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Friday, September 4, 2015 Top Stories • Telecom companies reluctant to ink spectrum sharing pacts, seek clarity on trading norms • Patent case: Delhi High Court backs Ericsson, restricts imports by iBall • Former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior the next Twitter CEO? • India needs 'hi-tech' not 'low-tech': Ericsson chief Hans Vestberg • 5G technology to 'transform the world': Huawei VP • Former Apple CEO Sculley fears for smartphone makers like Samsung, Sony, HTC • Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy: Making of a legend • New Call Telecom plans Rs 330 cr fund to promote startups in India • Airtel's incentive for upgrading to 4G: OnePlus 2 invite • Telecom secretary Rakesh Garg to fix mobile tower sealing issue • Sony plans to make Xperia phones in India • Google wants confidentiality in CCI probe • UAE keen to invest in India's Digital India, Make in India and Smart City initiatives Industry • Helpchat appoints Ravi Krishna as new SVP of Strategic Products • Nasscom says euro fall may hit revenue from Europe Policy • Ravi Shankar Prasad to take stock of spectrum trading norms tomorrow Infrastructure • Ciena names Franco Locoh-Donou as new COO • Narrowband Cellular IoT Offers Clean Slate Devices • Google reportedly readying new Nexus phones for September 29 • Meet Lenovo Vibe S1, worlds first phone with two front cameras • Steve Jobs 'played no role at all' in designing the Apple I or Apple II computers, Steve Wozniak says • The iPhone 6s rumour mill Internet • Fund Squeeze in Internet companies may trigger wave of mergers and acquisitions MVAS/Apps • UN chief, Baidu CEO co-launch app for e-waste recycling Top Stories Telecom companies reluctant to ink spectrum sharing pacts, seek clarity on trading norms ETTelecom Mobile operators are wary of spectrum sharing in isolation as it can hurt future biz, especially if one of the partners exits the arrangement midway.  Read more Patent case: Delhi High Court backs Ericsson, restricts imports by iBall BL Ericsson had alleged that iBall had failed to agree to sign a license agreement on standard-essential patents, required for making mobile phones and other devices  Read more Former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior the next Twitter CEO? ETTelecom Twitter's board will meet on Thursday to discuss the status of the CEO search, which is being led by recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.  Read more India needs 'hi-tech' not 'low-tech': Ericsson chief Hans Vestberg ETTelecom Addressing students of premier city-based B-school Indian School of Business (ISB) here on Thursday, Vestberg said: "Some people believe that you need 'hi-tech' in Sweden and 'low-tech' in India.  Read more 5G technology to 'transform the world': Huawei VP ETTelecom Senior Vice President of Huawei Walter Ji said 5G technology "would transform the world".  Read more Former Apple CEO Sculley fears for smartphone makers like Samsung, Sony, HTC ETTelecom Apple is unique because people have great aspirations, so it continues to do well and I see no reason why this would change, says Sculley.  Read more Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy: Making of a legend ETTelecom Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy reflects on the influences people who made him what he is.  Read more New Call Telecom plans Rs 330 cr fund to promote startups in India ETTelecom New Call Telecom said it is in talks with 12 Indian companies, including 3-4 firms in the northeastern region, for acquiring them over the next few months.  Read more Airtel's incentive for upgrading to 4G: OnePlus 2 invite ETTelecom The offer is available at Airtel stores in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai only and according to the company, it will be rolled out across Airtel stores in other 4G-enabled cities soon.  Read more Telecom secretary Rakesh Garg to fix mobile tower sealing issue ETTelecom The government will help out operators in all possible ways to improve quality of service, which affects the common man, Prasad told ET.  Read more Sony plans to make Xperia phones in India ETTelecom The Japanese consumer electronics major is finalising a new strategy for the Indian market, which is its fourth largest after the US, China and Japan.  Read more Google wants confidentiality in CCI probe ETTelecom The search giant has requested CCI to maintain confidentiality of the probe and ensure that the findings are not leaked to third party including media.  Read more UAE keen to invest in India's Digital India, Make in India and Smart City initiatives ETTelecom The UAE on Thursday said it is keen to strengthen ties with India and is looking to invest in programmes like Make in India, Digital India and Smart Cities.  Read more   Back to top Industry Helpchat appoints Ravi Krishna as new SVP of Strategic Products ETTelecom Ravi Krishna was involved in the development of mobile products at the Silicon Valley- based gaming company behind Farmville.  Read more Nasscom says euro fall may hit revenue from Europe ETTelecom Nasscom today said the currency volatility will impact companies deriving revenue from Europe, but is unlikely to directly impact its 12-14 per cent revenue growth forecast for the fiscal.  Read more   Back to top Policy Ravi Shankar Prasad to take stock of spectrum trading norms tomorrow ETTelecom Ravi Shankar Prasad has called a meeting of DoT officials tomorrow to discuss a taxation issue related to proposed spectrum trading guidelines.  Read more   Back to top Infrastructure Ciena names Franco Locoh-Donou as new COO ETTelecom The company said that Locoh-Donou will be retaining his existing responsibility for research and development, product management, supply chain and quality functions.  Read more Narrowband Cellular IoT Offers Clean Slate Light Reading As the GSMA promotes low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology as essential for the Internet of Things, could narrowband cellular IoT become the clean-slate solution of choice?  Read more   Back to top Devices Google reportedly readying new Nexus phones for September 29 ETTelecom Rumors about Google's New Nexus phones are mounting, and they may all come to a head at the end of this month, according to a new report.  Read more Meet Lenovo Vibe S1, worlds first phone with two front cameras ETTelecom At the ongoing IFA 2015 tech expo in Berlin, Lenovo has launched the world's first smartphone with two front cameras for selfies.  Read more Steve Jobs 'played no role at all' in designing the Apple I or Apple II computers, Steve Wozniak says ETTelecom Woz had been designing computers since he was in high school, he told Khemchandani, coming up with ingenious ways to create computers with fewer and fewer parts.  Read more The iPhone 6s rumour mill ETTelecom Invites for the next iPhone launch on September 9 are already out and like every year there is a lot of excitement around the new phone.  Read more   Back to top Internet Fund Squeeze in Internet companies may trigger wave of mergers and acquisitions ETTelecom Experts say this is a fallout of back-to-back capital infusions, overheated valuations and a thrust on growth over profitability.  Read more   Back to top MVAS/Apps UN chief, Baidu CEO co-launch app for e-waste recycling ETTelecom United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and CEO of China's search engine giant Robin Li co-launched a mobile application for electronic waste recycling to save resources and reduce pollution.  Read more  Back to top Invite your friends and colleagues to sign up for this newsletter. 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