Daily News January 4, 2012

KT finally begins introduction of commercial LTE services

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/03/kt-finally-begins-introduction-of-commercial-lte-services/

Orange to Offer LTE Services in France in 2013

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52452.php

T-Mobile Hungary launches LTE network in Budapest

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/03/t-mobile-hungary-launches-lte-network-in-budapest/

Armenia’s VivaCell-MTS switches on 4G/LTE network

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/03/armenias-vivacell-mts-switches-on-4glte-network/

Half a Million TD-LTE Base Stations Will be Deployed by 2016

http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3831-Half+a+Million+TD-LTE+Base+Stations+Will+be+Deployed+by+2016

Australian Telcos May Have to Pay $1.4 Billion to Renew Licenses

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52455.php

OFTA consults on spare LTE spectrum auction

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/03/ofta-consults-on-spare-lte-spectrum-auction/

Verizon Wireless Cancels $2 ‘Convenience Fee’ After Backlash

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-30/verizon-defends-2-convenience-fee-.html

T-Mobile, H3G to share 3G networks from July 2012

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/01/03/t-mobile-h3g-to-share-3g-networks-from-july-2012/

Deutsche Telekom pays $95M to settle bribery case

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/deutsche-telekom-pays-95m-settle-bribery-case/2012-01-02

KPN CFO Smits-Nusteling Quits Over Governance

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-03/kpn-finance-chief-smits-nusteling-to-quits-on-disagreement-over-governance.html

Chile Bans SIM Locking of Mobile Phones

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52450.php

AT&T to pay TiVo to settle litigation

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/03/us-att-tivo-idUSTRE8021U820120103

Amazon customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle
e-readers
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1642931

HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel 4G LTE Windows Phones will arrive in the US
in early 2012
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/12/29/htc-radiant-and-samsung-mandel-4g-lte-windows-phones-will-arrive-in-the-us-in-early-2012/

Pantech Android tablet with LTE to be launched by AT&T next year
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/12/29/pantech-android-tablet-with-lte-to-be-launched-by-att-next-year/

Facebook’s 300m app users
http://www.ben-evans.com/post/14858334056/facebooks-300m-app-users

HP Tried to Recover $1.2 Billion Investment in Palm Through Sale
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52424.php

Sprint gives LightSquared 30 more days to get FCC nod

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/02/us-sprint-lightsquared-idUSTRE8010R520120102

comScore Reports November 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/12/comScore_Reports_November_2011_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

RIM Offering All PlayBooks For $299

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/01/03/rim-selling-all-playbooks-for-299/

Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy Note units and confirms U.S. launch
http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/30/samsung-ships-1-million-galaxy-note-units-and-confirms-u-s-launch/

Intel Begins Shipping New Atom Processors for Netbooks
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52427.php

LG and Intel to show off Medfield powered smartphone at CES

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/30/lg-and-intel-to-show-off-medfield-powered-smartphone-at-ces/

Telekom Malaysia Plans $944 Million CAPEX in 2012

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/52453.php

Malaysia-Indonesia cable goes live

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/malaysia-indonesia-cable-goes-live

Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/29/us-yahoo-alibaba-idUSTRE7BR1CC20111229