Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Telefónica SA (NYSE: TEF) and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) proffer something for the weekend in today's scan of the EMEA telecom headlines.
Apple overtook BlackBerry to become the numero uno in U.K. smartphone sales in 2011, according to The Guardian, citing research by Gartner/Dataquest . As the newspaper points out, the research contradicts figures produced by RIM earlier in the month that showed it had held on to top spot. (See Europe to Apple: Gimme Five! and RIM Cuts 2,000 Jobs.)
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading