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• Press release: Shift in smartphone market with lower-end devices to dominate by 2016
  By Malik Saadi February 7, 2012

  The smartphone market will see a huge shift over the next five years, moving from predominantly premium devices aimed at advanced users towards cheaper, mass-market devices. According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, 81% of all smartphones shipped in 2011 were sold at a wholesale price above US$300; however, this proportion is… Read more

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• The Verizon/Comcast cooperation depicts the odd circumstances driving telecoms partnerships, says Julio Puschel
  By Julio Püschel February 3, 2012

  Telecommunications is a dynamic market, and although every year we hear that the market will be slowing down and M&A is over, it gets turned completely upside down again. The latest news is of a Verizon Wireless partnership with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Comcast and Verizon are well known for their… Read more

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• Prey turns predator as European mobile consolidation takes hold
  By Thomas Wehmeier February 3, 2012

  In the early hours of this morning, Hutchison 3G Austria (3) finally announced the acquisition of Orange Austria in a deal valued at around €1.3 billion. The market share of the newly-enlarged operator will reach around 22% of total customers. This is more than double the market share of any other subsidiary of the 3… Read more

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• Apple crowned third largest mobile phone vendor by volume following its 4Q results
  By Malik Saadi February 2, 2012

  Apple’s results in 4Q11 were marked by a strong performance in smartphone sales which saw it become the third largest mobile phone vendor by volume – up from number five just a year ago. Handsets sales reached another record in 4Q11 with almost 440 million shipped in the quarter, of which more than 35% were… Read more

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