Operators

Telefonica is expanding a global contract for DSL network management that covers more than eight million customer lines globally.

One of the leading operators in Saudi Arabia is modernising and expanding its 2G, 3G and 4G networks between 2013 and 2015 via a major new deal with Nokia Siemens Networks...

Rumours abound that the Russian state-owned operator Rostelecom could be on the verge of acquiring a stake in the Russian operations of Tele2...

A nationwide 4G network is on the cards in India following the announcement that Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a tower-sharing agreement with Reliance Communications...

The mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) Sisteer has signed a full MVNO agreement with Telefonica’s Brazilian operation Vivo to operate as an MVNO using Vivo’s network...

International heavyweight telecom providers Telefónica and MegaFon have agreed a new strategic partnership that will see the Russian group join Telefónica’s Partners Programme...

Bharti Airtel has for the first time lost its lead in rural India, with Vodafone now ahead in terms of subscriber numbers...

Mobile use in South Africa has boomed in recent years— research from Nielsen showed that about 29 million South Africans are using mobile phones, compared to just five million people who use landlines. That growth is only expected to continue, which means that there’s a big opportunity for communications service providers hoping to break new ground and build relationships with new customers...

The CEO of China Mobile Li Yue has confirmed that the operator will use the FDD LTE strand in addition to the TDD strand...

The final toppling of Telkom’s stranglehold as the dominant last mile provider in South Africa was the biggest change to the IT landscape in 2012...

According to reports, Telefonica will next year shift the location of its Latin American headquarters from Spain to Brazil, a process which will create 100 new jobs...

Following a successful appeal, the Uzkbek government must relinquish control of local operator Uzdonrobita to its owner, Russian firm MTS...

Three Nigerian CDMA operators have requested that the country’s regulator grant them permission to merge...

India’s market leader Bharti Airtel saw its subscriber numbers fall by 1 million in September, following an initiative by Indian operators to provide more accurate figures by disconnecting inactive subscribers...

Latin American telecom giant America Movil has reneged on a deal to acquire the entire El Salvador operation of Digicel...

Telenor will continue to have a presence in the Indian market via a newly created subsidiary which will take over the operations of Uninor, the Indian joint venture between the Norwegian firm and Unitech...

In an ambitious move, a major Brazilian operator is aiming to provide LTE coverage to seven cities by April 2013...

A number of operators in the Middle East may form a consortium to combat potential revenue losses caused by an influx of over-the-top (OTT) players...

With the mobile market in Pakistan experiencing a period of healthy and sustained development on one hand, and the fixed-line market languishing badly on the other, the operators in the respective market segments are unsurprisingly experiencing contrasting fortunes...

Over 40 Latin American operators are forming an alliance to address the issue of visibility of data roaming charges...

The government of Kyrgyzstan has failed to sell a 25% stake in its operator, Kyrgyz Mobile Company.

China Telecom, the smallest of China’s three major carriers, is purchasing the CDMA network of its state owned-owned parent, China Telecom Corp...

Etisalat have announced that they have successfully implemented Oracle Communications’ Data Model.

The Indian government’s ambitious plan to provide a mobile phone to every family below the poverty line will be opposed by the country’s finance ministry, it has emerged...

TeliaSonera has agreements in place to buy significant fibre and WiMAX operations in Kazakhstan...

In the complex commercial environment of Thailand’s operator market, there is a mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces...

The leading Philippine operator, Smart has modernized its network in anticipation of 3G and 4G roll-out, its CEO Napoleon Nazareno has revealed.

Mobilis Algeria Telecom, one of the country’s leading operators with 30% market share is enhancing messaging services to attract new customers, boost user experience and improve quality of service.

A major global operator has announced that it will institute an extensive e-learning program for its employees across 17 African countries...

Three of Poland’s leading operators have formed a coalition with various academic institutions as well as third party developers in order to tackle competition from over-the-top (OTT) players...

The Spanish operator Telefonica has lodged a claim for over US$1 billion in damages against Mexico, claiming that regulatory changes made by the Central American country over the past few years have adversely affected both its revenue and investment plans...

India’s major state-owned operator has confirmed the two vendors that will assist in its long-awaited network expansion...

Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Holding has confirmed that due to “unlawful actions taken since 2008 by the Algerian government against Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA)” it will take out a Notice of Arbitration against the relevant Algerian authorities...