Israeli market leader Cellcom has reached “advanced stages of negotiations” over a network sharing and hosting arrangement with a group of investors considering an acquisition of Golan Telecom.
Norwegian group Telenor and Saudi operator STC are both considering whether to continue their operations in Malaysia.
India’s Department of Telecom has revealed the seven operators that have applied to bid in its upcoming spectrum auction.
RCom and Aircel have signed official documents that will lead to “the largest-ever consolidation in the Indian telecom sector”.
US and Dutch authorities have proposed that Telia be fined $1.4 billion over its transgressions in Uzbekistan.
Malaysian operator group Axiata is attempting to raise up to $700 million by divesting some of its overseas holdings in Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Vodafone is planning a $3 billion injection of equity into its Indian unit to prepare for the market debut of new rival Reliance Jio as well as the upcoming spectrum auction.
Telenor has announced that it will sell a portion of its holding in VimpelCom via a public offering in the US.
The government of Russia has suggested that 85% of equipment deployed by Russian operators should be locally made by 2020.
Telia has signed an agreement to sell its stake in Tajikistani operator Tcell to AKFED (the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development).
Oi could sell off its mobile operations in order to exit bankruptcy protection.
Indian newcomer Reliance Jio has revealed its 4G data pricing along with a launch offer of free domestic voice calls.
China’s second and third-placed operators are collaborating on the construction of an optical network and 4G base stations in an attempt to reduce their annual capex by up to CNY3 billion ($451 million).
Indian number three Idea Cellular has shot down an officially published news story claiming that it was holding discussions with number two Vodafone India regarding a potential merger.
Telenor is still investigating options for selling its $2.4 billion stake in VimpelCom after announcing its intention to divest in October last year.
Blue Label Telecoms has stated that its planned acquisition of a 35% stake in Cell C is still “on track” although it was aiming to close the deal by mid-2016.
The government of India has revealed it expects to raise around INR2.75 trillion ($41 billion) in the imminent large-scale spectrum auction – around half of the INR5.6 trillion reserve price.
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.
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.
Vodafone Egypt may not acquire a 4G licence in the market, according to reports.
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.
Together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, Orange has completed its acquisition of 100% of Airtel’s operations in Sierra Leone.
Telenor has ruled out its participation in India’s mammoth upcoming spectrum auction, prompting speculation that it may be planning to leave the market.
Israeli market leader Cellcom has begun legal proceedings against Golan Telecom after the smaller firm abandoned discussion concerning a network-sharing agreement to partner with Hot Mobile.
Telefonica has sold a 1.5% holding in China Unicom for €322 million while retaining a 1% stake in the Chinese number two player.
Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement to acquire spectrum from local operator Aircel across six of the operator’s eight regions.
MTN has suspended the network access of all unregistered subscribers in Cameroon.
Vodafone India is mulling an acquisition of Telenor’s Indian operations in an attempt to increase its spectrum holding.
India’s impending spectrum auction is expected to bring in around INR1 trillion ($14.8 billion) from the country’s operators.
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.
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