Daily News July 11, 2011

Global Certification Forum Starts Working With TD-LTE Handsets

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49929.php

France Telecom CEO concerned over search engine market shares

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466146

HTC ThunderBolt Provides Insights into Rumoured LTE iPhone 5

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49931.php

German Regulator Starts Preperation for GSM900 License Renewals in 2016

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49919.php

Ericsson to Manage Field Operations for Vodafone Italy

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49928.php

NTT DoCoMo plans to generate solar, wind energy business

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466142

Ethiopia's Monopoly Provider Signs Up 10 Millionth Customer

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49934.php

Baidu unveils management changes to boost sales efficiency

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466138

Baidu, DoCoMo to set up China mobile content JV

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466140

Facebook, Skype, and Microsoft's savvy investment

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20077327-75/facebook-skype-and-microsofts-savvy-investment/

Verizon Wireless Introduces the Next Generation Droid Delivering Power and Performance: The Droid 3 by Motorola

http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Press-Releases/Verizon-Wireless-Introduces-the-Next-Generation-Droid-Delivering-Power-and-Performance-The-Droid-3-by-Motorola-3735.aspx

HTC Buys Graphics Company to Boost Patent Portfolio

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49926.php

Daily News July 8, 2011

Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 15 Billion

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/07Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-15-Billion.html

TeliaSonera joins the M2M Service Cooperation Agreement of France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom

http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp110707en.jsp

Telekom Austria forms new M2M subsidiary

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466100

Telefonica, unions agree deal to cut up to 6,500 jobs

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466125

comScore Reports May 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_Reports_May_2011_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

Sony Ericsson Developing 4G Smartphone for China Mobile

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49888.php

Samsung estimates Q2 profit down 26 percent

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/us-samsung-idUSTRE7657H120110706

LG Electronics revises down 2011 smartphone sales target

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466102

Report: Microsoft wants $15 per Android handset

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20077173-17/report-microsoft-wants-$15-per-android-handset/

Apple reportedly slashes iAd mobile advertising rates

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466123

EBay Pays $240 Million for Mobile Payments Provider, Zong

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49914.php

GSA updates Evolution to LTE report

http://www.telecoms.com/30535/gsa-updates-evolution-to-lte-report/

GSA - Infomation Papers

http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4

Rogers Launches Canada's First LTE Network

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49916.php

Tencent to Acquire 16% Stake in Kingsoft

http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/47641/tencent_to_acquire_16_stake_in_kingsoft

Japanese and Malaysian WiMAX Networks Ink Cooperation Agreement

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49903.php

Face to face with Xperia neo and Xperia pro

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/07/07/face-to-face-with-xperia-neo-and-xperia-pro/

Daily News July 7, 2011

EU's Kroes proposes 'profound' shake-up of roaming market

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466080

Italy to auction 4G mobile frequencies

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466086

Apple Escalates Samsung Fight With ITC Case

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/apple-increases-legal-battle-against-samsung-with-itc-case-1-.html

KDDI and Ruckus detail Japanese Wi-Fi offload plans

http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/article/kddi-and-ruckus-detail-japanese-wi-fi-offload-plans

Huawei Raises Smartphone Sales Target to 20 Million for This Year

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49890.php

Taiwan's HTC quarterly net beats forecasts

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/us-htc-idUSTRE7651VZ20110706

U.S. Service Providers Preparing Wi-Fi Offload Rollouts
http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/07/05/u-s-service-providers-preparing-wi-fi-offload-rollouts/

Mobile Internet Offload Grabs the Limelight
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=208591&site=mio

Facebook launches video chat with Skype

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/06/us-facebook-idUSTRE76559120110706

Portuguese Government to Give Up Veto Rights in Portugal Telecom

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49887.php

LTE TDD: network plans, commitments, trials, deployments

http://www.telecoms.com/29944/lte-tdd-network-plans-commitments-trials-deployments/

Daily News July 6, 2011

Verizon confirms it will ditch unlimited smartphone data plans starting July 7
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-confirms-it-will-ditch-unlimited-smartphone-data-plans-starting-jul/2011-07-05

Nokia Cutting the Prices of its Smartphone Range

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49873.php

Apple Places Order for 15 Million iPhone 5 Handsets

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49874.php

Deutsche Telekom appoints McKinsey's Nemat as Europe chief

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466046

Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom AG appoints two new members to the Board of Management

http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/1045854

Chile to have MNP by year-end

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466060

China Telecom chooses Alcatel-Lucent for fibre broadband project

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466051

Alibaba Group to launch mobile OS in Q3: report

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/05/us-alibaba-idUSTRE7640FR20110705

Viom Networks mulls merger with GTL Infrastructure

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466041

comScore Reports May 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_Reports_May_2011_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

DoCoMo to open LTE network up to rivals from autumn

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/05/docomo-to-open-lte-network-up-to-rivals-from-autumn/

South Korea, VoIP passes 10m subscriber mark

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/05/voip-passes-10m-subscriber-mark/

GSA - How China built the TD-LTE value chain (login required to read)

http://www.gsacom.com/downloads/pdf/Stephen_Hire_How_China_built_the_LTE_TDD_value_chain.php4

Daily News July 5, 2011

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Is on Pace to Grow 7.1 Percent in 2011

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1735214

EU to cap data roaming services

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466031

Samsung to Build Commercial LTE Network for SK Telecom in Korea

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=555876

Samsung Turns On Commercial 4G LTE Network for LG U+ in Korea

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=555875

Vodafone Gains Branded Channel in the Android Market

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49856.php

India tribunal asks govt to hand over Delhi bandwidth to Tata Telservices

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466030

Evidence increasingly against mobile phone cancer link

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466015

Thai govt says Total Access may breach foreign shareholding restriction

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466020

China Mobile Microblog Users Reach 66 Mln

http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/47550/china_mobile_microblog_users_reach_66_mln

Deutsche Telekom mulls appointing three women to supervisory board

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466019

Bouygues Telecom to unveil mobile telephony 2.0 on 18 July : B&You
http://www.bouygues.com/en/press-room/subsidiaries-press-releases/bouygues-telecom/bouygues-telecom?communique_id=1597

Bharti Airtel ups Nigeria investment to $1 billion

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466028

Facebook set for $1 billion in social-gaming revenue
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-facebook-socialgaming-idUSTRE76052P20110701

Google hires 12 lobby firms in wake of FTC probe

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-google-lobbyists-idUSTRE76056T20110701

China's Baidu ties up with Microsoft to power English search

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/us-baidu-microsoft-idUSTRE76318L20110704

Tiny Spanish company launches book-sharing site

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/us-books-spain-esharing-idUSTRE7632LI20110704

Daily News July 4, 2011

Samsung GALAXY S II reaches 3 Million global sales

http://www.newswire.co.kr/newsRead.php?no=555677

Polkomtel sale finalised

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/01/polkomtel-sale-finalised/

20th Anniversary of First Ever GSM Phone Call on a Commercial Network

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49825.php

Vodafone Looking Forward to Bumper Dividend Payments from Verizon Wireless

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49831.php

Vodafone buys out partner Essar in its Indian unit
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=466003&mail=545&C=0

Major telcos sign up to government’s broadband plan

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/01/major-telcos-sign-up-to-governments-broadband-plan/

In US, Smartphones Now Majority of New Cellphone Purchases - Nielsen

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/in-us-smartphones-now-majority-of-new-cellphone-purchases/

Yankee Group Sees Global Mobile Transactions Exceeding $1 Trillion by 2015

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49839.php

Taiwan's NCC imposes ban on Huawei core network parts, security threat cited

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/01/ncc-imposes-ban-on-huawei-core-network-parts-security-threat-cited/

Hutchison’s FTTB reaches 8,000 buildings

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/01/hutchisons-fttb-reaches-8000-buildings/

Nortel Sells Patent Portfolio for $4.5 Billion

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49824.php

HTC UNVEILS TWO NEW SOCIAL SMARTPHONES WITH ONE-TOUCH FACEBOOK SHARING

http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=172030&lang=1033

Softbank Annouce Refinancing of Acquisition Finance of Vodafone K.K.

http://www.softbank.co.jp/en/news/press/2011/20110701_01/

KDDI to roll out 100,000 hotspots to handle cellular traffic

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/07/01/kddi-to-roll-out-100000-hotspots-to-handle-cellular-traffic/

Daily News July 1, 2011

Samsung launches ITC complaint against Apple

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20075385-17/samsung-launches-itc-complaint-against-apple/

SK Telecom Confirms Korean LTE Launch on Friday

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49820.php

SK Telecom to launch LTE network, invest $1.87bn by 2014

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465973

Telekom Srbija privatisation cancelled

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/06/30/telekom-srbija-privatisation-cancelled/

Skype Brings Video Calling to Android Phones

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49817.php

Windows Phone Mango operating system beta available to developers

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/windows-phone-mango-operating-system-beta-available-to-developers/9864

EU to push long-term plan to lower mobile roaming rates

http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=465962

Data Roaming Prices Continue to Fall Across the European Union

http://gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2011/6297.htm

Motorola China Smartphone Sales Hit 1 Mln Units in Q1 2011

http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/47432/motorola_china_smartphone_sales_hit_1_mln_units_in_q1_2011

Deutsche Telekom is offering M2M Toolkit to developers

http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/1044456

MCMC still examining proposals for use of LTE-suitable spectrum

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/06/30/mcmc-still-examining-proposals-for-use-of-lte-suitable-spectrum/

Google Android Leads Acceleration in Smartphone Adoption in Japan

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49815.php

Nokia Sells its Operator Branded Email Services Platform

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49810.php

Rumor: China Mobile to Merge Mobile Internet Businesses

http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/archive/article/47435/rumor_china_mobile_to_merge_mobile_internet_businesses

T-Mobile ups Czech 3G coverage to 50.33%

http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2011/06/30/t-mobile-ups-czech-3g-coverage-to-50-33/

Microsoft and Onkyo Corp. Sign Patent Agreement Covering Android-Based Tablets

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/jun11/06-30OnkyoPR.mspx