Vodafone CEO Marten Pieters has stated that the UK-headquartered group will spend $1 billion on upgrading its network and operations across India.

The Vietnamese government’s proposed IPO for state operator MobiFone has reportedly attracted significant international attention from heavyweight players.

Televõrgu AS has deployed the ADVA Optical Networking’s 100G Core to connect Northern and Eastern European countries to Central Europe over a route running through the Baltic States and Poland.

Vodafone Qatar has announced a non-binding agreement to acquire the Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN).

Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA) is now operating an MVNO service in Saudi Arabia.

Alcatel-Lucent has closed the sale of its subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Centre.

Bowing to governmental pressure to reduce subsidies, China Mobile is shifting the target of its marketing campaigns to non-contract devices.

Indonesian number two XL Axiata is selling off a portion of its telecoms towers to dedicated tower firm Solusi Tunas.

Middle Eastern operator group Etisalat could be planning a sale of its Tanzanian business, according to reports.

The Hungarian telecom authority NMHH has sold 4G spectrum licences to 4 operators in the country, raising HUF130.6 billion ($530.25 million).

Telecom Italia has stated that it will resume negotiations with Fintech over the sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina.

Mobile messaging software solutions provider Anam Technologies has been selected to provide its Anti-Spam solution to Russian mobile operator Tele2. 

Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a tower-sharing agreement with Indus Towers that will see the operator using all of the latter firm’s pan-Indian infrastructure at “prevailing market rates”.

Telefónica has selected Comarch to provide Configuration Management, Network Planning & Design across its Latin American operations.

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India have cut 2G data allowances by almost half without lowering prices, essentially doubling the cost of the service.

Japanese operator Softbank could make its first move into Latin America with an investment in Iusacell, according to reports.

Jolla has launched its first smartphone in India via an exclusivity agreement with Snapdeal.com, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace.

Telkom Indonesia, the parent company of Indonesian mobile market leader Telkomsel, is planning to acquire a stake in a listed tower company in order to realise its ambition of becoming the country’s leading tower operator.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is close to approving Apple’s iPhone 6 for sale in the country.

Myanmar-based systems integrator Terabit Wave has ordered Gilat Satellite Networks’ Satcom-On-The-Move terminals for a Myanmar governmental agency. 

Moroccan operator INWI is implementing convergent policy control across its operations using a Policy Manager solution from Openet.

Reliance Jio Infocomm is aiming to roll out its full 4G offering by March 2015, and has signed a tower-sharing deal with GTL Infrastructure to speed up the deployment while keeping costs down.

Indian state-owned operator BSNL is distributing 5000 free SIM cards to areas of the Kashmir valley affected by flooding.

Vodacom Business has launched Fibre To The Business (FTTB) services in South Africa.