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May 6, 2011

Daily News May 6, 2011

France Telecom-Orange reports solid first quarter results, in line with its guidance for 2011, despite intensified pressures in certain markets
 
Vincent Benoit appointed Group VP Mergers and Acquisitions
 
16 Million Mobile LTE Subscribers by Year’s End
 
FCC chief: antitrust law can't adequately defend Internet
 
Ofcom may step in to set wholesale price for access to BT’s ducts and poles
 
Regulator says French telcos need to up investment significantly
 
Motorola Mobility Announces First-Quarter Financial Results
 
Telefónica Europe Company Name Change
 
China Mobile reports 1Q results
 
Telenor’s first quarter results bolstered by Asian operations
 
GrameenPhone 1Q11 sales jump 21.3% in local currency
 
StarHub posts 62% rise in Q1 net income
 
Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Results
 
Exclusive: Facebook, Google mull Skype deals
 
Renren's big day, maybe a prelude to Facebook IPO

February 18, 2011

Daily News February 18, 2011

Ofcom to auction 2010MHz band for mobile broadband use; sale likely next year
 
China Mobile Signs Co-operation Agreement with Vodafone
 
Telenor crosses 100 million subscribers in Asia
 
Intel says will find new MeeGo partners
 
Sony Working on S1, a 9.4-inch Android Tablet with Honeycomb?
 
Dell smartphone roadmap leaks, powerful new Android and WP7 handsets on the way

 Qualcomm Announces Next-generation Snapdragon Mobile Chipset Family
 
MWC 2011: Samsung Unveils Bada 2.0 Supporting NFC, WAC
 
MobiFone to hold IPO this year
 
LTE activity in Asia: more than you think

Ericsson tees up ‘Hetnet’ launch with Antenna Integrated Radio
Huawei to Demonstrate Heterogeneous Network Solution at MWC 2011
http://www.cn-c114.net/583/a580796.html

February 3, 2011

Daily News February 3, 2011

Ofcom to extend UK spectrum trading
 
New Vodafone chairman brings emerging markets focus

Vodafone Names Kleisterlee Chairman to Replace Bond
 
French telecoms to launch Internet payment: report
 
Korek, France Telecom to close deal soon
 
Bharti Airtel's Profit Drops 41%
 
Airtel, Mastercard launch mobile payments card in Africa

CHART OF THE DAY: Hopefully You Invested In Baidu When Google Left China
 
Among Mobile Phone Users, Hispanics, Asians are Most-Likely Smartphone Owners in the U.S.


 
T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G may be fastest phone
 
Samsung is developing a portrait-QWERTY Android device

Bharti Airtel ends Q3 with 207.8 mln customers
 
Amazon to launch film streaming service: report

February 2, 2011

Daily News February 2, 2011

Nokia May Be Downgraded by S&P on Declining Margins (Update1)
 
UK Regulator to Consult on Offering 12-Month Mobile Phone Contracts
 
Slim to fatten investment in telecoms in 2011
 
Apple Spending $4 Billion Over 2-Years to Secure LCD Display Supplies
 
LG Planning European NFC Trial Next Year
 
NEC collaborates with Aricent as its Femtocell Services Partner in India
 
ARM Holdings Profits Jump on Smartphone Semiconductor Sales
 
Intel completes acquisition of wireless solution business from Infineon
 
Thai Operator Seeks $7 Billion in Compensation from Other Networks
 
SingTel senior executives meet Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
 
Thai firm to deploy mobile broadcast network
 
NTT Com plots new $430m APAC subsea cable
 
More than 2% of world's Web traffic comes from Apple's iOS devices

Samsung Galaxy Tab has 16% return rate, Apple's iPad just 2%
 
European telcos seen reporting data revenue spike
 
Qualcomm Congratulates NTT DOCOMO on Launching LTE Service With Qualcomm Solution
 
Ericsson Gets 168Mbps Download Speed out of a HSPA 3G Network
 
Optimus, Huawei achieve 150Mbps speeds with 2.6GHz LTE trial
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=36008

January 21, 2011

Daily News January 21, 2011

Google co-founder Page takes over, shares climb

Anatel reports 29m new mobile connections in 2010

Brazil mobile subscriptions rise 16.66% in 2010

MNP available nationwide in India from today

Ofcom reveals wholesale broadband pricing proposals

Verizon Files Appeal in Federal Court Regarding FCC Net Neutrality Order

T-Mobile USA back on course for growth and challenging the dominant players with its 4G strategy

Aircel-Blyk deal to boost India's mobile ad market

Samsung Acquires Display Technology Provider Liquavista

Telefonica's O2 to Close Down 40 U.K. Stores, Cut 400 Jobs, Times Reports

Sony Ericsson Q4 2010 earnings report (PDF)
NEC Aims to Boost Network Equipment Sales as More Phone Carriers Adopt LTE

HP / Palm tablets detailed, one of them may be called HP Touchpad

Hands-on with the Google Nexus S
Samsung to reveal next-gen Galaxy S February 13
iOS 4.3 adds new Photo Stream service, iPad FaceTime and PhotoBooth

HTC’s first Android tablet to be named Flyer, debut in March

Facebook feature phone app comes with no data costs
Verizon iPhone First Take

iPad 2 won’t have retina display, will keep same as original

EBay Forecasts 2011 Revenue That May Exceed Estimates

January 8, 2011

Daily News January 8, 2011

Ofcom opens up 2G spectrum for 3G services
 
China Unicom launches commercial NFC service in Beijing

China Unicom, Watchdata launch NFC payment service in Beijing
 
The first TD-LTE dual-mode baseband chip to launch
 
MIIT: Number Portability to Go Nationwide in H2 2011
 
AdMob Network hits 2 Billion Requests a Day
 
Introducing the Amazon Appstore Developer Portal
 
HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011
 
LG eyes 4-fold jump in 2011 smartphone sales
 
ZTE nears 50% handset growth, targets top three ranking
 
Qualcomm to invest $1 billion in Taiwanese Mirasol display factory
 
Confirmed: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will not get updated to Android 2.2 Froyo
 
Two Banks Gain Access Within China

October 8, 2010

Daily News October 8, 2010

Softbank leads the way in monthly net adds in Japanese mobile market
TeliaSonera Shares Verizon's LTE Tablet Desire

Verizon, Apple quarreled over iPhone retail options, digital content

Iraq to award fourth mobile licence in Q1 2011

Swisscom trials LTE in Grenchen

Skype launches full Android client

Ofcom requires BT to give rivals access to its fibre lines

SFR to raise prices due to French VAT

Opera introduces Open Mobile Ad Exchange

Opera and NetSweeper bring security and content filtering to the mobile Web - FierceTelecom http://www.fiercetelecom.com/press_releases/opera-and-netsweeper-bring-security-and-content-filtering-mobile-web#ixzz11iWHRRh0

O2 Germany to cut around 1,340 jobs

XPERIA X8 and Cedar Now Shipping

Google launches Google TV's web site

Logitech unveils first gadget for Google TV

Bangladesh to complete rural digital exchange rollout in three years

Ericsson and Huawei to build and manage Airtel’s Bangla network

July 29, 2010

Daily News July 29, 2010

PT to sell Vivo to Telefonica, buy stake in Oi

Press Release: Telefónica gains control of Vivo after agreeing the purchase of 50% of Brasilcel with Portugal Telecom
 
Ofcom aims to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum at end of 2011.
 
LG Q2 tumbles on weak mobiles, TV margins
 
Apple pushes iOS 4.1 beta 2 out to iPhone developers
 
RIM snatches up BlackPad.com domain; hints at BlackPad name for BlackBerry tablet
 
Vodafone Essar eyes 3G launch by end-2010
 
Chinese vendors take 70% of China Mobile's TD-SCDMA tender
 
China Mobile has sold 6M TD-SCDMA mobile phones
 
China Telecom First Blackberry 3G Mobile Phone 9530 Debuts
 
Adobe Acquires Web Software Maker for US$240 Million
 
Android 2.2 Enterprise Features Spur Analyst Debate

July 12, 2010

Daily News July 12, 2010

BlackBerry Tablet to Host 1 GHz Processor, Twin Cameras – Analyst
 
Research In Motion expanding BlackBerry App World to China

Google Android 2.2 SDK Arrives, Supports Apps on SD Card
 
RIM: BlackBerry Desktop Support for Outlook 2010 Coming in August
 
Yota Gets Regulatory Permission for WiMAX to LTE Migration
 
Ofcom to cut MNP time to a single day
 
Pictures of Apple-branded 3cm-by-3cm touchscreen surface
 
NTP Sues Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Motorola Over Wireless Email Patents
 
China confirms renews Google's China license
 
Visa Contactless Cards in UK Expected To Reach 12 Million By End Of 2010
 
Taiwan market: FET opens eBook Town
 
PCCW applies for free-to-air TV licence in HK
Hong Kong telco says capes for first three years of TV service would be around HK$600 million.

April 6, 2010

Daily News April 6, 2010

France Telecom offers a EUR 1 billion bond
http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp100331en3.jsp
 
 
Apple Sells Over 300,000 iPads First Day
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/04/05ipad.html

iPad Test Notes: The Strange Mash of Typing, Input and Keyboards
http://gizmodo.com/5509265/ipad-test-notes-the-strange-mash-of-typing-input-and-keyboards

Orange-France Telecom Group and OpenX announce partnership to launch Orange Ad Market – a new ad marketplace to lead evolution of online advertising exchanges in Europe
http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp100331en.jsp

Google Launches iPad-Optimized Gmail Web App
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/02/gmail-ipad-app/

Amazon’s Second iPad App: IMDb
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/04/imdb-ipad/

April 5, 2010

Daily News April 5, 2010

T-Mobile and Orange Complete UK Merger
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42671.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader

UK regulator calls for cut in mobile phone charge
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42663.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Analyst estimates 700,000 iPads sold Saturday
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20001718-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

iPad sales predicted to top 7.1 million in 2010 alone
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/04/02/isuppli.sees.ipad.at.7m.now.14m.in.2011/

Apple Launches iBookstore
http://mashable.com/2010/04/02/apple-launches-ibookstore/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)&utm_content=Google+Reader
 
Japan to end mobile phone SIM locking
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=9156

Intel and Nokia share MeeGo OS code with developers
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=9157

Kindle for iPad Hits the App Store
http://mashable.com/2010/04/02/kindle-ipad/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Sharp to launch advanced 3D panels for mobile gear
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6311ZW20100402?type=technologyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+reuters/technologyNews+(News+/+US+/+Technology)&utm_content=Google+Reader

MTS India to focus on data services
http://wirelessfederation.com/news/23861-mts-india-to-focus-on-data-services/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wirelessfederation+(Wireless+Federation)&utm_content=Google+Reader

OFTA concludes 850MHz, 900MHz and 2000MHz auction consultation
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=32678

Apple's iPhone 4.0 to support multitasking via Expose-like interface
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/31/apples_iphone_4_0_to_support_multitasking_via_expose_like_interface.html

HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RETAINING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2010/0079356.html

Video: Apple's iPad launches in New York City
http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50085804.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Microsoft denies plans to bring Office apps to the iPad
http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/04/02/company.sees.no.threat.from.google/

Apple iPad AppStore demo video
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/04/03/apple-ipad-appstore-demo-video.html?utm_sou%20rce=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20IntoMobile%20(IntoMobile)&utm_c%20ontent=Google%20Reader

HOW TO: Get Started with the iPad
http://mashable.com/2010/04/03/ipad-setup/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)&utm_content=Google+Reader

iPad teardown shows A4 chip, space for camera
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/04/03/ifixit.shows.ipads.component.makers/

March 24, 2010

Daily News March 24, 2010


Skype mobile heading to Verizon smartphones on March 25th


Iliad net profit up 75% to EUR 176 mln in 2009
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=725295

Iliad reports rising 2009 profits on strong subscriber gains
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=32566


Vivendi once again in hunt for full control of SFR
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=32571


Huawei Demo of LTE-advanced Hits World's Fastest Speed of 1.2 Gb/second
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42526.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader


Official: Apple now offering iPhones contract free (updated: not unlocked)
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/official-apple-now-offering-iphones-unlocked/


Ofcom proposes opening up BT fibre lines, underground ducts
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=725328


Google routes Chinese search to Hong Kong website
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=725296


Alcatel-Lucent wins part of Iliad 3G network deal
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=454132


Samsung Galaxy S Announced – Android 2.1, 4″ WVGA Screen, 1 Ghz Processor
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/03/23/samsung-galaxy-s-announced-android-2-1-4-wvga-screen-1-ghz-processor.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+IntoMobile+(IntoMobile)&utm_content=Google+Reader


Kyocera Zio M6000 with Android announced
http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/03/23/kyocera-zio-m6000-with-android-announced/


Wi-Fi smartphones to dominate
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20000960-10356022.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Apple's IPad and Amazon's Kindle Equal in Desirability
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42511.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader


iPhone stealing game market share from Sony, Nintendo
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10470102-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

AT&T execs want more spectrum, lighter regulation
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20001005-10356022.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Mobile Money from Fiserv Selected by SunTrust
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42512.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader