Etisalat plans selling African towers 02 February 2012

UAE based operator expects over $600m from sale of its mobile phone towers in Africa

Ericsson extends MTN Ghana partnership 31 January 2012

MTN renews agreement with Ericsson to manage network operations for 3G sites in Ghana

Qatar seeks control of Oger Telecom 31 January 2012

Qatar reported in talks to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% control of Oger Telecom, which owns 55% of Türk Telecom

MTN to continue business in Iran 30 January 2012

South African operator will not exit from Irancell holding despite US pressure to pull out over Iran’s nuclear actions

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SoftBank aims at 97% coverage for TD-LTE network , says CTO Yoshioki Chika 03 February 2012

SoftBank has already soft-launched its TD-LTE mobile broadband network, using a dense network of microcells, with a commercial launch planned before the end of February

Thailand vows faster action towards 4G 02 February 2012

Thailand regulator NBTC promises speedy move to 4G after launching LTE trials with operators and NSN, Cisco and Huawei

Indonesia plans Industri Telekomunikasi IPO 01 February 2012

Indonesian government looks to selling stake in state-owned telecoms equipment maker Inti

Vietnam to merge VNPT Global and MobiFone 01 February 2012

VNPT unit will be merged into MobiFone to boost overseas investment opportunities, says CEO

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Hutch to acquire Orange Austria for €900m 03 February 2012

Hutchison Whampo’s H3G Austria completes negotiations to buy Orange Austria from France Telecom and private equity

Greece’s Wind and Vodafone ‘to merge’ 02 February 2012

Wind Hellas will merge with Vodafone’s Greek unit which will own 60% in new entity

Deutsche Telekom slams Liberty deal 01 February 2012

Deutsche Telekom and NetCologne challenge regulatory approval for Liberty Global’s takeover of Kabel BW

Qatar seeks control of Oger Telecom 31 January 2012

Qatar reported in talks to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% control of Oger Telecom, which owns 55% of Türk Telecom

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América Móvil plans LTE for Latin America 03 February 2012

Carlos Slim’s América Móvil selects Alcatel-Lucent LTE kit for 4G infrastructure in Latin America, starting in Puerto Rico

Cofeco blocks Televisa’s mobile plans 03 February 2012

Mexican antitrust regulator Cofeco rejects Televisa’s plans to acquire 50% stake in mobile operator Iusacell

Brazil OKs América Móvil’s cable buy 30 January 2012

Brazilian authority Anatel approves América Móvil’s takeover of cable TV company Net Serviços

Brazilian regulator seeks spectrum bids 24 January 2012

Telecoms commission Anatel wants wireless broadband to be available in match cities in time for 2014 World Cup

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New 2G auction after India cancels licences 02 February 2012

The Indian supreme court has cancels 122 2G licences in corruption case and calls on regulator to hold new auction

NTT to buy 74% of India’s Netmagic 27 January 2012

Buy-out will enable NTT to enhance cloud services offering via ICT infrastructure across Asia

Tikona signs up 220,000 for wifi alternative to broadband wireless, says CEO Prakash Bajpai 24 January 2012

Indian operators are complaining that they do not have enough spectrum to satisfy demand for broadband wireless. One, though, has taken a radical alternative — licence-free wifi — and already has 220,000 customers

NSN to manage Airtel 3G network in India 20 January 2012

Airtel has strengthened existing contract with NSN with a new managed services deal for its Indian network

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América Móvil plans LTE for Latin America 03 February 2012

Carlos Slim’s América Móvil selects Alcatel-Lucent LTE kit for 4G infrastructure in Latin America, starting in Puerto Rico

Cofeco blocks Televisa’s mobile plans 03 February 2012

Mexican antitrust regulator Cofeco rejects Televisa’s plans to acquire 50% stake in mobile operator Iusacell

Hutch to acquire Orange Austria for €900m 03 February 2012

Hutchison Whampo’s H3G Austria completes negotiations to buy Orange Austria from France Telecom and private equity

SoftBank aims at 97% coverage for TD-LTE network , says CTO Yoshioki Chika 03 February 2012

SoftBank has already soft-launched its TD-LTE mobile broadband network, using a dense network of microcells, with a commercial launch planned before the end of February

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Etisalat plans selling African towers 02 February 2012

UAE based operator expects over $600m from sale of its mobile phone towers in Africa

Qatar seeks control of Oger Telecom 31 January 2012

Qatar reported in talks to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% control of Oger Telecom, which owns 55% of Türk Telecom

MTN to continue business in Iran 30 January 2012

South African operator will not exit from Irancell holding despite US pressure to pull out over Iran’s nuclear actions

Interoute links with Israel’s Bezeq network 26 January 2012

European group Interoute to connect with Bezeq’s 2,300km Jonah submarine cable

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US Cellular to launch 4G network in March 03 February 2012

Mobile operator’s LTE network will cover 25% of existing customers in select cities, says CEO Mary Dillon

Alcatel-Lucent completes Genesys sale 02 February 2012

Alcatel-Lucent has sold customer service software arm Genesys to private equity for $1.5bn

LightSquared gets new six-week extension 01 February 2012

Sprint has given LightSquared six more weeks to obtain approval for planned 4G network

Tellabs to restructure and lose 530 people 01 February 2012

Poor fourth-quarter results pushes Tellabs to restructure, losing 530 employees

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