October 20, 2009 Report: eBay reaches deal to sell Skype The BBC, citing various reports, notes that online auction site eBay is poised to say it has agreed to sell VoIP company Skype. By Mobile World Live
October 20, 2009 3 launches Mobile WiFi service Mobile News reports that 3 UK has announced that its Mobile Wi-Fi offer will be available from 17 September. By Mobile World Live
Apple Devices October 20, 2009 AT&T may lose iPhone exclusivity InformationWeek cites Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster as stating that Apple could be ending its exclusive iPhone agreement with US operator AT&T within a year. By Mobile World Live
Deutsche Telekom North America Operators T-Mobile US October 20, 2009 T-Mobile and Sierra Wireless enter M2M alliance T-Mobile has moved to strengthen its standing in the fast-growing machine-to-machine (M2M) communications market via a new alliance with Sierra Wireless, the US M2M specialist. By Mobile World Live
Asia Pacific Operators October 20, 2009 Report: AT&T eyes stake in India’s BSNL US telecoms giant AT&T is reportedly interested in investing in Indian state-owned operator BSNL in a bid to get a foothold in the fast-growing Indian market. By Mobile World Live
Operators Telefonica October 20, 2009 Telefonica and Portugal Telecom exit Morocco Spain's Telefonica and Portugal Telecom have completed their exit of Morocco by selling their combined 64.36 percent interest in Meditel - the country's second-largest mobile operator - to a consortium of minority shareholders. By Mobile World Live
October 20, 2009 NSN head resigns, services leader gets top job Major mobile network vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) today announced that its CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie is to step down and be replaced by current head of services, Rajeev Suri (pictured, left). By Mobile World Live