Operator News in Brief - 16th Nov 2009

­Zain has been granted a 3G operators license in Malawi by the local telecoms regulator, Macra. The company is already installing the necessary network upgrades.

Rogers Chief Executive, Nadir Mohamed has said that the company would be interested in buying Globalive's unused radio spectrum if Orascom Wireless backed mobile network is unable to secure the necessary Canadian investment to lower its foreign investment to within Canadian laws. Currently, the company is blocked from launching its services until it is able to lower the percentage investment made by Orascom in the company.

Montenegro's Promonte has deployed what it says is the country's first network repeater powered by renewable energy sources.

Vodafone Italy has opened a joint research center in Milan with Huawei.

Posted to the site on 16th November 2009