China Unicom has confirmed that Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com and Tencent are all taking part in its upcoming CNY78 billion ($11.7 billion) share sale.
Omantel is acquiring a 9.8% stake in Kuwait’s Zain Group for $846 million in a cash transaction.
The merger between Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has received conditional approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), moving it another step towards final clearance.
Vodacom has successfully acquired a 35% stake in Kenya’s Safaricom from its parent firm Vodafone Group for ZAR35 billion ($2.6 billion).
Bharti Enterprises has scrapped a proposal to merge its communications business with Tata Group’s corresponding operations.
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.
Vodacom has stated that it will not be able to step up its 4G deployment in South Africa until the country’s authorities release more bandwidth.
Millicom has scrapped its agreement to sell its Tigo Senegal unit to Wari Group after finding a different buyer for the operations.
Virgin Mobile and Vodacom are among the firms that have expressed an interest in acquiring 9mobile.
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.
Indian 4G newcomer Reliance Jio is looking into allegations that up to 100 million of its customers have been the victims of a leak of personal data.
America Movil has brought a legal challenge against Mexico’s 2013 mobile market reforms, which were largely aimed at reducing the market leader’s overwhelming dominance in the sector.
Tata Group and Bharti Enterprises are reportedly holding talks over a potential “mega merger” which would see them combine their telecom, submarine cable, TV and enterprise offerings.
India’s three largest operators have held their ground against the aggressive tactics of newcomer 4G operator Reliance Jio.
Telecom Argentina has agreed to merge its operations with cable TV firm Cablevision.
Poland’s Play is offloading PLN5.3 billion (€1.3 billion) of shares in its recently announced IPO.
Orange and Vodafone Group are reportedly among the parties interested in acquiring a 65% stake in Etisalat Nigeria after Etisalat Group withdrew its backing from the unit.
Telefonica is considering whether to launch an IPO for part of its Argentinean unit, as well as exploring network sharing arrangements with other operators in the market.
China’s three largest operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – registered a further 24.3 million 4G subscribers in May 2017.
Confirming previous reports, Polish operator Play has stated that it will launch an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Telia could sell off some of its 25% stake in Russia’s MegaFon as it streamlines its focus to its core markets of the Nordics and Baltics.
A Johannesburg high court will investigate a damages claim for $4.2 billion raised in 2013 by Turkcell against South African operator MTN.
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has hit out at the country’s two leading operators for closing their acquisition of San Miguel Corp’s telecom assets despite facing an open legal challenge from the PCC.
Canadian group Brookfield Asset Management is reportedly considering an acquisition of the Indian tower assets of both Idea Cellular and Vodafone India for a total of INR64.5 billion ($1 billion).
Carlos Slim is reportedly looking to sell a minority holding in tower firm Telesites, which was formerly a unit of Slim’s America Movil before being spun off due to regulatory pressure.
India’s sixth largest operator Reliance Communications has called for government intervention to ease the debt burden and fierce competition faced by players in the telecoms industry.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been warned by a group of operators that it must intervene in order to prevent the country’s mobile industry from collapsing.
The government of South Africa is allowing six companies to retain their broadband spectrum until the licences lapse in 2028 on the condition that they collectively obtain at least 30% of its planned shared network.
Asian operator group Axiata has sold a 10% holding in its Cambodian unit Smart Axiata for $66 million to Japan’s Mitsui.
Pakistani market leader Jazz was the only bidder in the country’s latest spectrum auction, underlining that the country’s operators lack an appetite for further spectrum acquisition.
Orange has announced the launch of its brand in Liberia, with Cellcom Liberia now rebranded as Orange Liberia.
Vodacom is obtaining a 34.94% stake in Kenya’s Safaricom from its parent firm Vodafone Group.
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