So much goes on in the telecom world it's hard to keep track of it all. If you took a nap at some point during the past several days, you likely missed some interesting tidbits of news. Just in case, we're here with a slightly irreverent recap of the hottest stories in telecom this week.
Bite the Big Apple
The week started off with a bang, when Apple
Vode the phone
Not to be outdone by Apple's big push into the mobile world, global wireless carrier Vodafone
Burst your berry?
This week also saw an old face reappear -- Blackberry-stalker NTP, the patent holding company that licensed its wireless email patents to Research In Motion
To ban or not to ban?
Qualcomm
Lucent lowers
The week took a turn south, however, when the once-mighty, now-struggling Alcatel-Lucent
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