Telecom Headlines: Monday 10 Sept

* Mobile subs reach 1 billion in the Americas, broadband on the up
* Amazon heads to iPad territory with Kindle Fire HD range
* Telecom Argentina shares tumble on regulatory fears
* Verizon lifts quarterly dividend 3%
* Companies awakening to tax benefit, risk in cloud computing - KPMG
* Friday Review: Who's sorry now?


Mobile subs reach 1 billion in the Americas, broadband on the up 
The number of mobile subscriptions in the Americas was in excess of 1 billion as of mid-2012, including 225 million mobile broadband connections, or around 22% of the total, according to new data published late Thursday. 65.6 million new HSPA and LTE connections were added across North, Central and South America
http://goo.gl/qpOYX

Amazon heads to iPad territory with Kindle Fire HD range
Online retail giant unveils three new tablets; aims to reassert e-reader dominance with Kindle Paperwhite.
http://goo.gl/TJ5Di

Telecom Argentina shares tumble on regulatory fears
Questions over competitive threat from Telecom Argentina's links with Telefonica remain.
http://goo.gl/vNaru

Verizon lifts quarterly dividend 3%
U.S. telco to pay out an extra $170.9 million per year.
http://goo.gl/p47z9

Companies awakening to tax benefit, risk in cloud computing - KPMG
KPMG survey shows tax executives at U.S. companies see impact of cloud on tax bill as biggest challenge.
http://goo.gl/2x7S3


Friday Review: Who's sorry now?
Would-be Nokia smartphone owners feel they have been lied to as Finnish vendor apologises for 'confusion' caused at demonstration of Lumia 920.
http://goo.gl/jh3Lp

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On this day: #news from the archives

Plundering the archives of Total Telecom is a fascinating experience, seeing how issues have moved on (or not), how companies have thrived (or not), and how technologies have developed (or not). And as Total Telecom online has been providing news for the telecom industry since 1997, there's quite a lot to plunder...

So for no particular reason, other than interest, I looked at stories making the headlines on Total Telecom, on or around the 1st April one, five, ten and fifteen years ago.

ONE YEAR AGO: 1 APRIL 2011
AT&T establishes terms of $20bn loan from JP Morgan

Time Warner Cable removes channels from iPad app

London Tube mobile phone plan dropped

FIVE YEARS AGO: 2 APRIL 2007
Blyk business model in question as launch looms

AT&T in talks to become majority Telecom Italia shareholder

TEN YEARS AGO: 1 APRIL 2002
Japanese 3G market heats up as KDDI joins in

NTL calls Chapter 11 report 'speculation'

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: 1 APRIL 1997
Loral to Join Alcatel in Skybridge Alliance

Arianespace to Launch Eutelsat W3

Available on iPad - but don't tell anyone

You can read the March issue of Total Telecom+ on your iPad other tablet or most #Smartphones, but on second thoughts you'd better not.

Post Barcelona, editor Mary Lennighan examines who is going to pay for the network that supports the latest devices that were the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress.

Elsewhere in this issue we look at the growing market for MVNO's as China Telecom follow the lead of Turkcell, launching an MVNO geared at ex-pats, whilst Alun Lewis looks at how some companies are starting to take the plunge with Cloud based unified communications.

As ever, you can read this months Total Telecom+ for free in multiple formats, including:
> Online digital viewer
> Simple PDF download
> Tablet edition

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

Warning - Beware of #Android's

There may be a sudden outbreak of Androids, or at least Android editions of Total Telecom+ which is now live in the Android Market.

This new route to access for Total Telecom+ joins the iPad App edition that already has already been downloaded by over 1,800 users.

If you have an iPad, iPhone or Android device, make sure you check out the Total Telecom+ App - we're sure you'll be delighted by the compelling reading, viewing and sharing experience.

The latest publication on the App is the 2011 edition of the Global 100 Operators guide. If you want the full dataset, this will be available shortly in excel format - contact Total Telecom for more information.

Total Telecom+ provides indepth analysis of the issues behind the news from the editiors of Total Telecom and selected contributiors. It is available for tablet devices, as an online page turner and to download as a PDF. Find out more about the latest edition (October) by clicking here. Content includes TABLETS, RISK MANAGEMENT, SATELLITES, NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS as well as the Q4 edition of Tellabs Insight Magazine.

NSN Sponsor iPad App

We're really excited to have Nokia Siemens Networks as the launch sponsor for the new Total Telecom+ iPad app.

Numbers of users aren't huge yet, but growing rapidly and the feedback from happy readers is great.

If you can get your hands on an iPad, check out the App - search Total Telecom or visit the App Store for more information.

Total Telecom+ is truly becoming a monthly analysis product for today's telecom professionals with more than 14,000 monthly users across Digital Edition, PDF, and now iPad!

Find out more about the March issue with our exclusive telecom Brand Finance ranking here.