Vodafone has entered into a Partner Market agreement with Latin American operator Datora Telecom to rebrand Datora’s mobile arm as Vodafone Brasil.

Telecom Italia has strongly denied recent reports that it would sell its Brazilian subsidiary in order to reduce its debt.

Swedish vendor Ericsson will be investigated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) following a complaint from handset manufacturer Micromax.

Orange has confirmed that it will sell its Dominican operation to Luxembourgian cable and telecoms private equity firm Altice.

NII Holdings, which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has completed two previously announced deals to sell various communications sites to American Tower Corporation.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is looking to raise as much as $1 billion to fund its participation in upcoming spectrum auctions as well as potential acquisitions.

The Czech Republic’s 4G spectrum auctions have not attracted a new market entrant, contrary to the hopes of the market’s regulator CTU.

Ericsson has been selected by China Mobile to deploy LTE TDD in 15 key provinces in China.

South African fixed-line provider Telkom is “continuing to explore all avenues to derisk [its] mobile business”, according to CEO Sipho Maseko.

India's massive mobile market entered a period of uncertainty in 2012 and this has continued into 2013.

Brazilian operator Oi has stated that it may sell shares in order to raise money for further acquisitions should the need arise.

MTN Group is extending the reach of its regional networks with Etisalat’s SmartHub, a global communications hub facilitating direct routing of traffic between the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.

Telecom Egypt could acquire a controlling stake in Vodafone’s Egyptian operation once the 4G licensing process is underway.

Telefonica is looking to take on America Movil in Mexico, where the latter has a hefty market share of around 70%.

Idea Cellular has dramatically cut its tariffs, with 2G data prices down by up to 90% and 3G reduced by a third.

Russian operator Rostelecom could transfer control of its mobile operation to VTB and Bank Rossiya, the two banks that own Tele2 Russia.

Bharti Airtel has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with the Warid Group to acquire Warid Congo SA.

Investment group PPF has acquired a 66% controlling stake in the Czech unit of Telefonica for around €2.47 billion.

Nokia Solutions and Networks and China Mobile Research have expanded their partnership to further their cooperation on research and standardisation of advanced mobile broadband technologies in LTE as well as in 5G.

Vodafone Group will assume full control over its Indian operations, buying out minority shareholders at a cost of INR101 billion ($1.6 billion).

With the end of the civil war in 2009 Sri Lanka entered what is referred to as a ‘post-conflict’ phase.

For a country with a penetration rate of less than 60%, growth in Tanzania's mobile market remains slow.

The government of Myanmar is weighing up potential partners for the country’s incumbent operator, Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT).

America Movil registered a drop of almost 50% in its net profits in the third quarter, which the group attributes to economic issues in the Latin America region and particularly Mexico, as well as higher finance costs.

Although it is widely believed that consolidation would be beneficial to India’s overly competitive market, the country’s new mergers & acquisition rules could limit the amount of consolidation permitted.