Thai operator dtac could launch a legal challenge against the country’s regulator if it is prevented from using the 850MHz spectrum band following the expiration of its concession with CAT Telecom on 15th September.
The government of China could merge two of the country’s Big Three operators – the second and third placed China Unicom and China Telecom – as it looks to boost 5G investment.
Developing Telecoms’ Founder Alec Barton recently caught up with Kaan Terzioğlu, CEO of Turkcell at Huawei’s Operations Transformation Forum 2018 (#OTF2018) in Munich.
The hotly anticipated merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular has been completed, creating a new Indian market leader with over 408 million subscribers.
MTN Nigeria has “strongly refuted” claims that it repatriated dividends worth $8.1 billion from the country between 2007 and 2015, after the Central Bank of Nigeria demanded that the operator return this sum.
9mobile’s much-delayed sale to Teleology Holdings has received definitive clearance from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria.
Bharti Airtel has received clearance from India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to sell a 15% stake in its broadcast unit Bharti Telemedia to Lion Meadow Investment.
South African operator Vodacom is reportedly discussing a network-sharing deal with fixed-line provider Telkom SA as a replacement for its previous agreement with Cell C.
Indian operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has closed the sale of its Media Convergence Nodes and related infrastructure to Reliance Jio.
South Africa’s Cell C is reportedly aiming to launch an IPO in 2020 as part of a strategy to generate capital for acquisitions.
Reliance Jio’s latest subscriber gains place it ever closer behind India’s second and third largest operators, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular.
Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority has cleared Ojer Telekom (Otas) to transfer the 55% stake it holds in Turk Telekom to a new entity established by its creditors.
South African operator group MTN has dismissed reports that it is planning to divest some or all of its 40% holding in pan-African online retail firm Jumia.
Troubled Indian operator Reliance Communications looks likely to leave the market entirely after receiving two bids of $1.1 billion for its available telecoms assets.
The CEO of Kenyan market leader Safaricom has stated that the operator has no plans to react to Airtel Kenya’s imminent halving of its cross-network calling fees.
MTN Group has seen its H1 net profit drop by 5% year-on-year despite growth in several of its African markets, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
NII Holdings’ impending sale of its Nextel Brazil unit has reportedly attracted the attention of some major Latin American players, including America Movil, Telecom Italia and Telefonica.
The Kenyan regulator’s report into improving competition in Kenya has had its findings savaged by Bob Collymore, CEO of the market’s most dominant operator Safaricom.
India’s Supreme Court has cleared Reliance Communications to sell off assets worth INR250 billion ($3.63 billion) after it resolved a legal spat with Ericsson with a settlement of INR5.5 billion ($80.06 million).
The government of Colombia is looking to sell its 32.5% stake in Telefonica’s local unit Coltel for COP2.3 trillion ($791 million).
Indian number three Idea Cellular has posted a profit for its fiscal Q1 despite falling revenue and ARPU.
The European Commission (EC) has approved the acquisition by the investment group PPF of four Telenor subsidiaries serving CEE (Central and Eastern Europe).
Russian operator MTS has taken legal action against the state of Turkmenistan in an attempt to recoup funds that it invested in the market prior to its “forced” suspension of operations last year.
Bharti Airtel saw its Q1 profits fall steeply following “sustained pricing pressure” in the Indian mobile market.
Millicom has headed off a legal challenge claiming that the operator was not the full owner of its subsidiary Tigo Tanzania.
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have completed a payment of INR73 billion ($1 billion) to the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which will enable the companies to complete their merger.
Thailand’s third largest operator dtac has seen its Q2 profits plummet, with service revenue down and prepaid subscribers churning.
Over the last few years, the Peruvian telecoms regulator OSIPTEL has been introducing a series of measures to boost competition in the mobile communications market.
Globe Telecom is spinning its tower business off into a separate company.
MTN has not submitted an application for an IPO in Nigeria, according to officials from the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Beleaguered Indian operator Aircel could be liquidated in the wake of its failure to sell off assets.
China Tower has been cleared for a $10 billion IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange, hot on the heels of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi.
The unexpected holdup of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular’s merger could see the operators face churning customers and tumbling revenues, reports India’s Economic Times.
Telecom Argentina SA and Cablevision SA have been cleared to complete their proposed merger by competition regulators.
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