Daily News May 17, 2012

Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Mobile Phones Declined 2 Percent in First Quarter of 2012; Previous Year-over-Year Decline Occurred in Second Quarter of 2009
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2017015

Report: Google to offer multiple Android 5.0 Nexus devices, will sell direct
to consumer through Google Play
http://phandroid.com/2012/05/15/google-to-offer-multiple-android-5-0-nexus-devices-will-sell-direct-to-consumer-through-google-play/

Free Mobile gets off to flying start
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/05/15/free-mobile-gets-off-to-flying-start/

Free Mobile brings stiff competition to French wireless market
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/05/15/free-mobile-brings-stiff-competition-to-french-wireless-market/

SFR looks to beef up low-cost offers
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/15/us-vivendi-interview-idUKBRE84E09D20120515

Vivendi Jumps After Profit Tops Estimates on Music, SFR
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-14/vivendi-first-quarter-profit-beat-estimates-on-brazil.html

Verizon Wireless to scrap unlimited plans for 4G users

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-verizon-wireless-idUSBRE84F15S20120516

KT wants end to OTT "free riding"

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/kt-wants-end-ott-free-riding

AT&T, U.S. Cellular buying 700 MHz licenses for LTE
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/att-us-cellular-buying-700-mhz-licenses-lte/2012-05-15

Baidu Cloud smartphone unveiled
Baidu ushers in the 1000 yuan smartphone era
http://beat.baidu.com/?p=5209

Virgin Atlantic rolls out in-flight cellphone service
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/net-us-virgin-cellphones-idUSBRE84F04720120516

Adobe: Tablet Traffic Grows 10 Times Faster Than Smartphones
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Adobe-Tablet-Traffic-Grows-10-Times-Faster-than-Smartphones-102565/

Android Took Half of All Smartphone Sales in the UK Over Past 12 Weeks
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/54409.php

No Contest: Apple iOS to Maintain Tablet Dominance in 2012
http://www.isuppli.com/Display-Materials-and-Systems/News/Pages/No-Contest-Apple-iOS-to-Maintain-Tablet-Dominance-in-2012.aspx

Canada's Rogers Wireless to Offer Mobile Payments Service
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/54416.php

LG’S NEW OPTIMUS UI 3.0 ADDS NEW FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS WHILE BEING UNOBTRUSIVE AND SIMPLE

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=624517

Sina results beat view, warns Weibo to eat into Q2
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-sina-idUSBRE84E1HR20120516

Samsung USA updates Android 4.0 Upgrade list with T-Mobile devices

http://sammyhub.com/2012/05/15/samsung-usa-updates-android-4-0-upgrade-list-with-t-mobile-devices/

MegaFon 1Q12 revenues jump 14.4%
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/05/15/megafon-1q12-revenues-jump-14-4/

GM to drop Facebook ads due to low consumer impact
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-gm-facebook-idUSBRE84E1D420120516

NTT DOCOMO Unveils 19 New Mobile Devices

Wide range of models with enhanced support for extra-secure operation
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2012/001589.html

DOCOMO to Offer Flat-rate Mobile Services for Anime, Music
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2012/001592.html