Daily News January 22, 2013

Huawei Open to IPO After Probably Surpassing Ericsson in Sales
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/huawei-sales-jump-8-on-smartphones-probably-topping-ericsson.html

4G LTE Users to Exceed A Hundred Million This Year

http://www.isuppli.com/Mobile-and-Wireless-Communications/MarketWatch/Pages/4G-LTE-Users-to-Exceed-A-Hundred-Million-This-Year.aspx

AT&T Has $10 Billion Pension Charge, Sees Margin Pressure
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/at-t-records-10-billion-pension-charge.html

Why Orange's Dominance in Africa Forced Google To Pay For Traffic Over The Mobile Network
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/01/20/why-oranges-dominance-in-africa-forced-google-to-pay-for-traffic-over-their-mobile-network/

Telefonica pushes telco app store billing
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/telefonica-pushes-telco-app-store-billing

Bango and Telefonica announce global mobile payments partnership
http://news.bango.com/2013/01/17/bango-and-telefonica-announce-global-mobile-payments-partnership/

Verizon Activated at Least 5.5 Million iPhones and Could Have Been 6 Million
or More in the December Quarter
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2013/01/18/verizon-activated-at-least-5-5-million-iphones-and-could-have-been-6-million-or-more-in-the-december-quarter/

Free Mobile hits five million subs mark as coverage reaches 50%
http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/01/18/free-mobile-hits-five-million-subs-mark-as-coverage-reaches-50/

Samsung Working on 8-Inch Android Tablet
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58205.php

Apple introduces instalments in China
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/apple-introduces-instalments-china

First Submarine Cable to Link Taiwan and Mainland China
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58203.php

Ericsson to acquire IT services capabilities from Devoteam in France
http://www.ericsson.com/news/1671925

Mexican Government to Outline Plans for a Telecoms Reforms
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58209.php

Nokia Siemens Networks to tap markets for 700 million euros: FT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-nokia-siemens-bond-idUSBRE90J0J620130120

Thailand's AIS to Launch 3G Services by End of May
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58201.php

Lookout Expands its Partnership With Deutsche Telekom
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2013/01/20/partnership-with-deutsche-telekom/

Mobily Posts 11% Rise in Q4 Profits
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58208.php

Sony to Introduce Xperia Tablet Challenging Apple, Samsung
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/sony-will-introduce-xperia-tablet-to-challenge-apple-samsung.html