Millicom’s new CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht sets annual 40% growth target as company plans cable expansion 02 April 2013

Millicom, the Swedish company that trades under the name Tigo in Latin America and Africa, plans to expand from mobile voice to cable, mobile banking and other services, CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht tells Alan Burkitt-Gray

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EU states ‘oppose Huawei-ZTE investigation’ 19 April 2013

Trade ministers in Europe are telling the European Commission they don’t want an investigation into Chinese vendors, say reports

iBasis expands to Singapore with Epsilon 18 April 2013

KPN’s wholesale unit iBasis chooses Epsilon to expand IPX services in Asia Pacific

Burma to consider 12 bids for licences 15 April 2013

Myanmar/Burma has shortlisted 12 telecoms groups to bid for two licences by 3 June

SK Telecom expands LTE roaming 28 March 2013

Globe Telecom of the Philippines and South Korean operator to launch LTE roaming in April

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EU states ‘oppose Huawei-ZTE investigation’ 19 April 2013

Trade ministers in Europe are telling the European Commission they don’t want an investigation into Chinese vendors, say reports

Turkcell extends m-wallet to transport 17 April 2013

Turkish operator Turkcell expands m-payment system for public transport in city of Sanliurfa

EU approves €17bn Virgin Media takeover 16 April 2013

European Commission clears cable operator Liberty Global’s planned €17 billion takeover of the UK’s Virgin Media

Wind Italy to spend €1bn on Huawei 4G 15 April 2013

VimpelCom’s Italian mobile operator Wind orders upgrade to LTE from Huawei as Telecom Italia opens discussions with Hutch

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Millicom’s new CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht sets annual 40% growth target as company plans cable expansion 02 April 2013

Millicom, the Swedish company that trades under the name Tigo in Latin America and Africa, plans to expand from mobile voice to cable, mobile banking and other services, CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht tells Alan Burkitt-Gray

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Vodafone introduces M-Pesa to India 17 April 2013

Vodafone in link with ICICI Bank to offer mobile money to 700m unbanked people in India

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Ambani brothers in $2.1bn tower sharing pact 07 June 2013

India's Ambani brothers have signed an agreement for their rival telecoms firms to share mobile masts in a contract valued at more than $2 billion, reports Reuters.

Swisscom and Sunrise ink fibre broadband expansion deals 07 June 2013

Two of Switzerland's biggest ISPs have announced fibre broadband network expansion plans, reports ZD Net.

Telenor targets Myanmar licence, Digicel to invest $9bn if its bid succeeds, 07 June 2013

Digicel will invest almost $9bn in its Myanmar operation if a consortium involving the group is successful in a bid to secure a mobile licence in the country, reports the Irish Independent.

Verizon Wireless turns on 4G in Alaska, local operators seek sharing deals 07 June 2013

Verizon has officially turned on its LTE network in the Alaskan regions of Anchorage, Fairbanks, North Pole, Juneau and much of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, reports Alaska Journal of Commerce.

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Lebanon moves to block roaming 19 April 2013

Lebanese government says visitors’ mobile phones won’t work unless they are registered at the airport on arrival

Ooredoo launches Qatar’s first 4G 16 April 2013

The former Qtel plans to cover all Qatar’s towns and roads by end of 2014 with LTE service

GBI CEO Ahmed Mekky plans to expand fibre bridges from Gulf to rest of the world 08 April 2013

GBI chief Ahmed Mekky has set up the first regionally owned subsea network serving the Gulf, now with an overland back-up into Europe, and is considering expansion into data centres and services, he tells Alan Burkitt-Gray

Ooredoo CEO Nasser Marafih: a three-year plan behind Qtel’s rebrand 28 March 2013

Nasser Marafih, CEO of Qatar Telecom, explains why the company is changing all its businesses worldwide to a single brand, Ooredoo, as it plans network upgrades

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Rogers in $220m data and cloud deal 18 April 2013

Canadian operator spends $200m on buying six-month-old Blackiron Data from Primus Telecoms to expand data and cloud

Ergen’s Dish bids to buy Sprint 15 April 2013

Satellite TV operator challenges SoftBank’s $20bn bid to buy Sprint with $25bn offer

Ericsson to buy Microsoft’s IPTV unit 08 April 2013

Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson but promises to focus on Xbox

Dallas court sentences telecoms fraudster to 7 years 26 March 2013

Last of six defendants goes to US jail for seven years after $60m conspiracy against BT and Verizon

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