Daily News March 16, 2012

Five European telecoms facing antitrust complaint?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57397011-17/five-european-telecoms-facing-antitrust-complaint

Telefónica and Boku unveil global mobile payments partnership

Telefónica makes a strategic investment in BOKU through its Digital division

http://saladeprensa.telefonica.es/jsp/base.jsp?contenido=/jsp/notasdeprensa/notadetalle.jsp&idm=eng&id=66&pais=1&elem=17970&titulo=Telef%C3%B3nica%20and%20Boku%20unveil%20gl...&origen=notapres&selectNumReg=5&pagina=1

Nokia working on own tablet: design chief

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-nokia-tablet-idUSBRE82E0BY20120315

China Mobile Q4 growth mild; hopes pinned on iPhone tie-up

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-chinamobile-idUSBRE82D1ER20120315

China Mobile says aims to add 30 million 3G users this year

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-chinamobile-outlook-idUSBRE82E0DC20120315

MIIT Announces January 2012 Telecom Statistics

http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/54426/miit_announces_january_2012_telecom_statistics

China to Become the Largest Market for Smartphones in 2012 with Brazil and India Forecast to Join the Top 5 Country-Level Markets by 2016, According to IDC

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23381112

Samsung loses bid to ban iPhone, iPad sales in Netherlands

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-samsung-apple-idUSBRE82E02B20120315

T-Mobile USA Calls for Interoperability Across All 700Mhz LTE Networks

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/53511.php

Verizon doubling 4G LTE sites by the end of 2012
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57397145-17/verizon-doubling-4g-lte-sites-by-the-end-of-2012/

Verizon reconfirms 4G LTE for all future smartphones
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57397388-94/verizon-reconfirms-4g-lte-for-all-future-smartphones/

Optus calls on Huawei for Newcastle LTE rollout

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/03/14/optus-calls-on-huawei-for-newcastle-lte-rollout/

Qtel Group Signs Strategic Partnership with ZTE Corporation

http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/press_center/news/201203/t20120315_295008.html

Apple's new iPad fails to support European LTE frequencies

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/apples-new-ipad-fails-support-european-lte-frequencies/2012-03-14

FaceTime on Apple's new iPad not allowed over LTE

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/15/facetime_on_new_ipad_not_allowed_over_lte.html

BlackBerry PlayBooks with HSPA+ and LTE radios pass through the FCC

http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/14/blackberry-playbooks-with-hspa-and-lte-radios-pass-through-the-fcc/

India 2G auction won't start before Dec
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/india-2g-auction-wont-start-dec

Tele2 tests LTE in Omsk; anxious to hitch a ride on the 4G bandwagon as
auction looms
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/03/14/tele2-tests-lte-in-omsk-anxious-to-hitch-a-ride-on-the-4g-bandwagon-as-auction-looms/

Clearwire, Leap Make Wholesale Pact
http://allthingsd.com/20120314/clearwire-leap-make-wholesale-pact/

Clearwire Signs LTE Network Deal with Cricket Communications

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/53501.php

Android 4.0 update coming soon to 16 HTC devices

http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/14/android-4-0-update-coming-soon-to-16-htc-devices/

ARM looks to refrigerators, medical devices with new chip
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57397291-17/arm-looks-to-refrigerators-medical-devices-with-new-chip/

Bell switches on FTTH across Quebec City
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/03/14/bell-switches-on-ftth-across-quebec-city/

NEC Increases Line Services for CONNEXIVE M2M Solutions

http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/1203/1501.html

Cisco to buy NDS for $5 billion: Israeli report

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/us-nds-cisco-idUSBRE82E0C120120315