Daily News August 3, 2012

Telenor attempts to auction off Indian business
http://www.telecoms.com/47747/telenor-attempts-to-auction-off-indian-business/

ARCEP, Telecommunications observatory (mobile market) in France - 2nd quarter 2012 - provisional results (August 2nd, 2012)

http://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=11414&L=1&cHash=be69ac8c03dc1a264f80e19eac799e3b

Everything Everywhere announces Viacloud as Strategic MVNA partner
http://everythingeverywhere.com/2012/08/01/everything-everywhere-announces-viacloud-as-strategic-mvna-partner/

AT&T Agrees to Acquire NextWave Wireless, Inc.

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=23161&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=34976&mapcode=corporate%7Cfinancial

Strong Apple Shipments Drive Robust Tablet Market Growth in Second Quarter, According to IDC
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23632512

2012 will bring new world record in PC shipments
- Apple retakes lead from HP; Asus, Samsung and Lenovo gain ground, but Windows share falls to new low
http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/2012-will-bring-new-world-record-pc-shipments

Huawei and Qualcomm Complete LTE Voice Call Testing and Optimization Based on the 3GPP R9 Protocol

http://www.qualcomm.com/media/releases/2012/08/02/huawei-and-qualcomm-complete-lte-voice-call-testing-and-optimization-based

HTC Leads China's RMB 1,500+ Smartphone Market in June 2012
http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/58205/htc_leads_chinas_rmb_1500_smartphone_market_in_june_2012

Verizon Wireless Fined for Blocking Mobile Data Tethering on LTE Devices
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/55646.php

Telecom Italia H1 revenues up 1.7% to EUR14.8bn

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/02/telecom-italia-h1-revenues-up-1-7-to-eur14-8bn/

Portugal Telecom Net Drops On ‘Challenging’ Local Economy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-02/portugal-telecom-net-drops-on-challengint-local-economy.html

Hutchison Net Beats Estimates On U.K., China Investments
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-02/hutchison-profit-beats-estimates-on-higher-u-k-china-earnings.html

Increased 4G investment and higher marketing costs push LG Uplus to net loss in 2Q12
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/01/increased-4g-investment-and-higher-marketing-costs-push-lg-uplus-to-net-loss-in-2q12/

Indosat books IDR132bn loss in 1H12
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/01/indosat-books-idr132bn-loss-in-1h12/

Telefonica to invest ARS4.5bn in Argentina

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/02/telefonica-to-invest-ars4-5bn-in-argentina/

Telecom Argentina H1 sales up 21%
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/01/telecom-argentina-h1-sales-up-21/

E-Plus tests 1800MHz LTE network
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/08/01/e-plus-tests-1800mhz-lte-network/

Android might get the jump on iOS by adding multiple user support
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/01/android-multiple-user-support/

Facebook App Center goes global

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57484634-93/facebook-app-center-goes-global/

Sharp considering cutting 5,000 jobs worldwide: source
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-sharp-jobs-cuts-idUSBRE87102R20120802