Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto has signed a bill aimed at breaking the dominance of telecom monopolies...

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...

A holding group owned by Ukraine’s richest man has acquired a 92.79% stake in Ukrtelecom...

Zain Iraq has set its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) into motion, creating a new company with which to register its Iraqi stock...

The mobile app Viber has been banned in Saudi Arabia, with the Kingdom’s regulator warning that similar services could suffer the same fate...

The Hershey Company is expanding its mobile phone program CocoaLink to Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which is the world’s largest producer of cocoa...

After forming an alliance in an attempt to win a mobile licence in Myanmar, international telecom giants Vodafone and China Mobile have announced that they are abandoning the licensing race...

Estonia has been referred to the EU Court of Justice after failing to update its national law concerning the impartiality of its telecoms regulator...

The first quarter of 2013 saw ZTE overtake Alcatel-Lucent in the global optical networking (ON) market, meaning that Chinese vendors now hold the top two spots for the first time...

Ooredoo’s chief executive has confirmed that the company has raised $12 billion to fund its potential acquisition of a majority stake in Moroccan market-leader Maroc Telecom...

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

Malaysian operator group Axiata may attempt to acquire its Indonesian rival PT Axis Telekom...

The UAE has become the first country in ITU Region 1 – covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa – to use spectrum in both the 700MHz and 800MHz bands for mobile broadband...

Vietnamese service provider Viettel is reportedly looking to increase its overseas footprint by 2015...

Thailand’s state-owned operator TOT is close to securing financial backing from two major Japanese firms...

Ericsson has initiated union negotiations to close down its telecom cables operation within business unit Networks...

The Indian Comptroller and Auditor General has accused the country’s operators of behaving like a ‘cartel’ during the most recent round of spectrum auctions...

Myanmar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has signed a funding agreement with two major Japanese firms...

The European Commission has declared its intention to investigate imports of network equipment from China, while clarifying that any investigation will not go ahead immediately to “allow for negotiations towards an amicable solution with the Chinese authorities”...

The GSMA has opened a new office in Nairobi, located in the city’s Innovation Hub...

Six parties have registered their interest in buying 4G spectrum in Colombia...

Vodafone India has launched a legal appeal against a decision by the country’s Department of Telecommunications after it denied the operator’s request to extend its licences in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai...

Three of the world’s largest telecoms equipment vendors – Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to for the “OSS interoperability initiative” (OSSii)...

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

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is selling a 5% stake to Middle Eastern investment group the Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE) for INR68 billion...

Mexico’s recently-approved regulatory reform seemed to be specifically targeted at America Movil’s market dominance, and the operator has acknowledged that the new legislation would have an “uncertain but likely...material” effect on its business...

Mobile computing is a growing phenomenon in the workplace and out with leading researchers already recognising the emergence of a ‘post PC’ era. As more people access IT applications and content by preference using their tablets, ‘phablets’ and smartphones, a whole new set of challenges and opportunities are emerging. In South Africa, however, the majority lag the mobility hype by about two years....

Scandinavian operating group Telenor has stated that it will acquire the number two Bulgarian operator, Globul, for €717 million...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is opening its first hub office in Istanbul, Turkey...

Two Middle Eastern heavyweight operator groups are bidding for Maroc Telecom. Etisalat and Ooredoo (previously known as Qtel) have confirmed that they will attempt to purchase a majority stake in the Moroccan market leader...

Mexico’s Senate has approved a bill which will introduce significant revisions aimed at fostering greater competition in the country’s telecoms and television sectors...

Russian operator VimpelCom has pulled out of Cambodia, selling its entire operation in the southeast Asian country to its local partner for an as-yet-unrevealed amount...

The investment strategies of Indian operators over the next two years differ significantly from their counterparts in China, Indonesia and the Philippines...