7 Popular Telecom News Headlines Last Week

Here's the 7 most read stories from Total Telecom last week...

Telecom Italia sells Milan HQ

WebRTC going mainstream but opinion divided on revenue opportunity

Telefonica wins M2M deal with Tesla

EU parliament votes for net neutrality, against roaming fees

Kenya targets 10% ICT contribution to GDP

BlackBerry ends T-Mobile US partnership

WhatsApp clocks up 64bn daily messages

Profits, People and Patents - another week in #telecom

Here's seven stories from last week that have been popular on www.totaltele.com

RIM renamed as BlackBerry 10 launches
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479126

French govt, private equity firms make offer for Alcatel Lucent patents
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479164

Apple iOS upgrade extends LTE support to 36 more operators
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479086

North America boosts Ericsson sales
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479127

Telenor gives restrictive business mobile contracts the bird
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479048

TeliaSonera CEO quits
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479169

PowerWave prepares to fight for cash in bankruptcy
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479133

For a round-up of the weeks big news, check out the Friday Review: Oh-no, will Sprint be Softbank's Yoko?
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=479172

Monday #Telecom Headlines

The latest headlines from +Total Telecom to start your week:

France Telecom reaffirms interest in growing West Africa footprint
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478732&mail=929

Vodafone's +BlackBerry users suffer outage
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478731

Telefonica Digital makes first big Wayra investment
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478726

Reporter's notebook: +International CES lacks spark
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=478721

+Deutsche Bank says tech IPOs could see slow start in 2013
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=5&ID=478720

Most read stories currently on the website:

Fresh low-cost iPhone rumours predict 2H launch
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478697

Buying out Vodafone from Verizon Wireless is feasible - Verizon CEO
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478636

Catch up on the week:

Friday Review: No dice
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478727

The Year of the Device

It's official, 2011 has been the year of the #device. Apple, Android, HTC, iPad, iPhone, iOS, even dare we say Nokia have all been prevalent buzz words amongst news stories this year, with the most read story of the year being "Rumour mill in overdrive pending iPad 2 launch"

So it's no surprise then that we've added some great analysis to the mix through Total Telecom+. So in case you've missed out during the year, check out the following issues:

October issue - Tablets: No cure-all

Mobile operators are looking to tablets as an area of future growth, but in the face of stiff competition they will need to prove they can add value for users.


November issue - Bring Your Own Device
Mobile operators show BYOD is on their agenda as enterprises deal with the risks associated with employee-owned tablets and smartphones.



December - January issue - Dangerous Duopoly

Vodafone keen to see more competition in the mobile OS space, but analysts and
handset makers believe the battle is already over.

and Augmented Reality: Real world view. Mobile operators are starting to find their feet in a new market segment, but the places in the value chain are still up for grabs.

These links are all to simple PDF downloads, but you can also read these on you mobile DEVICE (Android or iOS) or online

Of course there's no sign of device fever ending any time soon, so why not keep up to date by following Our Devices RSS feed

DIY, BYOD, the new corporate strategy?

So whose phone do you use? Your employers or your own? In this months Total Telecom+, Nick Wood talks about the growing trend to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Amongst the conclusions is a quote from Gartner vice president Nick Jones. “BYO is a principle that most organisations will adopt and organisations must prepare for this change.” If he's right then operators really need to jump on board to realise the opportunity to generate revenues from ‘bring your own device’

You can read Nick's article and others from this issue on your iOS or Android device, as an online page turning digital issue (see flip image below) or download as a PDF. Find out more here.


Every issue of Total Telecom+ is full of the latest analysis of the stories behind the news, so if you've missed any recent issues, check out our archive for recent issues including:


October: Device Strategies, Tablets
September: Content Strategies: Over-the-top content strategies
July/August: Self organising networks (SON)
and much more...
View the archive: www.totaltele.com/plus/archive