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.

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.

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.

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.

Etisalat is emerging as the forerunner in the race to acquire Vivendi’s stake in Maroc Telecom, with the French group confirming that the two parties have begun “exclusive negotiations”.

The Nigerian government has revived its attempt to divest itself of Nitel, the state operator which once monopolised the Nigerian mobile market.

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

The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may prevent operators from sharing spectrum due to concerns that proceeds from the country’s upcoming spectrum auctions will fall short of targets.

The government of China is reportedly fast-tracking the 4G spectrum licensing process to make sure that it is complete by the end of the year...

Brazilian number four Oi has raised $1.1 billion following the sale of various assets...

Virgin Mobile has steadily been establishing its footprint in the Middle East, with its most recent success an acquisition – as part of a consortium – of an international voice telephony licence in Oman....

The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has made an official proposal to revoke the 4G licences acquired by privately-owned mobile operators and create a state-owned LTE network...

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO Lars Christian Iuel has expressed reservations about taking part in the country’s 3G spectrum auction due to tax hikes and increased regulatory costs introduced by the government...

Strong revenue growth in Africa over the past financial year has prompted Vodafone to expand its presence in the region...

Ooredoo and Telenor have emerged as the winners of Myanmar’s two available mobile licences...

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...

The Ethiopian Government recognises that the country is being left behind in terms of digital inclusion, and urgently needs to address this if it wants to reap the benefits that other African countries have demonstrated from embracing ICTs...

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

The Vodafone Foundation will deploy its portable mobile phone network in the largest refugee camp in South Sudan, allowing aid workers to undertake life-saving work, enabling 70,000 refugees to contact relatives for free and giving children access to life-changing education programmes...

Google’s head of Asia Pacific, Karim Temsamani, has claimed that the increased mobile internet usage driven by emerging market consumers is resulting in a “rebuilding of the internet”...

Ericsson has partnered with Chilean provider Entel to launch a new education initiative for students in rural areas of the Latin American country...