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Vodafone loses $2.6b India tax case

Posted by fmmonteverde on September 9th, 2010

Vodafone is facing a $2.6 billion tax bill, after an Indian high court dismissed the company’s appeal against paying taxes on its $11.2 billion acquisition of what is now Vodafone Essar.

But the operator has not given up on the fight, and plans to take the battle to India’s supreme court, a Vodafone lawyer

Posted in 3G, Mobile Social, Social networking, social media

Tags: 2G and 2.5G, Business and managed services, Daily News, Hutchison, India, Lawsuit, Merger and acquisition, Operator Services, Vodafone, Vodafone Essar, Wireless Access

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NBN to roll out to rural areas first

Posted by fmmonteverde on September 9th, 2010

Australia’s NBN will be deployed first in regional centers outside the major cities in a compromise that the project’s critics have claimed will cost billions and could undermine its business case.

The Australian Labor party has pledged to build the fiber network to regional areas as part of a pledge to independent MPs to convince them to form a minority government.

Posted in Mobile Social, Social networking, social media

Tags: Australia, Australia NBN, Daily News, Fixed Access, Fixed broadband, IIA, NBN, Optical Networks, PIPE Networks

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IDC raises smartphone outlook

Posted by fmmonteverde on September 9th, 2010

Research firm IDC has lifted its smartphone sales forecast by 10% as BlackBerrys, Androids and iPhones continue to fly off the shelves.

IDC expects 2010 smartphone shipments to reach 269.6 million, up 55.4% over last year

Posted in Android, HTC, Mobile Social, Mobile phones, Social networking, Symbian, iPhone, social media

Tags: Blackberry, Daily News, IDC, Mobile Apps and Content, Research Notes, Smartphones

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Mobile data undermines legacy business: analyst

Posted by fmmonteverde on September 9th, 2010

The growth in mobile broadband is undermining existing revenue streams such as voice and SMS, which account for 70% of sales and ebidta, according to a senior telecom analyst.

William Bratton, Deutsche Bank’s director of Asia telecom research, told an LTE conference in Hong Kong Wednesday that the underlining economics of data were not great.