ANCOM, the Romanian regulator, has received 5 applications for an upcoming spectrum auction...

Virgin Mobile (VMLA) has announced a debt funding agreement to fund its virtual operator Virgin Mobile Chile with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group...

In the run-up to annual bi-lateral trade talks, the USA has warned the government of Uzbekistan of “deterioration in bilateral ties” and a “chilling effect on foreign investment”...

Research and Markets have reported that Ghana remains a vibrant mobile phone market, and an exciting emerging market place for mobile services. Ghana is attractive to operators because of strong demand and fast paced infrastructural improvements.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has moved to buy out minority stakes in Kuwaiti operator group Wataniya Telecom.

A new agreement will see the development of new online sector franchises for launch in Latin America and Africa...

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...

The Russian Operator Group, VimpelCom has reported a near doubling of profits in its Q2 report.

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

There has been a vast increase in data growth in most markets over the last few years, with rising mobile penetration in the rural regions of emerging markets often cited as a key driver for competitiveness.

This has lead to many discussions on how best to develop and promote mobile penetration in rural areas, with the most notable issues being those of infrastructure deployment and backhauling. Handling the boom in data-hungry services requires reliable networks that can offer increased capacity, but delivering such coverage to rural areas presents many challenges...

Thirteen countries across the Caribbean will soon benefit from improved customer service, following a new deal by one of the region’s leading operators...

A new partnership will see telecom tower sites in rural India being powered by renewable energy...

Subscriber data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology indicates that the Chinese market is on track to meet previous predictions in the coming years through 2016...

Data is getting bigger, virtualisation is expanding, and data protection applications are ill-prepared to deal with the challenges this model poses. There is a distinct need within virtualised environments to improve visibility and transparency, as virtual machines simply lack the level of visibility seen in physical environments...

India's Reliance Communications has released its first quarterly earnings report for the year which shows that while in profit, the group has sustained another quarterly stand alone loss. Profits rose to INR 1.62 billion, underperforming predictions by Bloomberg analysis of INR 1.84 billion.

France Telecom-Orange has suffered the loss its cable-ship, the Chamarel, after a fire broke out on the ship...

Polish operators Polkomtel and Aero2 have chosen Ericsson to supply WCDMA and LTE infrastructure in Poland...

The Mexican Government has refused to renew existing 2.5GHz licenses, as it intends to re-auction the spectrum for 4G broadband services...

Uzbek regulators have suspended the license of Russian owned MTS’s subsidiary, Uzdunrobita, for a further 90 days...

A major satellite provider is aiming a series of tailored promotions at organisations in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa requiring high monthly volumes of broadband data for sustained periods of operation in remote sites...

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.

India and Africa operator Bharti Airtel saw profits fall during its first fiscal quarter.

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.

The Brazilian Regulator, Anatel, is seeking a renewed ban on the sale of new payment plans by Telecom Italia-owned TIM Participaçoes.

Anatel, Brazil’s telecoms regulator, has lifted a ban on the sale of new mobile phone plans by three of the country’s major operators plans that it put in place for three of the country’s major operators a couple of weeks ago.

China Telecom, the smallest of China’s three major carriers, is seeking to purchase 3G infrastructure from its state owned-owned parent, China Telecom Corp. The infrastructure is currently leased to China Telecom; the purchase is aimed at decreasing the operator’s long term costs.

Canalys, the firm of analysts has reported a 199 percent growth, year-on-year, at the second quarter of this year and a 32 percent increase on last quarter’s numbers.

The Chinese market was responsible for over a quarter of global shipments of smartphones in 2012.

The Indian Cabinet has followed the recommendations of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) government body in setting starting prices for the auction. A previous recommendation by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was rejected as too high.

In an auction on the 30^th of July, Claro Chile, Entel PCS and Movistar Chile all bought blocks of Chile’s 4G spectrum. The auction for blocks of the 20mhz spectrum was conducted by the Chilean regulator, Subtel.

Two of China’s most successful internet firms have announced that they will cooperate in making their services work closer together. Sina and Baidu have announced that they will be increasing the interoperability of their respective platforms.

Uninor, the Indian joint venture of the Norwegian operator Telenor and Indian real estate firm Unitech confirmed that it will auction its assets in anticipation of shutting its operations on the 7^th of September...

An even greater number of mobile users in Latin America can now have their phones topped up by friends and relatives in Europe following the extension of a wide-reaching top-up service by one of the largest operators in the region. Telefonica will offer the service in partnership with recharge specialist ezetop, via the latter’s distribution network of over 117,000 shops.

Near Field Communication (NFC), the promising mobile (m)-payment technology, has not created the revenue-generating opportunities the telecom industry expected...