Links for December 5

– NTL Prepares £835 million Bid for Virgin Mobile (Bloomberg)

– Virgin vs Sky (Big Picture)

– T-Mobile Confirms Support For Possible NTL, Virgin Deal (Cellular-News)

– Vodafone facing shareholder revolt (The Observer)

– Vodafone names HSBC’s John Bond chairman; bids for Turkish mobile operator (Yahoo)

– Cameraphone sales on upswing (ZDNet)

– 95% of Irish 12- to 18-year-olds own a mobile (Irish Independent)

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