Daily News December 6, 2012

Nokia announces its first Windows Phone 8 in China and the new Lumia 620

http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2012/12/05/nokia-announces-its-first-windows-phone-8-in-china-and-the-new-lumia-620.aspx

India may abolish local roaming by March
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/india-may-abolish-local-roaming-march

Bouygues and SFR resume network sharing discussions
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/12/04/bouygues-and-sfr-resume-network-sharing-discussions/

First ‘Samsung Mobile Store’ opens in Paris
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=20690

IDC Raises Tablet Forecast for 2012 and Beyond As iOS Picks Up Steam, Android Gains Traction, and Windows Finally Enters the Market
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23833612

Qualcomm Technologies Expands Line of Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Processors with
Quad-Core CPUs for High-Volume Smartphones
http://www.qualcomm.com/media/releases/2012/12/04/qualcomm-technologies-expands-line-qualcomm-snapdragon-s4-processors-quad-

Optus planning to deploy TD-LTE infrastructure in Canberra next year
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2012/12/04/optus-planning-to-deploy-td-lte-infrastructure-in-canberra-next-year/

China Mobile readying TD-LTE for Hong-Kong
http://www.telecoms.com/54544/china-mobile-readying-td-lte-for-hong-kong/

Nokia Siemens Networks Jumps Up the LTE Infrastructure Sales Rankings
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/57660.php

MetroPCS expands joyn messaging service to more smartphones
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/metropcs-expands-joyn-messaging-service-more-smartphones/2012-12-04

Nokia Sells its Head Office Building
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/57642.php

Samsung Names Lee as Vice Chairman in Succession Plan
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-05/samsung-names-lee-vice-chairman-in-patriarch-s-succession-plan.html

DOCOMO to Launch Global M2M Platform
http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2012/001622.html