Daily News October 18, 2012

TeliaSonera to Cut 2,000 Jobs After Earnings Fall Short

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-17/teliasonera-to-cut-2-000-jobs-after-earnings-fall-short.html

France may move to block a sale of SFR

http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/france-may-move-block-sale-sfr/2012-10-17

Worldwide smartphone user base hits 1 billion

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57534132-94/worldwide-smartphone-user-base-hits-1-billion/

Google to debut US$99 Nexus tablet in 4Q12, say Taiwan makers
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20121016PD211.html

iPad Mini could hit stores November 2

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57534085-37/ipad-mini-could-hit-stores-november-2/

Report: Sprint has no plans to acquire Clearwire, for now

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-sprint-has-no-plans-acquire-clearwire-now/2012-10-16

Isis, yet another mobile-payment outfit, to launch trials Oct. 22

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57534288-94/isis-yet-another-mobile-payment-outfit-to-launch-trials-oct-22/

Alcatel-Lucent wins a major role in the deployment of China Mobile’s TD-LTE trial network

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2012/News_Article_002724.xml

Bharti, Qualcomm and Huaewi launch multi-mode smartphone

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/10/17/bharti-qualcomm-and-huaewi-launch-multi-mode-smartphone/

Huawei says U.S. probe unlikely to affect other business
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-huawei-us-idUSBRE89G07120121017

Thailand, 2100MHz auction raises USD1.35bn, only 3% above floor price

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/10/17/2100mhz-auction-raises-usd1-35bn-only-3-above-floor-price/

iPhone users driving nearly half of smartphone Web traffic

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57534524-94/iphone-users-driving-nearly-half-of-smartphone-web-traffic/

Italian postal service to introduce NFC payments

http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/10/17/320594/italian-postal-service-to-introduce-nfc-payments/

MasterCard Expands Contactless Payments Infrastructure in the UAE

http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-expands-contactless-payments-infrastructure-in-the-uae/

SAMSUNG’S Windows 8 PC Lineup Now Available For Pre-Order; in Stores October 26

http://www.samsung.com/us/news/20294