The Abu Dhabi-based satellite operator Yahsat has expanded the availability of its satellite broadband Internet service in the Republic of South Sudan through its new partnership with SSCOOP SS Cooperative “SCOOP”.

The government of Uzbekistan is offering assets seized from Russian operator MTS to the firm’s creditors, following unsuccessful attempts to find a party interested in acquiring them.

Thailand’s state-controlled operator TOT has put on hold plans to extend its 3G network due to concerns over financing.

Five mobile operators have applied to bid in Bangladesh’s impending 3G auctions.

American Tower is increasing its presence in Brazil and Mexico via an $811 million infrastructure acquisition...

The Fitch Ratings agency has expressed the opinion that MegaFon will be “at the top of a three-tier market in the provision of next-generation mobile services in Russia” if its proposed acquisition of Scartel goes ahead...

China Unicom has stated its intentions of trialling TD-LTE technology alongside the more popular FDD LTE...

Orange has announced a new set of mobile payment services in conjunction with Visa for Orange Money subscribers...

A new agreement will allow consumers in the United States and Canada to purchase mobile airtime for family and friends who are Telefonica Movistar customers...

Russian operator MegaFon is looking to purchase a 100% in Scartel/Yota, the country’s only operator currently running a multicity 4G/LTE network. MegaFon will acquire the stake from controlling shareholder Garsdale, which has expressed its support for the deal.

The European Commission’s ongoing trade case against several Chinese vendors could be shelved depending on the outcome of a lucrative China Mobile tender.

Two major operators in the Czech Republic could be on the verge of entering into a network-sharing agreement.

Mobile broadband specialist Nokia Siemens Networks has formally rebranded as Nokia Solutions and Networks and will now go by the acronym NSN.

Russian telecom giant VimpelCom is selling off two major businesses in Africa to raise roughly $100 million. The group has also expressed its interest in bidding for the Pakistani operator Warid Telecom.

The top five smartphone vendors in China now make up 20% of the global market, according to Q2 figures published by Canalys.

Indonesia’s third-largest operator XL Axiata could soon move into second place if negotiations to acquire rival Axis Telekom are successful.

Ethiopian operator Ethio Telecom is implementing a revenue assurance solution from Subex...

Qatari group Ooredoo has stated its intent to participate in Algeria’s upcoming 3G licensing process, with chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Thani commending the Algerian authorities for the speed with which they have initiated the process.

A new partnership between Orange and Total will provide Orange Money services to the operator’s customers...

Thai fixed and mobile operator True Corp has postponed its attempts to procure a business partner due to an ongoing dispute with the state operator CAT Telecom. Unless the dispute is resolved, True’s planned infrastructure fund – through which it aims to raise THB70 billion ($2.25 billion) – could be thwarted.

Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have today entered into a partnership that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya, through Airtel Money...

Mobile operator billing for in-app purchases is now available to all 1.15 billion mobile phone subscribers in China...

The grey market for cellphones will contract for the second consecutive year in 2013, with worldwide shipments dropping by 12% as both makers and buyers of these handsets turn to branded products...

Pakistan Telecommunications, a leading operator in Pakistan affiliated with Etisalat, has expressed an interest in a merger with Warid Telecom.

Telefonica Moviles and Americatel Peru have won their bids for 4G spectrum licences in Peru, in auctions that raised US$257 million for the Latin American country’s government.

Kuwaiti operator Zain has blamed a fall in H1 profits on the devalued Sudanese currency. The falling value of the Sudanese pound was reportedly responsible for an $80 million drop in the operator’s net profit for the first half of 2013.

The first triple-play service offering in Angola is being launched by TVCABO...

Brazil’s largest operator, the Telefonica subsidiary Vivo, has selected Ceragon as its wireless backhaul partner for the next phase of its nationwide LTE network...

A new deal in India will facilitate mobile payments services for customers of the country’s largest private sector bank...