Operators

Vodacom has signed three agreements that will see it divest its enterprise units in five African markets.

AIS, dtac and True Move have all registered to bid in Thailand’s much-delayed 700MHz spectrum auction.

Bharti Airtel has agreed to a raft of measures in order to draw a line under its ownership dispute with the government of Tanzania.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued the country’s three major operators - China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom - with commercial 5G licences.

Bharti Airtel is pressing ahead with listing Airtel Africa on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as its subscriber numbers take a hit in its home market.

Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has thrown out state-owned operator TOT’s requests to obtain unpaid access fees from the country’s three main operators.

Tele2 is selling its Croatian business to United Group for €220 million, with the deal expected to complete before the end of the year.

After listing its Nigerian unit on the country’s stock exchange, MTN has been placed under investigation by the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Mislatel Consortium’s acquisition of the franchise holder Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company has been approved by the congress of the Philippines.

Bharti Airtel has submitted a formal application to the London Stock Exchange for an IPO of its operations in Africa.

Kazakhtelecom is buying Swedish group Tele2 out of their joint venture for a net $169 million.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has confirmed that MTN has been cleared to list its local operations from today (May 16^th) as an introductory offering.

Thailand’s AIS and dtac have expressed reluctance to bid in the country’s upcoming 700MHz spectrum auctions despite applying to extend the payment term for their 900MHz licences.

Axiata Group and Telenor are reportedly considering merging their Asian telecom and infrastructure assets in a non-cash agreement.

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Group could divest part of their holdings in Indus Tower ahead of its merger with Bharti Infratel.

Developing Telecoms' publisher Alec Barton recently met Hector Llorente Fuentes from Orange to find out about the operator's intelligent, 5G ready transport network.

The Reliance Jio brand seems to be busier than ever in India – and not just in mobile communications.

Things are never quiet for long in the Indian telecommunications market, an impression underlined by recent Indian press reports that indicate further problems for Reliance Communications (RCom) but a major new acquisition on the cards for Bharti Airtel.

9mobile has lodged an appeal against the Abuja Federal High Court’s decision to nullify the sale of the Nigerian operator to Teleology.

We spoke to Camtel’s CEO Judith Yah Sunday about the country’s connectivity projects and the technology it is using to execute its strategy.

Brazil’s Oi is preparing to put some of its assets on the market, with O Globo reporting that the sale is likely to include its tower infrastructure and parts of its mobile operations.