VoIP Fraud: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Islamabad finally agrees Etisalat-PTCL deal

Pakistan’s government has drawn a line under its long standing dispute with UAE-backed Etisalat over payment for ... http://bit.ly/M8bJTJ

PLDT hopes to recoup PHP2.125bn from CURE investment

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) hopes to recoup PHP2.125 billion (USD50.83 million) from its inve ... http://bit.ly/MX10Qf

Une-EPM secures loan for network expansion

Colombian telco Une-EPM, which last month launched the nation’s first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, h ... http://p.ost.im/p/deLTWq

Peru knocks back 900MHz auction

Peru’s Private Investment Promotion Authority (ProInversion) has postponed a planned spectrum auction for fre ... http://p.ost.im/p/dJKhCg

MTS suspension extended

Embattled cellco MTS Uzbekistan has had its licence suspension increased from ten days to three months by Uzbek ... http://p.ost.im/p/de6NPd

Government considers offering unified licences for new market entrants

The Mozambican government is reportedly studying the viability of unifying the licences offered to new mobile opera ... http://bit.ly/M0T0OA

Rostelecom poised to offload minor stake in SMARTS

Russian national operator Rostelecom has announced that it is considering selling its 2.95% stake in Samara-based m ... http://bit.ly/MX11DA

OnMobile rapped for operating without a licence

Bangalore, India-based OnMobile, which describes itself as a leading supplier of ‘white-label’ data and value a ... http://bit.ly/M0SYWX

Vodafone rejigs Cable Wireless Worldwide management to smooth integration process

Following the completion of the acquisition of Cable Wireless Worldwide (CWW) and the de-listing of the latter fro ... http://bit.ly/MX11Dy

Competition Commission directed to examine BT’s appeal of wholesale service price controls

With UK telecoms regulator Ofcom having formally set the new pricing structure for a number of wholesale fixed line ... http://bit.ly/PjmByG

Ziggo to sell off another 14.5% stake in secondary offering

Shareholders in Dutch cable operator Ziggo have announced plans to sell off another 14.5% stake in the firm via a s ... http://bit.ly/Pjmy66

Court of Appeals stops NTC’s planned reallocation of BWA spectrum

The Business Mirror writes that the Court of Appeals in the Philippines has stopped the National Telecommunications ... http://bit.ly/MX0Yb2

life:) loses 600k subscribers in 1H12

Mobile network operator Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BeST), which is 80%-owned by Turkish telecoms compan ... http://bit.ly/MX10zB

Telkom Indonesia books 8% rise in H1 2012 net profit to IDR6.43tn

Indonesia's largest telecoms operator by subscribers, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), says first-half net pro ... http://bit.ly/Pjmxz8

Regulator set to launch next month

An autonomous and independent regulatory authority for Cambodia’s telecoms industry, separate from the Ministry o ... http://bit.ly/QUgwKv

TIM Brasil: Q2 net income falls short of market forecasts

Brazilian telecoms operator TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil), which is owned by Telecom Italia, booked net profits of ... http://bit.ly/Q9gBwT

Comium Liberia sold for USD18m, paper says

The Heritage newspaper reports ‘credible’ sources as saying that Liberian mobile network operator Comium Liberi ... http://bit.ly/Q9gyRZ

Subtel allocates 4G spectrum

Chilean regulator Sub-Secretaria de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has awarded 4G frequencies to Claro Chile, Entel PC ... http://bit.ly/NhEWeS

VelaTel says Balkans project on track

US-based VelaTel Global Communications (formerly ChinaTel) has announced that the equipment purchased to deploy and ... http://bit.ly/Q9gCkG

MTS to launch LTE in Moscow on 1 September

According to local press reports, Russian wireless giant Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is set to launch its Long Term Ev ... http://bit.ly/NhEVHN

Optus launches LTE services for SME, government users in Perth and Sydney

Australia’s second largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Optus, has announced a raft of network-related ... http://bit.ly/Q9gyRL

Qtel’s EBITDA climbs 8.2%; profits dip 11.8%

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has posted its consolidated results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2012, in which it n ... http://bit.ly/QUgkLh

Court closes door on Libercell for failure to stump up licence fees

Liberian mobile operator Atlantic Wireless (Libercell), majority owned by Kuwaiti based African investment vehicle ... http://bit.ly/QUgnqu

Monday, July 30, 2012

Virgin to start Polish MVNO by end of summer

UK-based cellco Virgin Mobile is expected to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Poland as part ... http://p.ost.im/p/deFhne

Fishy frequencies; CBI finds more irregularities with handling of spectrum

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India were given additiona ... http://bit.ly/M4RjuJ

FIPB defers Uninor rights issue decision

In response to protests from Unitech and queries from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Foreign Inves ... http://bit.ly/Q3Uo2N

TDSAT orders DoT to cough up

India’s Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has instructed the Department of Telecommunicat ... http://bit.ly/M4RiXJ

Batelco’s net profit, EBITDA, revenues fall

Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has reported its financial performance for the first six months of 201 ... http://bit.ly/Q3UiZ3

LTE on the horizon for Chariton Valley Wireless

Chariton Valley Wireless, part of the Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation, which has serviced customers in rural ... http://bit.ly/M4Rgzg

Rostelecom concludes SkyLink takeover; regional rebranding underway

Russian national operator Rostelecom has completed a long-gestating deal to acquire a 100% stake in sister company ... http://bit.ly/Q3Uk33

Mobile data drives 13% rise in Du’s Q2 revenue

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (Du), the United Arab Emirates’ second national telecoms operator, ... http://bit.ly/M4Rd6x

Anatel adds ninth digit to Sao Paulo mobile numbers to boost capacity

Brazil’s national telecoms regulator Anatel has added a ninth digit to mobile numbers in the state of Sao Paulo t ... http://bit.ly/OchWCG

T-HT’s first-half revenues fall 6%

Croatian telecoms group T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), part of the Deutsche Telekom group, has reported that its consol ... http://bit.ly/M4RcQ1

Etisalat may allow foreign share ownership, report says

The United Arab Emirates may soon allow foreign investors to buy shares in the country’s leading telecoms operato ... http://bit.ly/M4RfLv

Nawras net profit hit by higher depreciation costs, lower EBITDA

Oman’s second national telecoms operator Nawras has announced its unaudited financial results for the three month ... http://bit.ly/M4Rfv5

PLDT hands over CURE 3G licence

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has relinquished to the telecoms regulator, the National Telecomm ... http://bit.ly/M4RciV

Finance Ministry assembles committee to find NT’s strategic partner

The Himalayan News Service reports that the Finance Ministry has assembled a committee tasked with finding a strate ... http://bit.ly/NQAd78

Anrceti opens 4G licensing public consultation

Moldova’s regulator Anrceti has launched a public consultation on the recently published draft document on the us ... http://bit.ly/OchVhW

Smartphones and data boost NTT DoCoMo's Q1 results

NTT DoCoMo has posted net income for the quarter ending 30 June 2012 of JPY164.3 billion (USD2.1 billion), up 3.5% ... http://bit.ly/OchW5m

Telmex’s bid for pay-TV licence stumbles, as appeals court rules against it

Mexican fixed line incumbent Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) has reportedly failed in its legal challenge aimed at for ... http://bit.ly/Q3U6sw

Potraz eyes new licensing regime to boost mobile sector

The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reports that the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) is ... http://bit.ly/NQAarO

Maxis Communications’ largest shareholder reduces stake

Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia’s second-richest man and the majority stakeholder in local telecommunications provider ... http://bit.ly/Q3UcjS

Friday, July 27, 2012

PUC, GT block price cut, Digicel ready to go toe to toe in the courts

Guyanese telecoms regulator the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has ordered Digicel Guyana to remove all advertis ... http://bit.ly/NyaDGq

25% Tunisiana stake up for grabs

The Tunisian government has announced its intention to sell off the 25% stake in Tunisiana previously held by Sakhe ... http://bit.ly/NyaFON

Telefonica to float German unit in Q4

Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has said it plans to list its German unit on the stock exchange in the fourth qua ... http://bit.ly/SXce7Z

Ericsson inks deal to upgrade Vodafone Egypt’s network

Sweden’s Ericsson has revealed that it has been selected to transform the network of Egyptian mobile network oper ... http://bit.ly/QNIWKD

NCC set to force Chunghwa to offer last-mile access at cost price

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday passed an amendment of the Telecommunications Act req ... http://bit.ly/NyaFOC

Sprint Q2 revenues up 6% to USD8.8bn; confirms LTE launch in four new markets

US cellco Sprint Nextel has reported net operating revenues of USD8.843 billion for the three months ended 30 June ... http://bit.ly/OrtJdJ

TTCL picks NEC Corp to provide last mile connectivity, paper says

Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited (TTCL) has selected NEC Corp of Japan to provide it with ‘last mile co ... http://bit.ly/OrtG1F

Forex loss dents America Movil’s profit in 2Q12

Latin American telecoms giant America Movil (AM) has revealed that, on the back of comprehensive financing costs th ... http://bit.ly/NyaDpS

Minister hints at end to mobile sales embargo within two weeks

Dow Jones Newswires quotes Brazil’s minister of communications Paulo Bernardo as saying that the regulator-impose ... http://bit.ly/QNIWdx

Telebras mulls plan for US-Fortaleza cable link

Brazilian state owned telecoms operator Telebras is in talks to set up a new consortium tasked with rolling out a f ... http://bit.ly/OrtH5Q

BSkyB sets cat amongst the pigeons with Irish broadband, telephony launch

Alternative British broadband provider BSkyB is reportedly planning to enter the Republic of Ireland’s broadband ... http://bit.ly/OrtH5A

Fido to launch LTE

One year after becoming the first Canadian operator to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) services, Rogers Communicat ... http://bit.ly/OrtG1v

Something strange in your ‘Fiberhood’? Who you gonna call? Google!

Google Fiber, the project to build an experimental 1Gbps fibre-optic broadband network in Kansas City, is poised fo ... http://bit.ly/MJVimn

NP on the horizon

IT minister Philip Paulwell has announced that number portability (NP) will be available within the next twelve mon ... http://bit.ly/MJVh1N

MTS confirms plans to relaunch services in Turkmenistan

Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has revealed that it is resuming operations in Turkmenistan, more than a year a ... http://bit.ly/MJViml

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Jamaica plans LTE and fibre-optic cable auctions

Jamaican telecoms minister Phillip Paulwell has announced that the government is planning to launch a spectrum auct ... http://bit.ly/LPxkF1

Telefonica deploys Acme Packet signaling core solutions

Telefonica Germany (O2), a unit of Spanish telecoms group Telefonica, is deploying Acme Packet’s solutions for th ... http://bit.ly/SVzUd2

Turkcell 2Q12 revenues up 12.5% to TRY2.565bn

Istanbul-based telecoms group Turkcell has reported group revenue of TRY2.565 billion (USD1.404 billion) for the th ... http://bit.ly/MKjykx

TarinNet completes first phase of WiMAX deployment

TarinNet, a telecoms operator based in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan (also known as Kurdistan Regio ... http://bit.ly/LPxnAB

Oi SA presents investment plan, but no increase in funding in the pipeline

The Wall Street Journal reports that Brazilian carrier Oi SA has presented its investment plan to the regulator Ana ... http://bit.ly/MKjvp9

Vodacom Tanzania bemoans TCRA decision to levy frequency charges in US dollars

Tanzania’s Daily News quotes the managing director of Vodacom’s mobile operation there, Rene Meza, has question ... http://bit.ly/QbohLE

Marshall Islands’ NTA sells satellite bandwidth to bemobile

According to Radio New Zealand International, bemobile, the Solomon Islands’ second mobile operator, has signed a ... http://bit.ly/QboiiH

Etisalat may increase Mobily stake

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), the United Arab Emirates’ incumbent telecoms operator, is con ... http://bit.ly/SVzSBV

Moscow pressures Tashkent over MTS issue

Russia’s foreign ministry has officially informed the Uzbek government of its concerns regarding the recent suspe ... http://bit.ly/QkSldD

European woes continue to drag down Telefonica results

Amid what it called ‘the difficult trading environment in key countries, including adverse economic conditions, i ... http://bit.ly/SVzUtE

UCC told to bring telcos to heel

Ugandan telecoms regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has been given a two month deadline by the go ... http://bit.ly/LPxlss

Nine firms interested in third mobile licence

An upcoming tender for Cameroon’s third mobile network operator licence has attracted interest from nine potentia ... http://bit.ly/NwrycF

Beltelecom targets two million Byfly and IPTV subscribers by September

Belarusian state-owned national PTO Beltelecom hopes to have signed up two million internet subscribers by Septembe ... http://bit.ly/NKWHpR

Internet Gabon teams up for rural internet access

Gabonese internet service provider (ISP) Internet Gabon has launched its ‘Triple Net’ project, a partnership be ... http://bit.ly/LPxmwF

MTN to deploy Ericsson platform to meet rising demand for data

Swedish equipment and solutions provider Ericsson has announced that MTN Nigeria has become the first African opera ... http://bit.ly/NKWHq2

Etisalat Q2 sales, profit boosted by overseas ops

In a statement to the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has reported ... http://bit.ly/QkSfCB

Tough competition at home hits FT-Orange results

France Telecom-Orange (FT-Orange) has posted second quarter revenue of EUR10.9 billion (USD13.2 billion), down 2.1% ... http://bit.ly/LPxmwv

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Vodacom jumps on rural expansion bandwagon

Mobile operator Vodacom Tanzania has announced plans to expand its rural coverage, matching a trend from rivals suc ... http://bit.ly/NWDQ9W

Lycamobile eyes Canadian market

European pre-pay mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Lycamobile is in talks with a number of Canadian wireless c ... http://bit.ly/NWDNLs

TP arrests broadband decline, wireless suffers

Telekomunikacja Polska (TP), which operates under the Orange Poland banner, has announced a 1.1% year-on-year slide ... http://bit.ly/O86b10

High court ruling rocks the boat

Guyanese telco Digicel Guyana has seized on a ruling from the High Court to challenge the monopoly of fixed line in ... http://bit.ly/NWDRuE

iiNet boosts capacity from Southern Cross Cable from 20Gbps to 200Gbps

Alternative Australian broadband provider iiNet has reportedly inked a deal with Southern Cross Cable which will se ... http://bit.ly/NuBB1M

Peru enforces net neutrality, looks to roll out fibre backbone

The Peruvian government has announced that it will support the deployment of a national fibre-optic backbone for br ... http://bit.ly/NWDRKZ

BT reports lower revenues amid tough conditions in Europe and at home

British fixed line incumbent BT has revealed that in the three months to end June 2012 it recorded a 6% decline in ... http://bit.ly/O8685f

M1 releases 1H12 results

Singaporean telecoms operator M1 Limited (M1) has published its unaudited group financial results for the first six ... http://bit.ly/NWDPTq

Mauritel reports 11% increase in first-half revenue

Mauritel, the Mauritanian subsidiary of Maroc Telecom, has posted a solid rise in revenue for the first six months ... http://bit.ly/O869pR

Sonatel reports 15% rise in 1H net profit to USD160m

Senegal’s national PTO Sonatel has reported a 15% year-on-year increase in net profit to XOF87.02 billion (USD160 ... http://bit.ly/MGyFgT

TIM Brasil to double investment to improve QoS

Telecom Italia’s Brazilian telecoms operator TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil) is doubling the amount of money it sp ... http://bit.ly/MGyF0p

Subscriber growth boosts Wataniya's top-line

Wataniya Telecom has posted revenues of KWD368 million (USD1.3 billion) for the first six months of 2012, up 4.5% y ... http://bit.ly/NJrbIQ

Bell Aliant Q2 revenue slips 0.7%

Atlantic Canadian telco Bell Aliant has posted a slight drop in operating revenue to CAD688 million (USD675 million ... http://bit.ly/NWDLTO

Nawras partners Tata Communications for global services

Oman’s second national telecoms operator Nawras has announced it has partnered with Tata Communications to offer ... http://bit.ly/NJrbIU

Rogers reports second quarter results

Rogers Communications has posted revenues for the second quarter of CAD3.11 billion (USD3.05 billion), largely flat ... http://bit.ly/MGyB0A

Zain increases stake in Saudi subsidiary to 37%

Kuwait’s Zain has increased its holding in unprofitable subsidiary Zain Saudi from 25% to 37% following a relativ ... http://bit.ly/NJrbss

TDC signs IPTV deal with Agama Technologies

TDC and its subsidiary YouSee have inked a deal with Agama Technologies for the latter to support the Danish operat ... http://bit.ly/NWDJet

Maroc Telecom's net income down on voluntary redundancy costs

Maroc Telecom has recorded net income of MAD3.13 billion (USD344 million) for the first six months of 2012, down 22 ... http://bit.ly/O862uh

Rwanda's wireless subscriber base hits 4.75 million

The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) has published data on the number of mobile phone subscribers in the c ... http://bit.ly/NWDKze

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Telenor outlines ‘sound operational performance’ in 2Q12

Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has released its financial results for the three months ended 30 June 2012, re ... http://p.ost.im/p/dJhkFv

Telefonica eyes new LTE test in western Slovakia; plots 3G expansion

Telefonica Slovakia (O2) is poised to test its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in three villages in the west ... http://p.ost.im/p/eEn4qt

Ukrainian regulator issues three operators with WiMAX spectrum

Ukraine’s National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization (NCCIR, or local ... http://p.ost.im/p/dJ8NCE

Virgin MVNO hits 36,000 subscribers

UK-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Virgin Mobile Chile is reportedly growing at a rate of 20,000 s ... http://p.ost.im/p/eE7b95

E-Plus towers attract interest, report says

The mobile phone towers of German wireless operator E-Plus are drawing interest from infrastructure investors and b ... http://bit.ly/Pays5w

NTT DoCoMo's LTE subscriber base passes four million

NTT DoCoMo has announced that its Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscriber base passed four million on 22 July. The cel ... http://bit.ly/M6XqVu

Virgin Media records solid second quarter results

Reporting its financial results for both the first half and second quarter of 2012, British cableco Virgin Media ha ... http://bit.ly/OsjNyL

Ofcom reveals timetable for 4G auction; issues legal instrument draft

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it expects to kick start the auction of what it calls the country’ ... http://bit.ly/M6Xtk9

Uninor reshuffles to stay in the game

Beleaguered cellco Uninor, backed by Telenor of Norway, has announced that it will be restructuring its operations, ... http://bit.ly/OsjKmD

Ready, Set’Mobile, go! MVNO goes live in Cameroon

Set’Mobile, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto’o, has offici ... http://bit.ly/PaysCx

Grim battle slows Idea’s revenue growth to 2.5%

Idea Cellular has reported total revenues of INR55.04 billion (USD985.82 million) for the three months ended 30 Jun ... http://bit.ly/MYS7kR

PLDT picks Ciena for PHP1.3bn network upgrade

Dow Jones Newswires reports that telecoms giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has today announc ... http://bit.ly/MU8Vu3

MIC ownership decree to take effect on 31 August

A new government decree, which bans a company or individual from holding over 20% in more than one telecoms firm op ... http://bit.ly/OsjKmP

Tunisiana rounds out 3G trio

Qatar-backed cellco Tunisiana has announced the launch of its 3G network, becoming the last of the nation’s trio ... http://bit.ly/M6XrIV

Tanzanian incumbent to sell NICTBB bandwidth to neighbours

Tanzania’s state-owned fixed line PTO Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) is looking to strike dea ... http://bit.ly/OsjHqU

AIS, DTAC mull 3G infrastructure tie-up

Thailand’s two largest mobile operators by subscribers, Advanced Info Service (AIS) and Digital Total Access Comm ... http://bit.ly/OsjLac

Brazilian federal court upholds Anatel’s mobile phone sale ban

Dow Jones Newswires reports that a Brazilian federal judge yesterday upheld a ban imposed by the national telecoms ... http://bit.ly/OsjJiz

MoPT announces draft proposals for 3G/4G spectrum auction

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MoPT) in Bangladesh has released a draft outline of its planned aucti ... http://bit.ly/Payp9R

Hondutel in government shake-up; CEO removed as firm restates urgent need for investment

The government of Honduras has intervened to take control of the country’s ailing state-owned PTO Hondutel (Empre ... http://bit.ly/M6Xrsr

Mobilis to spend USD1.7 billion in quest for 45% market share

Saad Damma, CEO of Mobilis, says that his company will invest DZD142 billion (USD1.7 billion) over the next five ye ... http://bit.ly/OsjIv1

Tricom protests at network deployment block in San Cristobal

TeleSemena reports that Tricom is initiating legal action against the mayor of San Cristobal. The operator alleges ... http://bit.ly/MU8TSW

MNP chalks up first birthday in Ghana

Ghana’s National Communication Authority (NCA) has published a report to coincide with the first anniversary of t ... http://bit.ly/M6XpRb

Vimpelcom reportedly eyeing Myanmar

According to ComNews, Vimpelcom is planning to enter Myanmar’s telecoms market. Read the article: OVETEL Vimp ... http://bit.ly/M6XrbM

Monday, July 23, 2012

Late flurry covers Zain Saudi's rights issue

Saudi Fransi Capital, the lead manager of Zain Saudi’s USD1.69 billion rights issue, says that the issue was ... http://p.ost.im/p/eEuXNE

Questions raised in Sint Maarten after controversial UTS payment to Curacao govt

Roland Tuitt, finance minister for the government of Sint Maarten, has promised that he intends to raise questi ... http://p.ost.im/p/eEkGcn

T-Mobile USA discontinues ‘America's largest 4G network’ tagline

T-Mobile USA, the United States’ fourth largest mobile operator by subscribers has ceased advertising its HSP ... http://p.ost.im/p/eEu9wH

Reliance scraps Globalcom IPO

Reliance Communications has shelved the initial public offering (IPO) of its submarine cable arm, Reliance Globalco ... http://bit.ly/MiIijf

EGoM grants some relief to cellcos

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) overseeing the re-auction of 2G frequencies has reportedly improved con ... http://p.ost.im/p/eEQ8Qs

Frequency fracas as SuperCell questions DRC spectrum redistribution

SuperCell, a mobile operator active in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) eastern cities of Goma, B ... http://p.ost.im/p/eKWFd6

TDSAT halts TRAI MNP regulations

India’s Telecoms Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has halted a direction of the Telecoms Regula ... http://bit.ly/LIJbVs

Telenor completes HSPA+ upgrade

Norwegian-backed cellco Telenor Serbia has completed upgrade work on its 3G network, more than a month ahead of sch ... http://bit.ly/Ob0Sw5

TM reaches 400,000 UniFi subscriber target five months ahead of schedule

Malaysian fixed line incumbent Telekom Malaysia (TM) has reportedly surpassed its self-imposed target for take-up o ... http://bit.ly/SQ50mm

TDP spends PEN672m in 1H2012

Telefonica del Peru (TDP), the Andean nation’s largest operator by subscribers, has invested PEN672 million (USD2 ... http://bit.ly/LIJcbI

BTRC to award new VoIP licences

National telecoms regulator the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has invited applications ... http://bit.ly/Ob0PAr

Vivacom sale imminent

The sale of the Bulgarian fixed line and cellular operator Vivacom appears set to finally go ahead after the compan ... http://bit.ly/MiIi2I

SMC’s Wi-tribe unit wins bid to keep telecoms frequencies

Wi-tribe Telecoms, the nascent 4G/WiMAX unit of San Miguel Corp’s (SMC’s) Liberty Telecoms Holdings, has won a ... http://bit.ly/PzYJuP

Government establishes infrastructure management company

The government of Equatorial Guinea has created a new body, dubbed the Management and Maintenance of Telecommunicat ... http://bit.ly/LIJbVo

NTA recommends MoIC to adopt new interim frequency policy

The Himalayan Times reports that the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has recommended the Ministry of Infor ... http://bit.ly/PzYL5Y

CableVision inches closer to commercial launch of ultra-high speed broadband

Cable services provider Bermuda CableVision says it is finalising plans to begin offering ultra-high speed resident ... http://bit.ly/SQ4Zie

True Corp argues for cut in 3G reserve price

According to the Bangkok Post, Thai mobile operator True Corporation has asked the regulator, the National Broadcas ... http://bit.ly/Ob0RIv

Volia internet subs top 500,000

Ukraine’s largest cable network operator Volia has announced that its internet subscriber base exceeded 500,000 i ... http://bit.ly/MiIezK

HTAL reports financial and operational results for VHA

Hutchison Telecom Australia (HTAL) has posted a net loss of AUD131.3 million (USD136 million) for the six months en ... http://bit.ly/Ob0Rs7

T-Mobile strides ahead: expands LTE footprint again

T-Mobile’s Hungarian mobile subsidiary has issued a press release confirming that it has expanded its 4G Long Ter ... http://bit.ly/MiIezV

Friday, July 20, 2012

CWC issues performance update for 1Q2012/13

Cable Wireless Communications (CWC) has released an interim management statement for the three months to end-June ... http://bit.ly/NFK1zd

New regulations tighten hold on web freedoms

Chinese telecoms regulator the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued amendments to the ... http://bit.ly/Lx7osU

TDP books PEN11.2m profits for Q2 2012

Triple-play provider Telefonica del Peru (TDP) has reported revenues of PEN970 million (USD364.5 million) for the t ... http://bit.ly/NCwPwo

ACCC authorises deal for transfer of Optus’ HFC customers to NBN

Having issued a draft determination on the matter back in May 2012, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commiss ... http://bit.ly/NFK1yZ

PLDT expects second-quarter core profit to be in line with expectations

Filipino telecoms giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) expects its 2Q12 core profit to be in lin ... http://bit.ly/NCwNoe

Maldives mobile subs top 550,000

According to the latest figures from the Communications Authority of Maldives, the island nation ended June 2012 wi ... http://bit.ly/LCbDYR

GVT under the spotlight as Vivendi considers divesting Brazil asset

The French media and communications group Vivendi is reportedly mulling the sale of its Brazilian telecoms asset, f ... http://bit.ly/NCwM3Q

Econet says it is owed USD85 million by NetOne and TelOne

According to local press reports, Econet Wireless is fighting to recover approximately USD85 million worth of inter ... http://bit.ly/NmJjLg

Antitrust body to review Claro-Digicel merger application

El Salvador’s competition regulator, the Superintendencia de Competencia (SC), has accepted for further analysis ... http://bit.ly/NmJlmu

Anatel to consider ending mobile sales ban in 20 days

Bloomberg reports that Brazil’s telecoms watchdog is considering lifting its ban on new mobile subscriptions by t ... http://bit.ly/NmJjeo

Iliad sues SFR over subsidies

Iliad, owner of the French mobile phone newcomer Free Mobile, has sued rival cellco SFR claiming that the Vivendi-o ... http://bit.ly/OM5IvW

Omnitel expands LTE, HSPA+ network coverage

Omnitel, Lithuania’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, has announced that it has expanded coverage of its L ... http://bit.ly/NFJOvI

Telecom’s takeover of Leo clears hurdle with executive reshuffle

Government-owned incumbent PSTN operator Telecom Namibia’s managing director Frans Ndoroma has resigned as CEO of ... http://bit.ly/NmJkPq

Verizon 2Q12 revenues up 3.7% to USD28.6m; 3.2m LTE connections added

US telecoms giant Verizon Communications has reported revenues of USD28.6 billion for the three months ended 30 Jun ... http://bit.ly/OM5EMR

Vodafone’s revenue in 1Q 2012/13 dented by difficulties in southern Europe

UK-based Vodafone Group has released its financial results for the three months ended 30 June 2012, revealing a 7.7 ... http://bit.ly/OM5F3f

BC Partners, Canadian pension fund agree Suddenlink takeover

Canadian private equity firm BC Partners has joined forces with the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and US c ... http://bit.ly/Q9mfBy

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Tele2 grows sales 10%, EBITDA drops 3%; LTE gains 70,000 users

Swedish telecoms groups Tele2 has posted consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012 of SEK11.064 billion ... http://bit.ly/Oc5cte

Vodacom 2Q12 revenues up 9.3% to ZAR17bn

South Africa-based Vodacom Group has reported consolidated revenues of ZAR17.02 billion (USD2.08 billion) for the t ... http://bit.ly/Oc5aS4

NBTC approves draft foreign dominance regulations

The board of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday approved the dra ... http://bit.ly/Oc5b8C

Cogeco Cable buys US cableco Atlantic Broadband for USD1.36bn

Canada’s Cogeco Cable, has agreed to buy US cableco Atlantic Broadband for USD1.36 billion, allowing the company ... http://bit.ly/Oc5b8o

More delays for spectrum auction

India’s Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) have deferred making a decision on the reserve prices for 2G spectrum ... http://bit.ly/LYF5tw

Amnet set for a change of name

Amnet Costa Rica, a subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular’s (MIC’s) cable operator arm Amnet, has annou ... http://bit.ly/Oc5cJw

Magyar mobile base falls again in June

The National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) of Hungary has published its latest flash report on the ... http://bit.ly/LYF2hh

US Cellular lines up new 700MHz spectrum deal with Actel

Chicago-based mobile operator US Cellular has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for ... http://bit.ly/LYF5d5

KPN forges on with BASE sale, despite AM’s objections

Dutch telecoms group KPN Telecom (or Royal KPN) is driving ahead with plans to sell its Belgian asset BASE, despite ... http://bit.ly/Oc5aBD

Majority stake in Kyrgyz Mobile Company up for sale

Kyrgyzstan’s State Property Fund has invited applications from parties interested in participating in an auction ... http://bit.ly/MmTnlQ

Brazilian solutions provider to unveil five deals with MVNOs in 2H12

Bichara Tecnologia, a leading telecoms solutions provider in Brazil, says it is readying itself to announce five te ... http://bit.ly/MmTkXc

China Mobile HK awards ZTE, Ericsson TD-LTE contracts; US/China TD-LTE roaming MoU signed

China Mobile Hong Kong has awarded China’s ZTE and Sweden’s Ericsson contracts to expand the capacity and cover ... http://bit.ly/NzOxBT

Zamtel connects to WACS, SAT-3

Zambian fixed line incumbent Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel) has completed connections to two su ... http://bit.ly/NzOuGd

Anatel gets tough on mobile operators’ poor service

Brazil’s national telecoms watchdog Anatel yesterday ordered three incumbent mobile operators to stop selling new ... http://bit.ly/NzOvdf

KT aiming for VoLTE launch in October 2012

South Korean mobile network operator KT Corp has confirmed that it expects to launch commercial voice-over-Long Ter ... http://bit.ly/NzOx4T

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Aircel plans for 4G launch

Indian cellco Aircel will invest around USD500 million in rolling out 4G services before the end of the year, the B ... http://bit.ly/NhvyO7

ILR reminds telcos of outage reporting obligations

Luxembourgian telecoms watchdog the Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR) has reiterated its February 2011 pr ... http://bit.ly/Nhvwph

Telstra contemplates pre-sale spectrum swap with Vodafone NZ

Australia’s Telstra, which recently agreed to sell its New Zealand fixed line unit TelstraClear to the UK’s Vod ... http://bit.ly/MI9GW5

MTN demands SZL850m compensation from SPTC

MTN Swaziland is seeking SZL850 million (USD102.2 million) in compensation from state-owned fixed line operator Swa ... http://bit.ly/OFVM76

Ice cream man scoops up 200,000 new subscribers through acquisitions

Romania Cable Systems (RCSRDS), the cableco controlled by enigmatic local tycoon Zoltan Teszari, has reportedly boo ... http://bit.ly/LxYss2

Oi SA sets BRL1.14bn CAPEX target for northeast region in 2012

Brazilian telecoms group Oi SA plans to invest BRL1.14 billion (USD570 million) in the northeast region of the coun ... http://bit.ly/LxYpMQ

TEO revenue boosted by rise in fibre internet, TV subs

Lithuania’s incumbent fixed line operator TEO LT has announced it generated revenue of LTL190.2 million (USD67.6 ... http://bit.ly/OFVLjO

LKR17.5bn CAPEX for SLT this year; LKR7.5bn for Mobitel

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) will invest LKR25 billion (USD187 million) this year towards the expansion of fixed network ... http://bit.ly/NhvygY

Tanzanian cellcos to battle for new customers through rural expansion

Tanzanian mobile operator Zantel plans to expand its networks to rural areas as it looks to match rivals which are ... http://bit.ly/MI9INN

MIC books 9.4% revenue growth

Millicom International Cellular (MIC) has reported revenues of USD1.18 billion for the three months ended 30 June 2 ... http://bit.ly/NhvvBP

ANRT starts search for 4G auction adviser

Morocco’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) has begun preparing for 4G licensing by launching ... http://bit.ly/OWjP2K

MTS licence suspended

Russian backed cellco MTS Uzbekistan has had its licence suspended by Uzbek regulatory authorities and has ceased o ... http://bit.ly/Nhvv4R

Government hopes to limit job losses

Reuters reports that the French government is set to impose measures that would prevent operators from using job cu ... http://bit.ly/OWjNrJ

3G auction penciled in for 17 October, regulator selecting advisor

Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has set a tentative date of 17 October 20 ... http://bit.ly/NhvtK7

Rami Levy to add international calls with 015 Hallo acquisition

Israeli mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Rami Levi Communications is to enhance the range of services it offe ... http://bit.ly/OFVJIA

TeliaSonera’s 2Q profits up 10% on 1% revenue increase

Swedish telecoms group TeliaSonera’s second-quarter revenues climbed 1% year-on-year to SEK26.294 billion (USD3.7 ... http://bit.ly/OWjOMg

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

New entrant may hinder competition, says Asomovil

Colombian wireless operators, represented by the Mobile Industry Association (Asomovil) have criticised the governm ... http://bit.ly/Ny7d3K

Vladivostok next in line for Yota LTE switch-over

Russian WiMAX-turned-Long Term Evolution (LTE) operator Scartel (Yota) has indicated that it plans to switch on its ... http://bit.ly/Q1Opgy

Rev B upgrade rolled out nationwide

Orange Poland has launched a Rev B upgrade across its entire CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network, reports rpkom. The upgrade a ... http://bit.ly/Ny7dkg

Wateen WiMAX operations to be restructured

Broadband provider Wateen Telecom has begun a restructuring programme that will see its WiMAX operations take a bac ... http://bit.ly/Ny7eov

Telefonica selects banks for German IPO, report says

Spanish telecoms group Telefonica is reportedly working with UBS and JP Morgan Chase Co to prepare an initial publ ... http://bit.ly/Q1Otgf

Omantel launches LTE network

Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the Sultanate’s incumbent telecoms operator, has announced the commerc ... http://bit.ly/ONrlwY

Sprint's LTE network launched on schedule; 15 cities covered

Sprint Nextel, the United States’ third largest mobile operator by subscribers, has confirmed that it inaugurated ... http://bit.ly/Ny7cNm

Napoleon expands MVNO empire

Philippine Global Corp (PGC), a unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), has signed a deal to offer mo ... http://bit.ly/Q1Opgu

Moscow court backs Summa LTE spectrum appeal

According to an unconfirmed report by Vedomosti, a Moscow court has backed a claim from Russian operator Summa Tele ... http://bit.ly/Q1OssJ

Regulator drafts mobile registration bill

According to a report by Kyrgyz news agency Tazabek, the National Communications Agency (NCA) has prepared draft le ... http://bit.ly/Ny7eoe

LMT launches LTE in Liepaja

Latvia’s largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT), has announced that it ... http://bit.ly/ONrikI

M-Tel boosts mobile speeds

Bulgarian operator Mobiltel (M-Tel) revealed last week that it has increased transmission speeds throughout its 3G ... http://bit.ly/NRzXW0

NT dispenses with STD numbering on PSTN, CDMA landlines

The Himalayan Times writes that state owned incumbent PTO Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom, or NT) ... http://bit.ly/ONrhNy

Fujitsu’s UK arm enhances national fibre network coverage

Japanese ICT company Fujitsu has announced the expansion of its UK subsidiary’s 100G high speed national fibre ne ... http://bit.ly/ONrfW6

P1 aiming for 80% coverage in Kota Kinabalu by end-2012

Having inaugurated commercial WiMAX services in the state of Sabah, Malaysian wireless broadband provider Packet On ... http://bit.ly/ONrfW8

T-Mobile Hungary increases LTE footprint

Magyar Telekom's (MTel’s) mobile arm T-Mobile Hungary has extended its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) coverage to t ... http://bit.ly/Q1OroE

MTS inaugurates ADSL service in Minsk

Mobile operator MTS Belarus, a joint venture between Russian giant Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and the Belarusian gove ... http://bit.ly/NRzTWm

Monday, July 16, 2012

Telenor and Unitech to look for amicable split

Telenor and Unitech to look for amicable split*Telenor of Norway and its Indian joint venture partner Unitech have ... http://bit.ly/OJdh7M

Multimedia expands fibre footprint

Multimedia Polska has extended its fibre-optic network to pass an additional 1,000 homes in Kutno and hopes to add ... http://bit.ly/NwwyLm

Delhi High Court raises the (SMS) roof

The Delhi High Court has removed the maximum number of non-commercial SMS that may be sent per day, the Hindu repor ... http://bit.ly/Q279gX

Millicom snaps up Cablevision; merger with Tigo on the cards

International telecoms group Millicom International Cellular (MIC) has announced that it has signed a binding agree ... http://bit.ly/OJdh7v

TRAI analysis expects INR0.05 tariff hike; report flawed and non-transparent, says COAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has published its analysis regarding the effects of the controvers ... http://bit.ly/Q276BO

Econet relaunches mobile WiMAX

Zimbabwe’s largest cellco Econet has relaunched its mobile WiMAX broadband services, having slashed its prices an ... http://bit.ly/NsZyC9

Kyivstar warned to comply with fixed line licence regulations

Ukraine's telecoms watchdog The National Commission for State Regulation of Communications and Informatisation (NCC ... http://bit.ly/NsZylM

TD completes FTTH rollout in Stade

Telekom Deutschland (TD), the domestic fixed and mobile division of German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom, has c ... http://bit.ly/MzS9jI

True to launch cable TV in Myanmar

Thai quadruple-play operator True Corp has announced a plan to launch cable TV services in Myanmar this year with a ... http://bit.ly/MzS7IN

M1 targets nationwide 4G coverage for dongles/smartphones in Q3, paper says

Singaporean mobile operator M1 Limited (M1) plans to announce a new range of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service p ... http://bit.ly/NsZAdg

Government, Digicel announce major ICT project in Antigua

The government of Antigua and Barbuda has launched a multimillion-dollar Government-Assisted Technology Endeavour ( ... http://bit.ly/LUBzAi

Du, Huawei ink managed services deal

Du, the United Arab Emirates’ second national telecoms operator, has announced the signing of a network managed s ... http://bit.ly/LUBzQY

CommsUpdate duplicate emails: apology

Some CommsUpdate subscribers have been receiving duplicate news emails in the last few days, which appear to have b ... http://bit.ly/NxzwS1

Vodafone and 3 Ireland announce JV network sharing plan

Irish mobile network operators Vodafone and 3 Ireland have signed a joint venture (JV) mobile network sharing deal ... http://bit.ly/SAtyzv

Maxis and REDtone 4G infrastructure sharing deal

Malaysia’s Maxis Communications and REDtone have announced the signing of an infrastructure and spectrum sharing ... http://bit.ly/SAtuQo

NBN Co inks deal with ViaSat for supply of ground equipment for satellite network

NBN Co, the public-private company overseeing the construction and management of Australia’s National Broadband N ... http://bit.ly/SAty2q

PLDT resigned to giving up CURE frequencies, Nazareno says

The Business Mirror writes that the country’s biggest telco, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), w ... http://bit.ly/MzS6EH

NetOne hands Huawei USD200m contract

Zimbabwean state-owned cellco NetOne has awarded China’s Huawei Technologies a USD200 million network upgrade and ... http://bit.ly/LUByMQ

Friday, July 13, 2012

BT Ireland selects Alca-Lu IP portfolio

BT Ireland has selected French-US equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent to supply it with its IP portfolio, including the ... http://bit.ly/MlLYoO

Bakcell gears up for MNP with PT solution

Azeri mobile operator Bakcell has chosen to deploy PT’s SEGway Number Portability Solution for its network in Bak ... http://bit.ly/Nuw7hB

BTRC warns operators ahead of SIM registration in October

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has told mobile operators to cease the practice of ac ... http://bit.ly/MlM27V

Tele2 launches mobile VoIP app

Tele2 Sweden has launched a new application for its mobile users to make cheap international calls via voice-over-i ... http://bit.ly/OCqKhu

Elisa books 2.9% revenue increase

Finnish telco Elisa Corporation has reported revenues of EUR389 million (USD475.1 million) for the three months end ... http://bit.ly/MlM1Rh

TOT awards Samart I-Mobile MVNO contract for 40% of 3G resale capacity

Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) I-Mobile Plus, a subsidiary of Samart Corporation, has been awarded a five-y ... http://bit.ly/Mqk3xC

Claro reaps MNP rewards, yet market share continues to decline

The use of mobile number portability (MNP) in Colombia still remains limited, almost a year after its introduction, ... http://bit.ly/MlM2VA

UKE mulls MTR drop

The president of Polish regulator the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), Magdalena Gaj advocates the implem ... http://bit.ly/PRtvR0

SLT says first phase of NGN/FTTx project implemented

ri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has announced the implementation of the first phase of its ‘ultra-high speed’ NGN/FTTx b ... http://bit.ly/Mqk2K4

AT lines up 700MHz deal in Missouri

ATT Mobility has taken steps to initiate a deal to acquire a pair of Lower 700MHz ‘C Block’ licences from 700MH ... http://bit.ly/OCqHlL

VNPT, Viettel told to delay rental fee increase

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked the country’s two largest telecoms operato ... http://bit.ly/Nuw8SL

US govt plans submarine cable link to Guantanamo Bay

According to the Miami Herald, the US government is working on a submarine cable project linking Guantanamo Bay to ... http://bit.ly/MlLYVE

Dutch cellcos to share mobile tower sites during trial, paper says

Dutch mobile network operators KPN Mobile The Netherlands and Vodafone Netherlands have revealed they plan to share ... http://bit.ly/Nuw997

Antel steps up FTTH rollout

Uruguayan state-owned telecoms operator Antel connected 75,000 households to its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network i ... http://bit.ly/OCqGyg

Brazilian legislator amends net neutrality rules; commission to vote on draft soon

Brazilian legislator Alessandro Molon, the key author of the country’s ‘Marco Civil da Internet’ bill, which ... http://bit.ly/MlLWgv

No surprises in store as usual suspects snag 800MHz LTE licences

Russia’s self-styled ‘Big Three’ mobile operators Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), MegaFon and Vimpelcom, and nation ... http://bit.ly/Nuw6Kr

Hungary’s MTel starved by economic climate: announces tariff change

Hungarian telecoms operator Magyar Telekom (MTel) yesterday announced a decision to implement a gradual increase in ... http://bit.ly/PRttbO

Si.Mobil launches LTE in three cities

Slovenian cellco Si.Mobil has launched the country’s first commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G mobile broadba ... http://bit.ly/Nuw6u1

KT Corp seeks international expansion

KT Corp says that it targeting sales of KRW3.9 trillion (USD3.4 billion) from international operations by 2015. The ... http://bit.ly/Nuw6ub

Thursday, July 12, 2012

LRTC expands WiMAX network to 13 new areas

Broadcasting and internet service provider Lithuanian Radio and TV Centre (LRTC, also known as Telecentras) has ann ... http://bit.ly/NqqPnp

USD3.2m award for Haiti mobile money services upon reaching five million users

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have awarded two Haitian ... http://bit.ly/N2g6oL

Teletalk’s commercial 3G launch set for September, following July test launch

Bangladeshi state-run mobile operator Teletalk, which has been given permission to launch the country’s first W-C ... http://bit.ly/NqqTU0

BTC questions NP proposals

Fixed line incumbent the Bahamas Telecommunication Company (BTC), has raised concerns that it may be end up footing ... http://bit.ly/N2g6Fp

Spectrum auction knocked back, EGoM to make recommendations on price tag

Indian watchdog the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has submitted a new timetable for the 2G spectrum auctio ... http://bit.ly/N2g9kp

Aircel sale rumoured, cellco will not bid for 2G spectrum

Malaysia’s Maxis is reportedly considering selling its Indian unit, Aircel, amidst regulatory uncertainty in the ... http://bit.ly/N2g8x5

TeliaSonera makes USD440m goodwill impairment charges in Norway and Lithuania

Swedish telecoms group TeliaSonera has decided to make non-cash goodwill impairment charges related to its subsidia ... http://bit.ly/NqqQrr

MegaFon, Scartel complete asset merger

Russian mobile giant MegaFon and WiMAX-turned-Long Term Evolution (LTE) operator Scartel (Yota) have reportedly com ... http://bit.ly/NrbGpu

MTS cleared to acquire ZhelGor telco

According to an unconfirmed report by Telecompaper, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has cleared Mobil ... http://bit.ly/ObWDwj

MIGA guarantee to support broadband rollout in main cities

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, has issued guarantees of USD ... http://bit.ly/NrbFSu

Viettel, Telkom Indonesia secure Timor-Leste licences

The government of Timor-Leste has announced that it has awarded the country’s two new telecommunications licences ... http://bit.ly/ObWCZ5

Ambassador, with this LTE network you are really spoiling us…

According to an unconfirmed report by Chronicle.lu, Orange Luxembourg has lined up 100 so-called ‘ambassadors’ ... http://bit.ly/ObWB7y

Maroc Telecom seeks to cut workforce by 11%

Maroc Telecom has asked for voluntary redundancies as it looks to cut its number of employees by at least 11%, acco ... http://bit.ly/P2ePNE

T-Mobile CR launches LTE speed test in Prague

T-Mobile’s Czech unit has launched speed tests of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in the capital, Prague. ... http://bit.ly/ObWBV5

Vodafone agrees NZD840m TelstraClear deal

UK-based Vodafone Group has announced that its Vodafone New Zealand unit has entered into an agreement to acquire T ... http://bit.ly/NqqReO

TeliaSonera plans to sell Yoigo

Reuters reports that TeliaSonera is looking to sell its Spanish cellco Yoigo. Citing sources close to the matter, t ... http://bit.ly/P2eRVQ

Logic Cayman to launch IPTV in Q4

Logic Cayman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based KeyTech Holding Limited, has confirmed plans to launch a n ... http://bit.ly/NqqPn9

Submarine coalition opposes cable tax

A coalition of submarine cable operators, including Level 3, Southern Cross, OPT French Polynesia and PPC-1, has fi ... http://bit.ly/P2ePgE

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The joy of six: AT expands LTE network to new markets

ATT Mobility has confirmed that it has extended its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to six new markets, namel ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewG7ks

UPC eyes Multimedia acquisition

US-backed UPC Poland is one of the parties considering snapping up Multimedia Polska when bidding for the cable ... http://p.ost.im/p/eK8wFR

CAT aims to attract MVNOs for 3G, 2G services

CAT Telecom has revealed plans to strike deals with additional mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to operate ... http://bit.ly/P0wlSz

Four cellcos acquire 3G licences in the DRC for USD15m apiece

According to DigitalCongo.Net, a total of four mobile operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have ... http://p.ost.im/p/eK2ReP

Get to be got? Norwegian cableco to be put up for sale?

Norwegian cableco Get is reportedly set to be offered up for sale, Reuters claims, with suggestions that current ow ... http://bit.ly/NlxEtg

The final Frontier? Telco granted USD72m from Connect America Fund

Frontier Communications, one of the largest rural telcos in the US with a footprint covering 27 states, has announc ... http://bit.ly/LePUpV

Viettel selects ZTE for Peru rollout

Chinese vendor ZTE has been selected by the newest entrant into the Peruvian wireless sector, Vietnam’s Viettel, ... http://bit.ly/NlxC4R

Globe upgrades networks in South Luzon, Davao and Compostela Valley

Filipino fixed and mobile operator Globe Telecom yesterday released a statement confirming that its planned USD790 ... http://bit.ly/MZaPyq

Wataniya to benefit from IFC funding; will expand network

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has announced that it has helped ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewpMuc

PTA restricts maximum number of SIMs

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revised the limit of SIMs allowed per person to five, reports th ... http://bit.ly/NlxCl7

Cable Wireless Panama calls on Gilat for broadband network expansion project

Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has been selected to provide Panamanian telco Cable Wi ... http://bit.ly/NgoFrL

CTU confirms final conditions for mobile auction

Czech newspaper Hospodarske Noviny says that the national telecoms regulator, the Czech Telecommunication Offic ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewbPsb

Unicom shells out USD1bn on 3G expansion

China Unicom has completed a public auction to expand its W-CDMA network by 100,000 base stations, with local h ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewtQb6

Regulator slaps NPR374m fine on Global Internet over illegal VoIP, revokes licence

National telecoms regulator the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has reportedly fined Global Internet Servi ... http://bit.ly/MZaJXB

Huawei eyes managed services deals with Etisalat, Saudi Telecom

Chinese equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is reportedly in talks with the UAE’s incumbent telecoms operato ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewnpfT

Bouygues says French market is in 'self-destructive spiral'

Martin Bouygues, CEO of industrial group Bouygues, has called on the French government to take a harder line on ... http://p.ost.im/p/ewKm8s

TIM Brasil connects more mobile towers with fibre, journal says

Brazilian news journal Teletime says that domestic mobile operator TIM Brasil is currently working to connect a ... http://p.ost.im/p/eKeduf

Ghana eyes digital dividend boost to mobile broadband

Ghana’s National Communications Authority, the NCA, plans to free up broadband spectrum by 2015 in a move tha ... http://p.ost.im/p/ew3m6H

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Ukrtelecom mulling FTTH plan; still no sign of mobile sell-off

Ukraine’s dominant fixed line operator Ukrtelecom has revealed that it is pondering the rollout of a fibre-to-the ... http://bit.ly/OVxsTo

Roundup: internet body opposes USF; tech-neutral routing regs approved; Vega gains spectrum; telecoms sales up 2.6%

The Internet Association of Ukraine (IAU) and the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists Entrepreneurs (USPP) have sent ... http://bit.ly/Nd1YaX

Xplornet celebrates second ‘4G’ satellite launch

Canadian rural broadband provider Xplornet has reported the successful launch of the EchoStar XVII satellite, the s ... http://bit.ly/NdRSUh

Telecoms regulator reports 26.97m fixed and mobile subs at end-March

Tanzania’s telecoms watchdog the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) reports that the African cou ... http://bit.ly/NdRRzR

Global players form ‘M2Magnificent Seven’ (or ‘Seven SIMurai’?)

Seven mobile operators from Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Australia and Russia have formed an a ... http://bit.ly/LED6uk

True Move H maintains four million user target, but will its numbers add up?

True Corp's Real Move subsidiary aims to double its 3G 'True Move H' subscriber base to four million by year-end fr ... http://bit.ly/LED6ud

Vivo achieves 3G coverage target with four years to spare

Brazil’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, Vivo Participacoes, says it has reached its goal of 3G coverage ... http://bit.ly/LED5Xh

Telecel Zim heralds two millionth SIM

Telecel Zimbabwe, the country’s second largest cellular operator, has announced that it passed the milestone of t ... http://bit.ly/Nd1Vf3

Chorus of disapproval; Telecom network arm refunds TelstraClear

Chorus, Telecom New Zealand’s newly independent network infrastructure arm, has reportedly issued fellow fixed li ... http://bit.ly/Nd1UI3

Hondutel to set up dedicated mobile broadband JV

Honduras’ ailing state-owned national PTO Hondutel (Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones) has announced plans ... http://bit.ly/NdRPrD

Oi SA completes integration of Vex network

Brazilian carrier Oi SA, formed through the restructuring of Telemar Participacoes’ former operating divisions Br ... http://bit.ly/LED5GH

Telekom Austria no longer interested in PTK, eyeing Srbija

Telekom Austria has confirmed that it will not enter a bid in the restarted auction for state-owned Post and Teleco ... http://bit.ly/LED6KM

Further pressure on MTS

Uzbekistan’s State Communications Inspectorate has temporarily shut down 208 base stations belonging to Russian-b ... http://bit.ly/NdRQMb

MTN utilises WACS with launch of new services

MTN Nigeria has introduced a range of new services for business customers based on the recently launched West Afric ... http://bit.ly/NdROnB

Orange apologises for network failure

Orange France has apologised to its subscribers after a network failure on Saturday that lasted more than nine hour ... http://bit.ly/NdRPYD

Zain Saudi starts rights issue

Reuters reports that Zain Saudi will launch a rights issue today which will close eight days later, citing a statem ... http://bit.ly/NdRNQs

Du poised to begin SIM registration

Du, the United Arab Emirates’ second national telecoms operator, has announced that it will shortly launch a SIM ... http://bit.ly/OVxfzq

3 outlines 4G plans

Hi3G Access Denmark has announced that LTE network deployment has begun in the country’s 15 largest cities. When ... http://bit.ly/LED4m3

Monday, July 9, 2012

Alca-Lu avoids 700MHz with first batch of C Spire LTE equipment

C Spire Wireless' initial deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations will not be configured to support i ... http://bit.ly/NepqTS

StarHub announces 4G launch in CBD

Singapore’s second largest telecoms operator StarHub has announced plans to launch its commercial 4G Long Term Ev ... http://bit.ly/MddLCc

CMT unveils plans to deregulate Telefonica’s fixed voice access fee

Spain’s Comision del Mercado de las Telecomunicacinoes (CMT) has revealed proposals in which it plans to deregula ... http://bit.ly/MUKKQ8

Yota to launch LTE in Ufa on 29 July

Russian WiMAX-turned-Long Term Evolution (LTE) operator Scartel (Yota) has indicated that it plans to switch on its ... http://bit.ly/LaY96n

Essar Group denies renewed speculation over yu sale plans

India’s Essar Group, which has a long-time presence in the Kenyan wireless market through Essar Telecom Kenya (ET ... http://bit.ly/MUKKzI

Slim cancels Net delisting after minority shareholders put spanner in works

Embratel Participacoes, the Brazilian telecoms group controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, has cancel ... http://bit.ly/LaY9mB

Angola Telecom standardises call tariffs nationwide

PSTN operator Angola Telecom has introduced a national single rate tariff to standardise the cost of making calls t ... http://bit.ly/LaY96e

NAB intervenes in tax evasion case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken legal action against five of the nation’s telcos for allegedly ... http://bit.ly/MddLlJ

FNA lifts prohibition on TD’s VDSL bitstream model

Germany’s telecoms regulator, the Federal Network Agency (FNA, also known as Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA), has sa ... http://bit.ly/LaY8PC

The Geography of Bandwidth

TeleGeography’s 2012 Submarine Cable Map reveals the ever-expanding web of international cables that link the wor ... http://bit.ly/PF3S7c

Friday, July 6, 2012

August deadline ‘not possible’ for 2G auction

Delays in finalising plans for the upcoming 2G spectrum sale mean that it will not be possible to meet the 31 Augus ... http://bit.ly/LC6IDL

Mobile subs given 18 months to register SIMs

The United Arab Emirates’ Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced that the country’s mobile ... http://bit.ly/LC6Ini

Scartel CEO appointed as deputy communications minister

Denis Sverdlov, the CEO of Russian WiMAX-turned-Long Term Evolution (LTE) operator Scartel (Yota), has been appoint ... http://bit.ly/Pp4m16

4G auction due in September

The Colombian government’s planned 4G spectrum auction, previously slated for June this year, is now expected to ... http://bit.ly/LtGaJN

T-Mobile subsidiaries get FCC approval to bid in Mobility Fund auction

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has confirmed that four separate T-Mobile USA subsidiaries will be allo ... http://bit.ly/LC6Inm

Parliament ratifies new regulator powers

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has adopted amendments to the Telecommunications Law, clarifying and exte ... http://bit.ly/LC6GvO

Telefonica and Etisalat ink digital services deal

Telefonica Digital, the business unit of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica set up to ‘bolster Telefonica’s plac ... http://bit.ly/KXNWFB

Tricom calls on Huawei for LTE upgrade

Dominican Republic-based mobile network operator Tricom has revealed that it has selected Chinese vendor Huawei for ... http://bit.ly/MEZVO0

OFCA finalises terms for Q1 2.5GHz-2.6GHz auction

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has finalised its previously annou ... http://bit.ly/Odhss7

Digital Star-Excell deal falls through

The acquisition of Cambodian CDMA mobile network operator GT-Tell (operating under the Excell brand) by local telec ... http://bit.ly/NcoZtx

ACCC announces interim determination for local bitstream access service

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has revealed its interim access determination (IAD) for t ... http://bit.ly/LtGacB

Globe CFO confirms USD640m investment in 2012/13

Albert de Larrazabal, the chief financial officer of Filipino telco Globe Telecom, says the group will invest a tot ... http://bit.ly/MO9rhc

dos Santos raises Zon stake to 28.8% following CGD stake acquisition

Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos has raised her stake in Portuguese cableco Zon Multimedia to 28.8% the comp ... http://bit.ly/N06XLO

Peru launches 900MHz auction

Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) will auction spectrum in the 900MHz band in an effort to at ... http://bit.ly/M4ka81

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Orascom in talks to manage Libyan cellcos

According to an unverified report by Egyptian news website Alborsa, telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris has indicated th ... http://bit.ly/LqzXy9

Better late than never? Copaco launches IPTV six months behind schedule

Paraguayan telecoms operator Copaco launched its long-delayed IPTV service in Asuncion this week, after experiencin ... http://bit.ly/MAt2SC

RomTelecom fined for failing to fulfil 400MHz spectrum obligations

Romanian telecoms watchdog ANCOM has fined RomTelecom RON200,000 (USD56,253) for not fulfilling the coverage obliga ... http://bit.ly/M7RtU2

USVI Public Finance Authority selects BroadMap to verify broadband serviceability

The US Virgin Islands’ Public Finance Authority has selected BroadMap to perform data collection, integration, ve ... http://bit.ly/M7Rvex

Saudi regulator moves to block illegal pre-paid SIM use

Saudi Arabia’s telecoms regulator, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has announced ... http://bit.ly/MAt1hE

HT Mostar facing legal action over MNP launch problems

Bosnia's smallest mobile network operator by subscribers, HT Mostar, is facing legal action from the local telecoms ... http://bit.ly/PiB7Nk

Lausanne to receive complete FTTH coverage by 2017

Swisscom, Switzerland’s largest telco by subscribers, has inked a deal with Lausanne Industrial Services (SiL) to ... http://bit.ly/M7RuYb

Movistar expanding HSPA coverage in central region

Movistar Venezuela has expanded its HSPA-based mobile broadband services in the central region of the country with ... http://bit.ly/KVqpF6

CTU cuts wholesale termination fees

The Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU) announced yesterday that it has decided to reduce the maximum wholesale te ... http://bit.ly/MAt1hx

Supreme Court upholds reallocation of VOM frequencies to Smart

Business World Online reports that The Supreme Court in the Philippines has upheld a decision by telecoms watchdog ... http://bit.ly/N0gD7P

Airtel Rwanda announces HSPA+ switch-on

The recently launched Rwandan mobile operator Airtel has announced the launch of its new high speed HSPA+ platform, ... http://bit.ly/MAt0Ks

M-Tel Bulgaria launches new video-on-demand service

The Bulgarian telco MobilTel (M-Tel) has launched a new subscription video-on-demand (VoD) service for its digital ... http://bit.ly/M7bUii

UK’s rural broadband strategy paused for EU examination

Amid concerns that it is not competitive, the UK’s rural broadband rollout strategy has reportedly been placed on ... http://bit.ly/L2bAp2

Zain handed largest fine for missing IPO deadline

Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission (CMC) will fine mobile operator Zain Iraq for its failure to list on t ... http://bit.ly/N0gyRL

4G not likely until at least 2014, Indonesian ministry says

Muhammad Budi Setia, an official working at Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Informatics (MoCI), has tol ... http://bit.ly/M7bOHE

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Vodafone Group gets EC approval for CWW purchase

UK-based Vodafone Group’s proposed acquisition of Cable Wireless Worldwide (CWW) has been given the all clea ... http://p.ost.im/p/eTqmtx

TIME dotCom inks construction and maintenance deal for Asia Pacific Gateway cable

Malaysian telco TIME dotCom (TdC) has announced that it has signed a construction and maintenance agreement for the ... http://bit.ly/N9wJwD

SFR and Bouygues looking to cut costs as competition hits

More details have emerged of the cost-cutting measures to be introduced by the French mobile operators SFR and Bouy ... http://bit.ly/N9wJgf

Belgacom extends trial LTE network; commercial launch expected by end-2012

Belgian incumbent Belgacom has announced that it expects to inaugurate commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) service ... http://bit.ly/OnMEbH

NTA close to finalising its long-anticipated broadband policy

National telecoms regulator the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is expected to finalise its long-overdue b ... http://bit.ly/N9wKRf

NetOne upgrades billing and customer care systems

The Zimbabwean cellular operator NetOne has ordered a new USD3.5 million billing and customer care system from the ... http://bit.ly/N9wJgb

Wind’s HSPA upgrades running to plan

Greek cellco Wind Hellas has reported that its new HSPA+ network has reached 89% coverage of the population of capi ... http://bit.ly/MTZLOz

US Cellular acquires smattering of 700MHz licences from CenturyLink; are further deals in the pipeline?

According to RCR Wireless citing a report issued by Wells Fargo Securities, Chicago-based mobile operator US Cellul ... http://bit.ly/N74Cum

Ericsson expands managed services contract with Mobilicity

Sweden’s Ericsson has announced the extension and expansion of its managed services contract with 3G mobile netwo ... http://bit.ly/RaRybX

Bharat Telecom Limited gets go ahead for Mauritius listing

Bharat Telecom Limited, a telecoms joint venture between Mauritian and Indian investors, has been given the green l ... http://bit.ly/RaRyIX

BSNL inks expansion deal with ZTE and Alca-Lu

State-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has selected Chinese vendor ZTE and French-US supplier Alcatel-Lu ... http://bit.ly/N9wIJ7

3 Sweden expands 4G, UMTS-900 coverage

Sweden’s Hi3G Access (3) has extended its mobile broadband network coverage in three counties, via expansion of i ... http://bit.ly/N9wIsF

Coverage of TD’s urban LTE network reaches 50 cities

Telekom Deutschland (TD), the domestic fixed and mobile division of German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom, has a ... http://bit.ly/N9wKAH

Dominican Republic gets first taste of 4G

Orange Dominicana has launched the first Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G cellular network in the Dominican Republic. T ... http://bit.ly/N9wK3F

Macau Cable TV to invest USD25m, but will it enter fixed telecoms market?

Macau Cable TV has announced that it is prepared to invest MOP200 million (USD25 million) in the local telecoms mar ... http://bit.ly/P7L9Qi

Geocell unveils HSPA+ network

Georgia’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, Geocell, has announced the upgrade of its mobile broadband netw ... http://bit.ly/RaRubX

Vodafone, Hutch discuss Irish joint venture plan

UK-based Vodafone Group and Hutchison Whampoa of Hong Kong are said to be in advanced talks to merge their respecti ... http://bit.ly/RaRwkn

Telefonica launches LTE in Nuremberg, Dresden

Telefonica Germany (O2), the local subsidiary of Spanish telecoms group Telefonica, has announced the commercial la ... http://bit.ly/N9wIc0

LGI combines Unitymedia, Kabel BW to form… Unitymedia KabelBW

US firm Liberty Global Inc (LGI) has completed the merger of its two German cable units, Unitymedia and Kabel BW, i ... http://bit.ly/MWx2tT

Internet Solutions inks ATC deal to further ‘Wi-Band’ ambitions

Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions unit and the South African subsidiary of American Tower Corporation (ATC) hav ... http://bit.ly/RaRqJn

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Telstra examining options for LTE Advanced to keep competitive edge

Telstra, Australia’s largest cellco by subscribers, and the first mobile network operator to introduce commer ... http://p.ost.im/p/eTM2Sp

Openreach announces commercial launch of wholesale FTTP products

Openreach, the network arm of British fixed line incumbent BT, has announced the full commercial launch of its ... http://p.ost.im/p/eTD9FA

Zamtel aiming to reclaim ZESCO fibre infrastructure?

Zambia’s monopoly provider of fixed line services, Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Zamtel), is reporte ... http://bit.ly/MFOhlw

MTN asks US judge to throw out Turkcell case

The South African telecoms group MTN has called on a US federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by Tu ... http://bit.ly/MFOdSJ

SFR to deploy 3G and 4G for Parisian train users

The French cellular operator SFR has signed an agreement with the Paris transport authority RATP to deploy 3G and 4 ... http://bit.ly/MFOe9f

Ghana-Togo-Burkina Faso fibre link completed

A West African fibre-optic broadband deployment has been completed, with 120km of fibre rolled out to link Ghana, T ... http://bit.ly/NZLHTf

TelOne Zimbabwe expands ADSL coverage

Zimbabwe’s incumbent fixed line telephony and internet service provider TelOne has unveiled plans to expand the f ... http://bit.ly/LOaDf9

LIME claims ‘4G’ HSPA+ launch in BVI

LIME’s Virgin Islands (UK) general manager Sean Auguste has announced that the cellco’s long-awaited HSPA+ netw ... http://bit.ly/MR82CZ

EBRD grants Turk Telekom EUR100m loan to boost broadband in Eastern regions

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it has supplied Turk Telekom (TT) wi ... http://bit.ly/Lut7D0

ANCOM invites applications for September spectrum auction

Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published the terms of r ... http://bit.ly/P5f1xG

MTN indicates fibre network is approaching completion

MTN South Africa has indicated that its national long-distance fibre-optic network, which is being built in conjunc ... http://bit.ly/NZLJul

Reliance hooks up Iraq to cable system

Reliance Globalcom, the submarine cable subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has announced that it has connected ... http://bit.ly/MSzeTe

C Spire Wireless taps Alca-Lu for Mississippi LTE rollout

C Spire Wireless has confirmed that it has selected French-US telecoms vendor Alcatel-Lucent to build and deploy th ... http://bit.ly/P1C5MI

ATH reports strong rise in 2011/12 profit

Fijian communications group Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited (ATH) has reported consolidated net profit of FJD3 ... http://bit.ly/MFOdlw

Merger wipes EUR1.3bn from Telefonica debts

Telefonica of Spain has confirmed that the merger of its two Colombian operations, wireless provider Telefonica Mov ... http://bit.ly/MR80uA

ComReg re-designates Eircom as Universal Service Provider

Ireland’s telecoms regulator the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has re-designated former monop ... http://bit.ly/Ms7FTi

TDSAT gives split verdict on 3G roaming agreements

India’s Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has given a split verdict on intra-circle 3G r ... http://bit.ly/MR7YD1