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Operator News in Brief - 20th Nov 2009

Daily summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks.

UK Hospital Trials Wireless 'plaster' for monitoring patient health

A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers.

88 percent of PNDs sold in 2015 will have integrated cellular connectivity

Shipments of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) will peak at about 50 million units per year in 2012 and slightly decline thereafter, reports Berg Insight.

Hong Kong Plans Additional Radio Spectrum Auction

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has issued a consultation paper on the proposed auction of the frequency spectrum in the 850 MHz, 900 MHz and 2 GHz bands, and invited expression of interest for the radio spectrum from interested parties.

Nokia Cuts 330 Jobs from its RandD Divisions

Nokia has announced another round of job redundancies affecting 330 staff. The planned changes are expected to affect up to 230 employees at Nokia's Oulu site in Finland and approximately 100 employees at Nokia's Copenhagen site.

Nokia Messaging Gains Access to Windows Live Services

Nokia has announced that it has added Windows Live Messenger to its Nokia Messaging platform.

MediaTek and Qualcomm Enter Into Patent Arrangement

Qualcomm and fabless semiconductor company, MediaTek have jointly signed a broad patent arrangement under each company's patent portfolios, including CDMA and WCDMA essential patents, with respect to all integrated circuit products, including CDMA and WCDMA products.

Telecom carrier CAPEX expected to pick up in 2011, driven by mobile broadband

Global CAPEX (capital expenditure) is forecast to decline at most 6% in 2009, mainly due to a significant CAPEX shakeout in the Middle East and Africa, a weakening US dollar, expected declines in the Brazilian real and Mexican peso, and delays in US broadband stimulus funding,

NJ cops: Driver texting about drug deal hits biker

Police say a man who drove his car into a New Jersey cyclist had been sending a text message about a drug deal.

Aruba's 1Q loss grows on legal charge

Aruba Networks posted a wider quarterly loss Thursday as one-time legal costs outweighed sales growth.