Today's top stories  >> Pioneer to enter into strategic alliance with Mitsubishi, DoCoMo >> 3 Scandinavia CEO ready for consolidation >> Softbank urges banks not to finance Dish's rival Sprint bid >> US defence dept set to approve Apple products >> Column: Steve Ballmer's epitaph >> PT Telkom revenues rise alongside profit >> In brief: Virgin Media to delist in London >> Perion Network Q1 profit soars, beats expectations >> CITIC-led consortium agrees to buy AsiaInfo-Linkage in $890m deal >> Blinkx revenue beats expectations after Olympics, US election boost Tuesday, 7 May, 2013 Mobility Australia's digital dividend auction raises A$2bn Nokia appoints new head of China sales, marketing EU sends complaint to Motorola Mobility in Apple patent spat Reliance Communications raises tariffs Sprint, Time form mobile content, ad alliance Apple tops US smartphone vendor market Media & Entertainment Microsoft plans Windows 8 refresh as licence sales cross 100m Baidu acquires PPStream online video business for $370m Acer to launch eight-inch Windows tablet in June Asustek Q1 net profit rises 21% on growing tablet sales Sprint, Time form mobile content, ad alliance Business & Regulatory Germany says some Apple terms violate privacy laws Australia's digital dividend auction raises A$2bn BCE, Astral argue for merger EU sends complaint to Motorola Mobility in Apple patent spat LightSquared gets FCC approval to temporarily share spectrum Network Services Aruba Networks cuts Q3 guidance amid soft economy Emulex shareholder calls on company to seek sale Beijing says US defence report hypes China threat In brief: McAfee to buy Stonesoft for $389m in cash Amazon's growing threat to H-P, Dell and Oracle LightSquared gets FCC approval to temporarily share spectrum Telebras to provide data service for Brazil soccer events Finance Telefonica Brasil Q1 net profit falls Aruba Networks cuts Q3 guidance amid soft economy Charter Communications Q1 loss narrows Emulex shareholder calls on company to seek sale Baidu acquires PPStream online video business for $370m PLDT Q1 net profit declines 8% Globe Telecom Q1 net profit falls 76% Asustek Q1 net profit rises 21% on growing tablet sales In brief: MediaTek Q1 profit up 51% In brief: McAfee to buy Stonesoft for $389m in cash Clearwire reiterates Sprint deal is best option Dish's filing to buy over 50% of Sprint stock triggers disclosures Frontier Communications Q1 profit up 80% TW Telecom Q1 net falls 32% as costs grow Ruckus Q1 profit plunges 92% on higher expenses Liberty Global narrows Q1 loss as revenue grows Broadsoft swings to Q1 loss on expenses Interactive Intelligence Q1 net jumps on cloud demand People Nokia appoints new head of China sales, marketing Sharp to seek retirement of chairman, advisers split by geography Monday, 13 | Friday, 10 | Thursday, 9 | Wednesday, 8 | Tuesday, 7

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