Webwire: Samsung unveils WP8 phone; Pakistan telcos face 3G exclusion

Staff writer
30 Aug 2012
00:00

Samsung beats Nokia to unveil WP8 phone

Samsung has beat Nokia to the punch by unveiling the first smartphone to run the Windows Phone 8 OS, days before Nokia is due to unveil its Lumia line of WP8 handsets.

Reuters

Pakistan telcos face heat in tax evasion probe

Pakistani operators accused of tax evasion may face exclusion from bidding in an upcoming 3G auction. Former Federal Board of Revenue chairman Mumtaz Haider Rizvi has been accused of reaching a deal with telcos allowing them to dodge around 47 billion rupees ($496 million) in tax.

Daily Times

HTC ready to fight Apple despite Samsung loss

HTC is ready to fight any patent lawsuits Apple may file, and will not be pushed into negotiating a settlement despite Apple's recent victory against Samsung, according to HTC chair Cher Wang.

Tech2

NSN said to plan sale of BSS unit

Sources say Nokia Siemens is closing in on a deal to sell its BSS division, and that potential buyers include Ericsson.

Bloomberg

BT may plan further Tech Mahindra sell-off

UK operator BT reportedly plans to sell most of its 23% stake in Indian IT outsourcing company Tech Mahindra, which it co-founded with Indian partner Mahindra & Mahindra in 1986.

Financial Times

Google said to seek buyers for Motorola STB unit

Google has hired financial services provider Barclays to help it find buyers for Motorola Mobility's set top box unit, according to sources, and the sale could be worth around $2 billion.

Bloomberg

President Obama conducts an IAmA on Reddit

More than 200,000 visitors swamped Reddit after US president Barack Obama set up a surprise “IAmA” question-and-answer session on the social content aggregation site.

Wired

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