> Spain's first auction of mobile spectrum licences only attracted €900 million of bids on its first day, 38 per cent below the minimum price. Article
> Nortel's valuable wireless patents have been acquired by Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft Research in Motion and Sony as part of consortium bid for $4.5 billion. Article
> Italy has set the starting price for its LTE spectrum tender at €3.1 billion. Article
> Betting via smartphones quadrupled during 2010, according to a leading bookmaker. Article
And finally... The $6,728 Android phone. Article