China Mobile applies for FDD-LTE licence | Orange gives ground in bid to land Jazztel

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TOP NEWS China Mobile applies for FDD-LTE licence China Mobile applied for an FDD-LTE licence and has planned network trials that integrate both TDD and FDD 4G technology. ADVERTORIAL Dolby:Weren’t able to attend our industry forum, “The Art and Science of Storytelling” at MWC? You can watch the full video of the event now. Orange gives ground in bid to land Jazztel — report Orange has given commitments to the EU competition authority over its proposed €3.4 billion bid to acquire Spanish broadband provider Jazztel.   ADVERTORIAL Get unmatched control over your unwired enterprise. Mobile management solutions from CA Technologies help you deliver a great end-user experience.Learn how CA enables today’s unwired enterprises. LATEST India’s auctions attract bids worth over $15BIndia’s 2G and 3G auctions, which kicked off 4 March, have already received bids of more than INR940 billion ($15 billion) from eight operators, with bids in some regions nearly three times higher than the reserve price. Qualcomm to buy back up to $15B of shares US chipmaker Qualcomm is to repurchase up to $15 billion of its common stock, as well as jack up the dividend it pays to shareholders by 14 per cent. Globe gets $150M loan to improve data, 3G/4G rollout  Globe Telecom has signed a seven-year PHP 7 billion ($158 million) term loan that will partly finance its capex programme, three quarters of which will go towards data-related projects.

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