November 16, 2011

Daily News November 16, 2011


France Telecom-Orange and SFR announce agreement to deploy optical fiber beyond very dense areas

AM boosts Telmex stake to almost 93%

Gartner Says Sales of Mobile Devices Grew 5.6 Percent in Third Quarter of 2011; Smartphone Sales Increased 42 Percent

KPN Close to Selling Spanish MVNO to Vodafone

Bouygues: Nine-month 2011 results

Samsung’s New Secu-NFC Chip Enables Secure Mobile Payment by Enhancing NFC with Security Features

SingTel Launches E-Book Service

November 15, 2011

Daily News November 15, 2011


UK’s largest LTE trial network launches to explore the technology before national introduction

Telia’s LTE reaches 161 cities

Verizon Wireless to Launch 4G LTE Network across Greater Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday
America’s Fastest and Most Reliable 4G Network to Debut November 17 in 22 New Communities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority, OFTA, invites bids for 2.3GHz wireless broadband licences

Greece Raises $523 Million from Radio Spectrum Sale

Qualcomm exec promises 'roadmap' with Nokia on Windows Phone devices

Sprint Launches New 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Plans, Delivering More Data at a Lower Price Than Competitors

New 4G LTE Tablet Available for AT&T Customers
Ultra-Thin and Lightweight Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Available Nov. 20 in AT&T Stores and Online. AT&T 4G LTE Expanding to Six New Markets, Total of 15 Nationwide

AT&T bundles an LTE Samsung GalaxyTab with a free smartphone

Google releases Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code

Kindle Fire Ships Today (Nov. 14), One Day Early

Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G Ship Tomorrow (Nov. 15), Six Days Early

HTC to unveil quad-core tablet in February

Telekom Austria Group Q3 revenues drop 6.2%; net income grows 32.5%

Vimpelcom Q3 revenues increase 116%; consolidated customers pass 200 million

China to Continue Using Two Contactless Payment Standards

Huawei buys Symantec stake in JV for $530 million

November 14, 2011

Daily News November 14, 2011


Telefonica Reports Q3 Loss on Sales Slide

Telefónica reports a 5,4% increase in revenue and 11.6% rise in free cash flow in the first nine months of the year

Telecom Italia Group: Board of Directors examines and approves Interim Financial Statements at 30 
September 201

Reliance Communications’ Earnings Drop 43%, Less Than Analysts’ Estimates

India's RCom in Exclusive Talks to Sell 50,000 Towers to Private Equity Groups

Qualcomm Acquires HaloIPT Team and its Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Technology

New in the Android Market: Updated PayPal Mobile App Featuring P2P NFC Capabilities

November 11, 2011

Daily News November 11, 2011


Adobe abandons work on Flash plug-in for mobile devices

Infonetics: Telecom Capex up 6% to $311B in 2011, Revenue up 8% to $1.86T, Driven by Mobile Broadband

Deutsche Telekom confirms its guidance for the full year 2011

Wi-LAN Claims Victory in LTE Patent Review

Google Drops Gmail Application for BlackBerry Smartphone

Apple releases iPhone battery drain software fix

China Telecom, Unicom under antitrust probe

Telefonica Brasil Reports Steady Rise in Revenues and Profits

Globe Telecom Unveils $790-Million Network Upgrade And IT Modernization

StarHub Q3 profit dips 8%

First Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Trial Announced for London

November 10, 2011

Daily News November 10, 2011


China Telecom Plans to Offer Wireless Service in U.S. in 2012

Singtel's financial result of 2011.Q3, Resilient performance across the Group

SingTel Group’s mobile customer base expands to 424 million

AIS increases net profit by 26%

Google vows to support Android vendors in lawsuits

Barnes & Noble wants DOJ probe into Microsoft patent tactics

Huawei heads into fight with MS

American Express to Invest US$100 Million in Mobile Payments Suppliers

New in the Android Market: Updated PayPal Mobile App Featuring P2P NFC Capabilities

Cisco Q2 beats cautious Street view

Sina swings to Q3 loss, cautious on 2012 ad spend outlook

Tencent reports 13.6 percent rise in Q3 net profit

Smartphone and Tablet Adoption Expected to Drive 350% - Increase in Global Wi-Fi Hotspots by 2015

Softbank tops pile in net mobile gains in October, KDDI rises to second in Japan

NTT reports fall in second-quarter net income, but raises outlook on smartphone sales

Rakuten acquires e-book platform Kobo for $315M

November 9, 2011

Daily News November 9, 2011


India Internet users top 100 million

Solid first half for Vodafone Group prompts updated guidance on full-year operating profit

Greece's National Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT) has set for its auction of 900MHz, 1800MHz auction begins on 14 November, 2011

Swisscom deploys pilot LTE networks

Sony Ericsson says components shortage hits feature phones

AT&T to deploy LTE-Advanced in 2013

PCCW launching IPO tomorrow, say sources

Telecommunications observatory (mobile market) in France - September 30th, 2011 - provisional results (November 4th, 2011)

Taiwan to auction 4G spectrum in 2013

Huawei to Open Smartphone Design Centre in London

Telecom Capex Up 6% to $311 Billion in 2011

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

Gartner Says Worldwide Online Music Revenue from End-User Spending Is on Pace to Total $6.3 Billion in 2011

GSMA Announces NEW Keynote Speakers for Mobile World Congress 2012

November 8, 2011

Daily News November 8, 2011


New Windows Phones Hit Store Shelves Today, HTC Radar 4G, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Focus Flash, HTC Titan

France Telecom-Orange and Publicis Groupe decide to launch a venture-capital fund to boost development of the digital economy

B&N unveils $249 Nook Tablet, $99 Nook Touch, to offset Amazon

Motorola wins preliminary ban vs Apple in Germany

Verizon doubles data allowance in promotion

LG to spend more than 50% of capex on handsets next year

Apple security expert finds apps-software bug

Chile to get new regulator with greater powers; domestic long-distance charges ended

France Speeds Up Mobile Number Portability Processing

KT’s third quarter net profit falls amid lower interconnection revenues, new discount plans

SingTel ups direct stake in AIS by 2%

Here come Google+ Pages for business, at last

Telus grows revenues by 7%, helped by mobile, IPTV