The Indian government has begun auctioning 2G spectrum in the 900MHz and 1800MHz bands, marking the third time it has attempted to do so in the past 18 months.

Gilat Satcom and DiviNetworks have entered a partnership spanning Africa, Asia and the Middle East to boost satellite and fibre capacity and reduce costs for ISPs and network operators.

America Movil’s Peruvian operation Claro Peru has selected Starhome MACH’s Gateway Location Register (GLR) and Optimal Voicemail Deposit (OVMD) solutions.

Orange Business Services has renewed and expanded a satellite capacity contract with SES to support its growing network connectivity needs in the Russian Federation.

Google is selling Motorola Mobility to the Chinese firm Lenovo for $2.91 billion.

The unbanked population of Myanmar now have access to nationwide mobile money services following a partnership between digital security solutions firm Oberthur Technologies and Myanmar Mobile Money Co.

A consortium of 17 prominent service providers from around the world have come together to construct a new and unique high capacity cable system, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1).

Despite recent proposals from Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) allowing for spectrum trading between operators, leasing spectrum will not be permitted.

The sale of Telefonica’s Czech and Slovak units to Czech investment group PPF has been closed.

Virgin Mobile’s Latin American MVNO is preparing to launch in two of the region’s largest mobile markets.

Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency Badan SAR Nasional has selected solutions from Thuraya to improve its search and rescue efforts in the country.

Latin American mobile messaging aggregator Tedexis has selected a MMX Messaging Gateway from Anam Technologies.

Russian telecoms provider TTK has signed a network partnership agreement with cloud infrastructure firm Akamai.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved all 8 applications to participate in the upcoming spectrum auctions, but has disallowed certain operators from bidding for pan-Indian spectrum.

Bharti Airtel is reportedly looking to sell off its tower assets in Bangladesh. The operator believes Airtel Bangladesh’s assets, which include 4000 towers, to be worth at least $200 million.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and Level 3 Communications have signed an agreement for Internet localisation services, enabling TM to cache high-demand content locally on its network, enhancing Internet connectivity, network efficiency, reliability and security.

Chinese vendor ZTE is currently discussing a 4G deal for the Mumbai and Delhi circles with Indian market leader Bharti Airtel.

Libya’s Deputy Minister for Communications and Informatics Mr Mohamad Benrasali has asked the ITU for support in preparing a master plan to modernise ICT infrastructure in Libya.