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20th November 2009
Operator News in Brief - 20th Nov 2009
UK Hospital Trials Wireless 'plaster' for Monitoring Patient Health
88 Percent of PNDs Sold in 2015 Will Have Integrated Cellular Connectivity
Hong Kong Plans Additional Radio Spectrum Auction
Nokia Cuts 330 Jobs from Its R&D Divisions
Nokia Messaging Gains Access to Windows Live Services
MediaTek and Qualcomm Enter Into Patent Arrangement
Telecom Carrier CAPEX Expected to Pick Up in 2011, Driven by Mobile Broadband
NJ Cops: Driver Texting About Drug Deal Hits Biker
Aruba's 1Q Loss Grows on Legal Charge
EBay Completes Sale of Skype for $2 Billion
Dell's Profit, Stock Drop on Weak Quarterly Report
UPDATED: Verizon Wireless Lays off Former Alltel Workers
19th November 2009
Orascom Telecom Warned of Ratings Downgrade on Algerian Tax Issues
Homes With Cell Phones Nearly Double in First Half of Decade
China Wireless Infrastructure Equipment Spending Peaks in 2009
British Politician Prosecuted for Road Accident While Using Mobile Phone
Alcatel-Lucent Demos LTE Running at 800Mhz in Europe
Verizon Wireless Lays off Former Alltel Workers
YTL Communications Secures Tower Sharing Deal with Telekom Malaysia
O2 to Build 1500 New Network Sites Across the UK in 2010
Building the Smart Home Wirelessly
CenturyLink Gets Deal with Louisiana
Wireless Infrastructure Revenues Declined 15.7% YoY in Q3 2009
Industry Predicts 21 Mbps to Be Next Mobile Broadband Baseline
Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Overtakes Contract Deals
American Tower to Buy 196 Towers from Cincinnati Bell
Managing Projects Effectively is Difficult Even for Experts, Says New Report
T-Home and T-Mobile Merger Plans Move Ahead
Infineon 4Q Net Income Rises to $21 Million
Sony Chief Executive Outlines Turnaround Plan
Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market to Jump 60% in 2009 to $5.9 Billion
Ex-bus Driver Convicted in Ohio Pedestrian's Death
Judge Rejects AT&T's Bid to Pull Verizon Ads
Malaysia's Maxis Debuts at 9.2 Percent Above IPO
18th November 2009
Union Ramps Up Efforts to Organize at T-Mobile
Review: $100 Palm Pixi is Stylish but Sluggish
Operator News in Brief - 18th Nov 2009
Majority of IPhone Users Want a Physical QWERTY Keyboard
Common Language for Smart Devices Envisioned by New Standards Initiative
China Backhaul Capex Spending to Top $10 Billion in 2009-2010
Telus Urges Caution with Globalive Decision
Nearly 44 Million HSPA Connections in APEJ by Year-End
Risk Managers Alerted to Security Concerns As Smartphone Adoption Soars
Semiconductor Execs Say China Continues As Key Driver for Industry Growth
Sony Ericsson Moves North American HQ to Atlanta
Social Network Site Users Increasingly Ready To Go Mobile
Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Consumer Mobile Applications for 2012
Spectrum Auctions Likely to Delay European Telco Deleveraging
PicoChip Secures US$20 Million in Funding
SingTel Announces Plans for LTE Trials in Four Countries
Ahead of the Bell: RIM Downgraded on Competition
Zain Expands "One Network" Roaming Service to Egypt
Mobile Social Networking Set to Increase Ten-fold in LatAm and Africa
Motorola Completes Chinese TD-LTE Trials
World Bank Subsidiary to Finance Green Base Stations
InterDigital Sees 4Q Sales Slightly Below Views
Earnings Preview: Dell Slips Even As PCs Rebound
Greywolf Capital Opposes Sprint-iPCS Purchase
W.Va. Consumer Advocate, Staff Oppose Phone Deal
Union Says Verizon Laying off 1,000
IBM Takes a (feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines
South Korean Regulator Approves IPhone
17th November 2009
Operator News in Brief - 17th Nov 2009
Digicel Group Added Nearly 100,000 Subscribers in Q3 2009
Almost All UK Digital Media Advertising Budgets Now Include Mobile Ads
Nortel Losses Shrink on Lower Costs
Business Services to Drive WiMax Success in AME Markets
T-Mobile Resumes Sale of Sidekicks After Data Loss
Surge in Non-voice Communications, Driven by Smartphone Proliferation
T-Mobile Customer Details Were Sold to Rival Company
Ahead of the Bell: Palm Shares Rise
New Verizon Wireless-themed Zeus Campaign Hits
UK Bus Company Starts Accepting Mobile Tickets
Fewer Complaints About Mobile Content Services in the UK
4 Million Mobile WiMAX Chipsets Will Be Shipped by the End of 2009
UK Considers Opening Up White-Space Radio Spectrum
New User Interface Boosts Mobile Data Use in Non-Smart Phones
VeriSign Sells M-Qube for Fraction of the Price It Paid
Sprint Nextel Settles Minn. Lawsuit over Contracts
Vonage To Pay $3 Million To Settle Consumer Complaints
16th November 2009
Operator News in Brief - 16th Nov 2009
North Korea Approaching 70,000 Mobile Phone Subscribers
Mobilink Sees Pakistan Subscriber Base Back Above 30 Million
Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue in 2010 to Rebound to 2008 Levels
Sprint Pays Down $1 Billion in Debt; Shares Jump
Qualcomm Takes Lead As 4G Patent Holder
Q3 Mobile Base Station Contracts at 134 As HSPA+ Begins to Gain Momentum
Europeans Frustrated by Fragmenting Address Books
Cell-phone Use - but Not Music - Reduces Pedestrian Safety
Suspect Returns to Crime Scene for Cell Phone
Florida Man Arrested for Calling 911, Asking for Sex
Man Distracted by Dropped Cell Phone Drives Bugatti into Marsh
TTM Technologies to Buy Meadville Assets for $521M
RF Micro Devices Buys Back $197 Million in Notes
Cisco Raises Bid for Tandberg to $3.4 Billion
Finnish Technology Workers Warn of Strike
Ahead of the Bell: Sprint Nextel Jumps on Upgrade
Cellcom Israel Q3 Profits Up on Tax Gains
South Africa's MTN Planning Job Cuts
International Mobile Money Transfer Services to Exceed $65bn by 2014
Environmentalism Comes to the SIM Card
Huawei Deploys World's First TD-LTE Trial Network
UK Enterprises Wasting £264 Million Per Year on Mobile Costs
Grameenphone Shares Soar on Initial Day of Trading
Nokia Shows Off Mobile TV Capable 3G Phone
Orascom Telecom Q3 Profits Nearly Doubled
15th November 2009
Telenor Rumoured to Be Close to Buying Warid Telecom
Zain Quarterly Profts More Than Halved
Verizon Wireless Advert Causes Fuss at Funeral Procession
Thailand's TOT to Proceed with 3G Rollout Plans
Palm Shares Jump on Nokia Takeover Rumours
14th November 2009
Airvana to Get $39.6M Nortel-related Payment
Nortel Delays Auction Deadline for Some Assets
13th November 2009
Prepaid Phone Ban Stirs Anger in Indian Kashmir
Ahead of the Bell: Juniper Networks Upgraded
Operator News in Brief - 13th Nov 2009
China Mobile 3G Subscriber Base to Pass 100 Million in 2011
Mobile TeleSystems Sees 3rd-Quarter Profits Down 4%
Ukraine's Life Quarterly Loss Rises on Currency Depreciation
Dell Smart Phone to Debut in China, Brazil
Maroc Telecom Subscriber Base Up 11% in 2009
SFR Revenues Up Nearly 10% on Neuf Cegetel Consolidation
From Mine to Mobile Phone: The Conflict Minerals Supply Chain
Turkcell Quarterly Profits Down 31%
Virtual SIM Card Targets Phone Sharers in Cameroon
Latin American MVNOs to Increase Competition in High Income Segments