Huawei and ZTE have emerged as the major recipients of China Mobile’s second round of 4G contracts, with Huawei winning 31% of the deals while ZTE took 34%.
Vodacom will acquire a 100% stake in South African operator Neotel for ZAR 7 billion (around $398m).
Orange has sold the majority holding in its Ugandan unit to Africell. The operator is offloading a number of its international assets as part of a streamlining review.
Reliance Jio Infocomm and infrastructure firm Tower Vision have signed a tower sharing agreement for the operator’s 4G network.
South African number two MTN is reportedly looking to increase the size of its international footprint via acquisitions outside of Africa and the Middle East regions, where it currently operates in 21 countries.
Bharti Airtel is choosing to double down on its African investment rather than entering new markets, with chairman Sunil Mittal pledging a yearly investment of $1 billion into operations across the region in the “next few years.”
Etisalat’s acquisition of Vivendi’s 53% stake in Maroc Telecom should be complete by May 14, the UAE operator has stated.
Two leading Czech operators have agreed to share radio access equipment for nationwide LTE coverage.
The three market leading operators in China have separately confirmed that they are discussing the formation of a joint “base station company” that would allow them all to share tower infrastructure.
Three of India’s largest operators have forged a 3G roaming agreement to expand their coverage across more of the country’s telecom circles.
VimpelCom has announced the sale of a 51% interest in Djezzy (Orascom Telecom Algeria) to Algerian National Investment Fund (FNI) for US$2.6 billion.
Orixcom, the Dublin based operator of next generation connectivity and cloud services for the Middle East and Africa, has cut its prices for global connectivity to the UAE by 50%.
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao moved a step closer to achieving his plan to have 100% control over the group's worldwide networks with the announcement it is acquiring the remaining 11% of Vodafone India it did not own.
Telecom Egypt has been granted permission by the Egyptian government to obtain a unified licence for branded mobile services, which will cast doubt over the future of its partnership with Vodafone Egypt.
Safaricom’s CEO Bob Collymore has confirmed that the operator is no longer interested in the proposed deal with Airtel to acquire the assets of Kenyan rival Yu.
TeliaSonera has acknowledged that some of its activities in various countries may have been illegal.
Telekom Malaysia (TM) has agreed to acquire a 57% stake in Malaysia's largest WiMAX provider, Packet One Networks (P1).
Following a month of uncertainty, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved a joint bid from Safaricom and Airtel to take over the assets and subscribers of the country’s number three operator, Yu.
The proposed joint bid by Safaricom and Airtel for the Kenyan operator Yu has hit a roadblock in the form of regulatory uncertainty.
Russian operator MTS has been requested to cooperate with an investigation by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into Uzbekistan’s telecoms sector.
Swedish firm TeliaSonera’s operations in Uzbekistan have attracted the attention of the US Department of Justice, which has asked the operator to supply documents related to transactions in Uzbekistan as part of an ongoing investigation.
The Thai state operator TOT currently must refrain from leasing its unused spectrum to market leader AIS, as it is concerned about the legality of doing so.
Low-cost rural internet could soon become widespread across Africa and the Middle East following an infrastructure sharing agreement between eight major operator groups.
Following on from its success in India’s recent spectrum auctions, Reliance Jio Infocomm has announced that it will “utilise the telecom towers of Bharti Infratel Ltd to launch its services across the country”.
Orange has begun a strategic review of its assets in Uganda and Kenya, although it has not confirmed that it is looking to sell either unit.
Kenyan operator Yu has ceased operations, selling off its assets and subscribers to its competitors.
South Korean operator KT has abandoned its attempt to acquire a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom without providing an explanation.
The CTO of Tele2 Estonia, Ervins Kampans, has stated that this year the operator is aiming to achieve theoretical peak download speeds of 300Mb/s for LTE.
The Indian market leading operator Bharti Airtel has confirmed that it will buy smaller local operator Loop Mobile.
Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas believes that the operator will break even on its Myanmar business within three years.
Reliance Jio Infocomm has bagged spectrum in 14 of India’s 22 telecom circles following the country’s auctions, which will allow it to compete with market leaders Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India.
Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that it will acquire the 39.23% stake that it doesn’t yet own in T-Mobile Czech Republic for €800 million.
Telefonica and Iusacell are reportedly discussing whether to combine their networks fully in Mexico.
Ooredoo has officially accepted a telecommunications licence to operate in Myanmar.
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