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Podcast - 4th January 2012

Iain, James and Mark look at all the top mobile industry headlines from the past couple of weeks... covering everything from BlackBerry results to tweeting in court. They'll be back on Friday with a review of 2011.

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Takeover of T-Mobile USA is called off

US telecom giant AT&T has called off its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. As a result, AT&T will pay Deutsche Telekom a previously agreed ‘break up’ fee that’s expected to cost it around $4 billion.

The acquisition deal was originally valued at $39 billion.

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US mobile payment venture gets new supporters

Isis, the US-based mobile commerce venture announced last November by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, has acquired a number of new supporters.

HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson all say they’ll be introducing NFC-enabled mobile devices compatible with the Isis technology standards. In addition, Isis is working with DeviceFidelity to add NFC functionality to other mobile devices.

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US network merger threatened by legal action

AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA appears to be on the rocks after the US Department of Justice launched legal action to block the deal.

The DoJ says the takeover would adversely affect competition.

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Podcast - 23rd March 2011

It's been a week of acquisition announcements, with T-Mobile USA, Phones 4U and Snaptu all apparently changing hands. The team also talks about Ofcom's 4G auction plans, Android legal action, the Mobile News Awards... and much more.

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