeover of Telcordia

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52586.php

Telenor Chooses Verizon Global Wholesale to Serve Norwegian-Based Multinational Enterprises

http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2012/telenor-chooses-verizon.html

Using NFC technology to make your life easier: Xperia SmartTags

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2012/01/12/using-nfc-technology-to-make-your-life-easier-xperia-smarttags/

DoCoMo tops table for net gains in December – breaks 21-month duck

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/12/docomo-tops-table-for-net-gains-in-december-breaks-21-month-duck/

BSNL to outsource tower operations

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/bsnl-outsource-tower-operations