Ooredoo and Telenor have kicked off a race to the bottom for data pricing in Myanmar.
Indian number four RCOM has seen its profits leap by 46% following a significant upswing in data consumption.
The government of Tanzania is reacquiring a 35% stake in Tanzania Telecommunications Corp (TTCL) from Indian firm Bharti Airtel.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted his government’s ambition to revitalise the ailing state-owned operators BSNL and MTNL.
Liquid Telecom is expanding in Zambia with the acquisition of Realtime, Zambia's second largest Internet Service Provider.
The big three Chinese operators have all confirmed that they will slash their data tariffs as well as increasing network speeds.
Indian number four Reliance Communication (RCom) is planning to divest at least a majority holding in its tower business, Reliance Infratel.
Telefonica Brasil’s public offering has brought in BRL16 billion ($5.3 billion) to finance its acquisition of broadband provider GVT.
The Slovakian government has shelved the scheduled IPO for Slovak Telekom after receiving an offer from an unnamed bidder.
The Slovenian state investment fund SDH has received a binding bid for its 73% stake in Telekom Slovenije from UK private equity firm Cinven.
Pan-African MTN Group may consolidate its position in the Nigerian mobile market with the acquisition of CDMA operator Visafone.
Two bidders have emerged for the Slovenian incumbent Telekom Slovenije.
The government of Slovakia is aiming to offer its 49% holding in incumbent operator Slovak Telekom on the London and Bratislava stock exchanges.
America Movil has unveiled plans to spin off its tower mast business as a means of reducing its dominance in the Mexican telecoms market.
Thai state-owned operator CAT is aiming to strike a network sharing deal with the country’s second largest operator dtac in Q2.
Turkish conglomerate Cukurova Holding has begun an attempt to acquire a further stake in the country’s leading mobile operator, Turkcell.
Zimbabwe’s largest operator Econet Wireless has slammed a government network sharing proposal as a veiled attempt to appropriate its assets.
Vodafone and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) have signed a partner market agreement that will help Vodafone increase its African presence.
Cambodian mobile market leader Metfone has acquired fourth-placed Beeline for an undisclosed sum.
The government of Thailand is aiming to sell 100MHz of unused 2.3GHz spectrum held by state-owned operator TOT in the country’s forthcoming 4G auctions.
Telefonica Brasil has revealed that it will partially finance its acquisition of broadband firm GVT via a public offering.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has warned that tariffs in India will be pushed up as a result of the high bids in the country’s recent spectrum auctions.
Vietnamese state-owned operator Viettel has pitched an ambitious plan for growth to the country’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Orange has acquired all of Orascom’s shares and voting rights in the Egyptian operator Mobinil for €209.6 million ($237.3m).
Telefonica Group has written down the value of its Venezuelan assets in response to the country’s currency weakening.
MTN Group may acquire a majority holding in South Africa’s fixed-line incumbent Telkom, in a move aimed at narrowing the gap between MTN SA and Vodacom.
VimpelCom has sold its majority stake in Omnium Telecom Algeria – previously known as Djezzy – to the Algerian National Investment Fund (FNI) for US$2.6 billion.
AT&T has announced that it will acquire Nextel from NII Holdings for $1.9 billion, minus the group’s unpaid debt.
AT&T has completed its purchase of the Mexican mobile operator Iusacell.
State-owned Slovenian operator Telekom Slovenije will be privatised next month.
Asian operator group Axiata is reportedly considering the acquisition of a holding in the Vietnamese state-owned operator MobiFone.
The Czech unit of O2 is creating a new entity to handle its mobile and fixed infrastructure.
Brazilian integrated operator Oi has confirmed that it is positioning itself to “participate in the industry consolidation process in Brazil”.
The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has called for the country’s government to divest some of its holdings in both state-owned telecom operators.
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