Vodafone Eyes Tele2's Spanish, Italian Assets - Source
Vodafone Group is considering buying Swedish telecommunications company Tele2's fixed broadband assets in Spain and Italy, a person close to the situation said Friday. ...

Turkcell Shares Suspended From Trade In Istanbul
Shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, Turkey's largest mobile phone operator by market share, have been suspended from trade, the Istanbul Stock Exchange said Friday, reported the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA....

Leap Loses CFO - Investigates MetroPCS Takeover Offer
The USA based, Leap Wireless has announced that its Board of Directors will review the unsolicited proposal received on September 4 from MetroPCS Communications to acquire all of Leap....

Grupo Werthein would consider buying TI's stake in TEO
Argentine investment group Grupo Werthein, the second largest shareholder in fixed line operator Telecom Argentina, would consider acquiring Telecom Italia's stake in TEO if TI agrees to sell it, local daily Infobae reported Gerardo Werthein, VP of T...

Ericsson Wins US$1.3 Billion Indian GSM Contract
Ericsson has finally been awarded the long delayed turnkey contract valued at US$1.3 billion to supply GSM and WCDMA/HSPA equipment and related telecom services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the largest telecom operator in India....

China GrenTech Wins Indoor Coverage Contract in Pakistan
China GrenTech says that it has won the indoor coverage subcontract from Huawei to provide 70% of the wireless indoor coverage solution for the PTML GSM 900/1800 expansion project (phase 5) that Huawei is constructing in Pakistan....

Mobile Linux Needs a "Microsoft" to Prosper
In a move which may raise more than eyebrows amongst the Linux developer community, the CEO of the smartphone vendor, HTC has said that mobile Linux will face difficulties unless it gets support from a major long term partner - and named the company'...

BBT launches wireless VoIP service nationwide
Argentine ISP BroadBandTech (BBT) has launched a wireless internet telephony service nationwide, local daily El Cronista reported....

Turkcell Picks up Turkey's Only 3G License
Turkey's Turkcell has won, what has become the country's sole 3G license after other bidders withdrew from a televised auction....

Watchdog awaits green light to launch 3G auction
Chile's telecoms watchdog Subtel has presented the antimonopoly commission TDLC a technical report on its plans to launch auctions for 3G spectrum, a Subtel spokesperson told BNamericas, confirming local press reports....

Handset navigation users will reach 43 million in 2012
According to a new research report by Berg Insight the number of mobile subscribers accessing maps and downloading routes using their mobile handsets in Europe and the USA is expected to grow from 4 million users in 2007 at a compound annual growth r...

Telefonica expects 150mn clients in LatAm by end-2009
Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica expects its client base to hit 150mn in Latin America in 2009, the company said in a statement....

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