The Aussie who sold mobile phones to North Korea - Interesting read at ARN Dr. Rakesh Mehrotra may be appointed member of the TRAI, reports Business Line. (ED: from my interactions with him, Dr. Mehrotra has great depth in understanding of the dynamics between the media and telecom business, especially when it comes to domains like DTH and Mobile TV. He previously represented Tata Sky) Twitter gets a new CEO: Evan Williams steps aside to take on a product strategy role, as Dick Costolo (previously COO) takes over. More at the Twitter blog. Qualcomm is shutting down its direct-to-consumer FLO TV operators, reports Paidcontent, though the white labelled service will continue. Note that in India, Qualcomm Ventures has invested in Mobile video streaming company Apalya. BSNL Looks For A CMD, and Telecom Watchdog and BSNL unions suggest that eligibility criterion may have been manipulated to favor a particular candidate. More at the Times of India and The Hindu Businessline Cisco's Tony Bates has been appointed CEO of Skype. 29 million Indians saw the Commonwealth games opening, according to aMap, reports the Economic Times Sri Lanka Telecom, the largest fixed line telco in the island nation, may raise $125 million to fund expansion, particularly into the previously war-torn northern regions of the country. More at Bloomberg. USO Fund administration wants the body to be made an independent authority. It has a lot of money to distribute. More at Businessline Amazon to acquire Spanish online retailer BuyVip - More at WSJ Gizmodo…
