AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG are continuing to pursue the sale of Deutsche Telekom’s U.S. wireless assets to AT&T and are taking this step to facilitate the consideration of all options at the FCC and to focus their continuing efforts on obtaining antitrust clearance for the transaction from the Department of Justice, either through the litigation pending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Case No. 1:11-cv-01560 (ESH) or alternate agency. As soon as practical, AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG intend to seek the necessary FCC approval.

As a result of the FCC’s action, AT&T expects to recognize a pretax accountancy charge of $4 billion ($3 billion cash and $1 billion book value of spectrum) in the 4th quarter of 2011 to reflect the potential break up fees due Deutsche Telekom in the event the transaction does not receive regulatory approval.

Linda Sui, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “Smartphone shipments grew 58 percent sequentially to reach a track record 23.9 million units in China during Q3 2011. In contrast, smartphone shipments fell 7 percent sequentially to reach 23.3 million units in the United States. China has overtaken the United States for the first time to become the world’s largest smartphone market by volume.”

Tom Kang, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “China’s rapid outgrowth has been driven by an increasing availability of smartphones in retail channels, aggressive subsidizing by operators of high-remnant models like the Apple iPhone, and an emerging wave of low-cost Android models from local Chinese brands such as ZTE. Nokia currently leads China’s smartphone market with 28 percent part, while HTC heads the United States smartphone marketplace with 24 percent share.”

Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “The United States corpse the world’s largest smartphone market by revenue, but China has overtaken the United States in terms of volume. China is now at the forefront of the worldwide mobile computing microphone boom. China has become a large and maturation smartphone market that no hardware vendor, component maker or content developer can afford to ignore.”

Angry Birds Fans around the world have so far played a total of 200,000 years of Angry Birds, with 300 million minutes of playing time daily. Moreover, more than 266 billion levels of Angry Birds have been played, with 400 billion birds launched into action, and over 44 one thousand million Stars collected in the process.

“This is a fantastic landmark accomplishment for us, and we’re extremely delighted to see such an incredible amount of people enjoying our games,” said Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio. “We remain committed to creating more fun experiences and bringing exceptional quality to Angry Birds Fans everywhere.”

A worldwide gaming phenomenon, the Angry Birds gambling franchise consists of the games Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio. All games are available on major smartphone platforms, on Chrome web browser, and PC and Mac. Most recently, Angry Birds was announced for Nokia Asha 300 and 303 S40 feature phones – with this new category, Rovio will bring Angry Birds amusement to completely new emerging mobile markets.

Rovio is about to open the world’s first official Angry Birds retail shop in Helsinki. Angry Birds merchandise is a continuously growing business, and Rovio has already shipped more than 10 million Angry Birds toys worldwide. The company has also launched print publishing operations, and delivered the first Angry Birds books.

Earlier this year, Rovio acquired an animation studio based in Helsinki, Finland, and the company is moving forward with cartoon productions. Most recently, Rovio released an Angry Birds animation titled Ham’O’Ween as part of the Angry Birds Seasons Halloween celebration. Rovio Entertainment YouTube channel has netted over 200 million video recording views to appointment.

This growth in devices cannot be sustained without a significant upgrade in mobile network capacity. Enter 4G. Yankee Group’s forecast data predicts the combined total of LTE and WiMAX mobile lines will reach 675 million by 2015, up from just 31 million at the end of 2011.

“Stunning mobile data growth driven by broad adoption of smartphones, tablets and USB modems is pushing today’s 3G networks into the performance red zona,” said Declan Lonergan, Yankee Group research VP and co-author of the report. “The acceleration of 4G deployments is paramount to merging consumers’ insatiable appetites for content and applications on the go.”

Other findings include:

* Mobile video consumption is on the rise. More than 40 percent of smartphone owners in the U.S., U.K. and France are already watching video on their mobile devices at least once a week.

* Mobile broadband is moving beyond luxury. Over 40 percent of Europeans now rank mobile Internet access in their top three most important features when choosing a mobile handset.

* Consumer awareness of 4G remains patchy. According to a Yankee Group study, 44 percentage of consumers have either never heard of 4G or don’t understand what it means.

Dell has decided to canceled their Windows Phone 7.5 Mango French telephone. They even plans to baled out from Windows Phone market. This surely a shocking news for Dell and Microsoft fans.

According to WpCentral, Dell is confirmed to canceled the Wrigley (WP7.5 French telephone). Aside from that, they also admitted that Dell will not launch any Windows Phone device in 2012. There are no official proclamation as for now. Let’s see what will happen later.

[via SlashGear]