Chinese device manufacturers expanded their share of the global smartphone market to 48% in Q2, according to Counterpoint Research.

Wari Group is threatening Millicom with a legal challenge after the Tigo parent company reneged on their agreement for Wari to acquire Tigo Senegal.

India’s state-owned operator BSNL is expecting its request for 4G-ready 700MHz spectrum to be granted imminently, according to its chairman Anupam Shrivastava.

China’s crackdown on VPNs has prompted Apple to withdraw “some” VPN applications from the Chinese App Store.

India’s Snapdeal has abandoned merger negotiations with larger e-commerce rival Flipkart, resolving to remain independent and bringing months of talks to an end.

Millicom has scrapped its agreement to sell its Tigo Senegal unit to Wari Group after finding a different buyer for the operations.

Indian online retailer Snapdeal has reportedly given the green light to a buyout bid of as much as $950 million by larger competitor Flipkart.

The government of Colombia has ordered the operators Claro and Movistar to pay a total of COP4.8 trillion ($1.6 billion) after they were found to have violated network licensing agreements by an arbitration tribunal.

Virgin Mobile and Vodacom are among the firms that have expressed an interest in acquiring 9mobile.

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved plans which will require all mobile handsets to feature GPS from 1^st January 2018.

Lebanon’s TASC Towers is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire around 7,500 mobile towers from Zain Saudi Arabia for around $500M.

China’s second largest player China Unicom is currently in talk with the country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) to obtain 700MHz spectrum in exchange for shares.

The motives behind Polish operator Play’s upcoming IPO have been called into question by some of the country’s leading financial analysts.

Research and Markets’ most recent look at Saudi Arabia’s mobile market has identified the key areas of focus for operators in the Middle Eastern country.

Russia’s communications minister Nikolai Nikiforov has stated that it would be counter-productive to push back a new law that would oblige operators to store all user-generated data for six months.

Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal has shot down an initial takeover offer from rival Flipkart.

Poland’s Play is offloading PLN5.3 billion (€1.3 billion) of shares in its recently announced IPO.

20 million households and businesses will have wired internet connection by 2022 in Africa, compared to 11 million in 2016, predicts Dataxis analyst Sa Eva Nébié.