Also: Ericsson's latest acquisition; London's underground Wi-Fi; digitization in India; TWC brings HBO GO to 'most' Android OSes

Cause is unknown for now, but T-Mobile customers across the US were without data services for hours on Monday

In today's EMEA roundup: Mobile wallets ahoy in Germany and Poland; Technicolor completes broadcast unit sale; Nokia's possible Plan B

5:00 AM The announcement of Firefox OS means carriers have a new alternative to the dominant mobile operating systems

AT&T is insisting on fiber for its cell towers, but for small cells, it's back to the drawing board and everything is under consideration including microwave, other radio technology and even bonded copper

5:05 PM There are some compelling reasons to add Ericsson to the list of companies that might make a run at Motorola's cable business

1:20 PM The late Tellabs CEO was a rare combination of intelligence and easygoing likeability that the telecom industry is going to miss

Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and others stake a claim in the mobile OS wars by supporting Firefox's mobile browser on Qualcomm smartphones

Alcatel-Lucent wins another 4G deal in the US: a contract to deploy the delayed initial phase of C Spire's LTE network in the Deep South

Also: Dish drops AMC while AT&T keeps it; new CableLabs CEO tweets his schedule; judge denies Netflix bid to kill discrimination suit

Purchase of BreakingPoint Systems adds cloud and LTE security testing capabilities to Ixia's arsenal

The service provider IT sector is not immune to the job-loss trend as macro economics and post-M&A trimming take their toll

In today's EMEA roundup: Vittorio Colao defends operator's tax position; shake-up in UAE could be imminent; Telkom to go back in state hands?