Indonesian market leader Telkomsel may have to allow smaller operators to share important sections of its network following new regulatory proposals.

Reliance Jio has hit back against claims that its trial service is illegal by accusing its rival operators of attempting to sabotage its much-anticipated debut into the market.

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has claimed that new operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is providing a full-fledged mobile offering masquerading as a trial.

An agreement reached by the EU and China in 2014 regarding the sale of telecoms equipment in EU member states could be under threat.

The telecoms ministry in South Africa has taken legal action against the country’s regulator after it proposed selling spectrum worth over $1 billion.

The US investigation into its activities in Uzbekistan has prompted MTS to sell its majority holding in Uzbek operator Universal Mobile Systems (UMS) to the country’s government.

The Indian government must accept responsibility for ensuring that Tata Sons pays NTT Docomo the $1.17 billion that it is owed in compensation, the Japanese operator has claimed.

Approval has been granted for the proposed merger of Bangladeshi operators Robi Axiata and Airtel by the country’s prime minister.

On June 28, 2016, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued Administrative Rules on Information Services via Mobile Internet Applications (the Apps Rules).

The GSMA has announced the launch of the first active infrastructure sharing initiative in East Africa between mobile network operators (MNOs) Airtel, Millicom and Vodacom.

Turkey’s alternative ISPs have announced plans to work on a joint venture company.

Telenor has ruled out its participation in India’s mammoth upcoming spectrum auction, prompting speculation that it may be planning to leave the market.

Three of Russia’s largest operators have warned that a new law which grants far-reaching surveillance powers to the government could cost the mobile industry as much as $34 billion.

Vodafone India is mulling an acquisition of Telenor’s Indian operations in an attempt to increase its spectrum holding.

A court in Brazil has prevented Facebook from accessing funding worth BRL19.5 million ($6.1 million) over a security dispute with WhatsApp.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN as winner of its latest auction for a ten-year frequency spectrum licence for the 2.6GHz band.

Telefonica has partnered with the Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei in order to bolster its 5G development.