www.fiercewireless.com— It’s been six years since Cingular Wireless purchased AT&T Wireless for $41 billion, and finally there appears to be a resolution to some lingering class action lawsuits involving certain AT&T Wireless billing practices… Continue…

www.cellular-news.com— The Indian government is reported to be considering mandating solar panels as a back-up power supply for base stations - replacing the existing diesel-based generators more usually found in the tower housing… Continue…

www.fiercewireless.com — AT&T Mobility (NYSE: T) laid out its international data roaming rates for Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 3G, and while steep, they are in line with what iPhone users have paid… Continue…

SOURCE — Spanish Telecoms firm Telefonica is interested in buying a controlling stake in Colombian state-owned company Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota SA, or ETB, local newspaper La Republica reported Monday… Continue…

www.cellular-news.com — ­Qualcomm has announced that the 2010 market launch of its new open Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP) operating system will be accompanied by a host of new and revamped support offerings for OEMs and developers… Continue…

May you have a bountiful year ahead! Happy New Year!

- NBI Magazine Team

www.totaltele.com — France’s Alcatel-Lucent is set to open a technology research facility in the South Korean capital in partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and a South Korean university… Continue…

www.totaltele.com — Russia’s three major mobile operators OAO Mobile TeleSystems, OAO VimpelCom and OAO MegaFon have received permission to launch third-generation networks in Moscow, the companies said Monday, more than a year after they launched similar services in cities elsewhere in the country… Continue…

www.totaltele.com — A team from China’s Huawei Technologies Co. has visited ITI Ltd.’s plants to decide on whether to participate in a bid for majority stakes in three joint ventures the Indian telecom-equipment maker plans to form, a Huawei executive said Friday… Continue…

www.cellular-news.com — ­September saw the continued shrinking of the Hungarian mobile market, a phenomenon ongoing - with interruptions - since January. The number of clients of the three operators dropped by 558,000 in the first three quarters of 2009, while the number of clients generating sales in the last three months of the year dropped by 342,000 over the course of 9 months, announced the National Communications Authority (NHH)… Continue…

www.totaltele.com — Thailand’s National Telecommunications Commission said Thursday that the minimum price tag for the upcoming auction of third-generation telecommunications service licenses will likely be below THB10 billion ($300.3 million)… Continue…

www.cellular-news.com — ­Clearwire International, the overseas arm of USA based Clearwire Corp has named Alvarion and ZTE as network infrastructure suppliers in support of the company’s planned launch of WiMAX service in Spain in 2010… Continue…

www.ft.com — A deal that would give the buyer a market share of 40 per cent or more sounds like a transaction that competition watchdogs could turn down without hesitation. Mobile consolidationYet several lawyers believe there is a realistic chance… Continue…

online.wsj.com/article — NEW DELHI — Tata Teleservices Ltd. plans to launch mobile services using the global system for mobile, or GSM, technology in the next few weeks, the company’s chief executive said Monday. “We have received spectrum in all circles…. Continue…