Spectrum fees dropping 20% in 2013

The Croatian Postal and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM) has issued a decision to reduce annual fees for th ... http://bit.ly/XIXzm6

Telefonica O2 CR share price slumps to eight-year low on competition concerns

Bloomberg writes that the share price of Telefonica O2 Czech Republic hit an eight-year low on the Prague bourse am ... http://bit.ly/XIXyhX

Courts grants Clarin last-minute reprieve

Argentine media giant Grupo Clarin has been awarded a last-minute extension of an injunction against the country’ ... http://bit.ly/SL3pyE

BTC sales grow 10%

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC), the country’s incumbent fixed line operator, has reported revenues ... http://bit.ly/XIXAGA

Infratel IPO to fund expansion and acquisitions

Bharti Infratel, the infrastructure arm of Bharti Airtel is planning to use funds raised by its upcoming initial pu ... http://bit.ly/XIXxL4

Globe CFO says Bayan tender offer 98% complete

Alberto de Larrazabal, the chief financial officer of Filipino operator Globe Telecom, says his firm is close to co ... http://bit.ly/XIXwGZ

Lawmakers propose to halt ‘indiscriminate’ sale of mobile lines

Peru’s Special Committee of Public Safety Multiparty Congress has approved legislative proposals to impose more s ... http://bit.ly/XIXAGI

Antitrust watchdog concerned about Kabel Deutschland-Tele Columbus deal

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has expressed concerns that cable operator Kabel Deutschland’s planned ac ... http://bit.ly/SL3lPF

UTL hit by USD13m bill from Huawei

Chinese equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), accusing the tel ... http://bit.ly/XIXy1w

Air Telecom acquires Czech CDMA operator MobilKom (U:fon)

Air Telecom, a subsidiary of F N Marketing Group, has reportedly taken control of Czech mobile operator Mobilkom ( ... http://bit.ly/SL3lPs

NBTC issues 3G licences; group of senators appeal

The five-member telecoms committee of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) h ... http://bit.ly/SL3lPu

T-Mobile’s LTE network boasts 99% coverage in Budapest

T-Mobile Hungary says its fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network is now available to 99% ( ... http://bit.ly/XIXxup

ATCI confirms 89.2% of SIM cards have been registered

Diemeleou Bile, the director general of L'Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d'Ivoire (ATCI), has announced tha ... http://bit.ly/11S11v2

Orange Espana to purchase KPN’s Spanish MVNO?

France Telecom-Orange’s Spanish subsidiary is reportedly set to acquire local mobile virtual network operator (MV ... http://bit.ly/QNdXin

No Cairo cakewalk as TI spurns investment approach from Sawiris

Telecom Italia (TI) has rejected a EUR3 billion (USD3.91 billion) investment offer from Egyptian telecoms tycoon Na ... http://bit.ly/VsxXnf

DISH to sell phones through Blockbuster

US satellite TV provider, and would-be wireless operator, DISH Network plans to start selling mobile phones through ... http://bit.ly/VsxZLD

T-Mobile, MetroPCS reveal new pre-paid strategies

In separate reports, Fierce Wireless has revealed pre-paid plans earmarked to be introduced by both T-Mobile USA a ... http://bit.ly/11S0VDD

DT steps up investment in high speed networks, cuts dividend

German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom (DT) has unveiled plans to spend around EUR30 billion (USD39 billion) over ... http://bit.ly/11S0UQb

Investment firm acquires majority stake in Omani MVNO

Oman Brunei Investment Company (OBIC) has acquired a majority stake in mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Renna ... http://bit.ly/VsxWzx

Jordan set to auction 4G licences in new year, opens sector to new entrants

Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced that it will auction frequencies in the 180 ... http://bit.ly/QNdZ9V

PM in talks with Digicel over future entry in market

Bahamian PM Perry Christie has been involved in talks with pan-Caribbean operator Digicel regarding the company’s ... http://bit.ly/VsxWzF

Japan Communications unveils new 4G Wi-Fi router

The Japanese mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Japan Communications Inc (JCI) has launched a new 4G Long Term ... http://bit.ly/11S0TeX

Moldova plans new wireless broadband licence auction

Moldova’s telecom regulator, the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technol ... http://bit.ly/VPwUA8

SFR may drop its IPTV service in favour of Canal+ offering

Reports from France suggest that domestic telco SFR is preparing to drop its IP television (IPTV) service and will ... http://bit.ly/QNe1yL

Liberian court gives Libercell 15 days to settle unpaid fees

Monrovia-based paper The News reports that the Tax Court has given domestic mobile operator Atlantic Wireless Liber ... http://bit.ly/QNdY5P

Watchdog says Uninor asset swap not an intra-group transfer

India’s Competition Commission has approved the proposed sale of a 51% stake in Norwegian telco Telenor’s new ... http://bit.ly/11S0U2q

Eircom reports 7% fall in first-quarter revenue; details fibre rollout plans

Irish former monopoly Eircom has reported a 7% year-on-year fall in revenue to EUR363 million (USD473.24 million) f ... http://bit.ly/VPwPMK

Wataniya Telecom prepares for 4G network launch

Kuwaiti operator Wataniya Telecom is to launch 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) services in the first half of 2013. Acc ... http://bit.ly/VPwQQF

Telenor Norway opens 4G access to mobile handset users

Telenor Norge claims it has become the country’s first operator to enable access to Long Term Evolution-based (LT ... http://bit.ly/VPwM3m

Telecom New Zealand outlines LTE trial plans

Telecom New Zealand (Telecom) has revealed that it will launch trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in pa ... http://bit.ly/XtSii8

ANCOM drafts general authorisation amendments

Romania’s telecoms industry regulator the National Authority for Management and Regulation of Communications (ANC ... http://bit.ly/UpoLkE

CCT relaunches as Orange RDC

France Telecom-Orange (FT-Orange) yesterday relaunched its wholly owned wireless operator in the Democratic Republi ... http://bit.ly/XtShuO

BT announces plans to reduce wholesale FTTP prices

British fixed line incumbent BT has announced that it is cutting the wholesale rental price for its 330Mbps fibre-t ... http://bit.ly/XtSgad

Free Mobile shakes up the market again with improved offer

The French cellular operator Free Mobile, part of the Iliad groyup, has enhanced its market-changing EUR2 (USD2.6) ... http://bit.ly/TTJJqP

MNP to launch in early 2013?

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to begin testing mobile number portability (MNP), ahead of a pl ... http://bit.ly/XtSePt

Alca-Lu to upgrade Telefonica IP networks in Argentina, Czech Republic

Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has selected Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its IP networks, initially in Argentina an ... http://bit.ly/Ugu3wG

MCMC issues 2600MHz spectrum to eight operators

The Malaysian Communications and Mutlimedia Commission (MCMC) has confirmed that it has allocated spectrum in the 2 ... http://bit.ly/XtSb6f

DoCoMo unveils global M2M offering

The Japanese cellular operator NTT DoCoMo has announced that it is planning to offer machine-to-machine (M2M) commu ... http://bit.ly/XtSdeq

MCIT expands national fibre backbone

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) has signed three deals for the deployme ... http://bit.ly/Ugu5EL

TIM Brasil confirms BNDES funding of USD1bn

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Brazilian operator TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil) has secured an additional BRL2.1 ... http://bit.ly/Ugu3gl

Vivo selects Ericsson and Huawei for LTE rollout

Brazilian operator Telefonica (Vivo), part of the Telefonica Group, has selected Huawei Technologies and Ericsson o ... http://bit.ly/Ugu2ZE

NCC approves Vee Time’s investment in Tatung Infocomm, VMAX

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved investments made in local WiMAX operators VMAX Te ... http://bit.ly/11JJKE6

IDA slaps fines on SingTel Mobile, M1 and StarHub for ‘poor’ 3G coverage

Singapore’s telecoms watchdog the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has slapped fines of SGD10,000 (USD8,207) ... http://bit.ly/11JJHZ2

Main One, Alca-Lu extend cable maintenance contract

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the renewal of its marine maintenance contract for Main One Cable Company’s submarin ... http://bit.ly/Ugu3g6

Menatelecom investing in nationwide LTE rollout

Bahraini WiMAX-based broadband operator Menatelecom’s board of directors has approved a planned investment in a n ... http://bit.ly/XtS7U8

Globe Telecom tweaks offer to tempt Bayan creditors

Globe Telecom, the joint venture between Filipino conglomerate Ayala Corp and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel ... http://bit.ly/XtS9vi

Ukrtelecom registers fibre broadband brand

Ukrainian telco Ukrtelecom has registered three new trade marks for telecoms/software services with the Ukrainian I ... http://bit.ly/XtScqI

Telmex hit by USD6m fine for breaking tie-in regulations

Colombian competition regulator the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) has issued fixed line operator T ... http://bit.ly/THrgQQ

MIC renews Colombian licence for USD51m

Millicom International Cellular (MIC) has announced that its Colombian wireless arm, Colombia Movil, has renewed it ... http://bit.ly/THrgAB

Arcep introduces new voice termination rates for French overseas territories

French watchdog the Autorite de Regulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (Arcep) has announced a n ... http://bit.ly/THrebK

Telefonica (Vivo) to launch IPTV in greater Sao Paulo next year

Brazilian telco Telefonica (Vivo) says it plans to extend the reach of its IPTV service to greater Sao Paulo in the ... http://bit.ly/THrdVp

MTS Ukraine outsources backbone network management

MTS Ukraine, the country’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, has outsourced its MPLS and DWDM backbo ... http://bit.ly/THrcAH

Algar Telecom reports solid Q3 revenue, profit; launches 100Mbps fibre service

Brazilian alternative operator Algar Telecom (formerly CTBC) has reported solid financial results for the three mon ... http://bit.ly/Ues9ws

Jordanians linked with bid for Hondutel

Honduran newspaper La Prensa writes that a group of Jordanian businessmen are interested in taking a possible 49% s ... http://bit.ly/THrgjT

MTN Ghana ordered to cease new SIM sales after regulator slams network quality

Ghana's National Communications Authority (NCA) has ordered the country's largest cellular operator by subscribers, ... http://bit.ly/THrgk7

CenturyLink unveils 500Gbps long-haul super-channels across fibre network

Louisiana-based telco CenturyLink has announced that it has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform, featuring 500Gbps ... http://bit.ly/Ues8sz

life:) ups international/roaming rates; MTS Belarus increases charges by 10%

Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BeST), 80%-owned by Turkish telecoms company Turkcell and trading under the ... http://bit.ly/Ues8J1

Com Hem selects Harmonic for multi-screen support

Com Hem, Sweden's largest cable TV operator, has selected Harmonic's NSG 9000 HectoQAM solution to increase the spe ... http://bit.ly/Ues8sr

Sprint unlikely to make counter-offer for MetroPCS

Sprint Nextel is unlikely to make a competing bid for Texan pre-paid carrier MetroPCS, Reuters reports, scotching p ... http://bit.ly/THrc3z

TWC to extend usage-based billing option nationwide

Time Warner Cable (TWC) will offer a usage-based billing option to cable broadband customers in every state it serv ... http://bit.ly/THrc3B

FT-Orange not planning sale or purchase of Mobistar shares

France Telecom-Orange has reiterated that it has no interest in divesting the holding it has in Belgian mobile netw ... http://bit.ly/THr9EU

Digicel boss eyes investment in El Salvador

Digicel is set to invest more than USD40 million in its mobile operating subsidiary in El Salvador. Speaking in an ... http://bit.ly/THr8B9

Telecom Italia FTTC service goes live in Rome, Turin, Naples

Telecom Italia (TI) has announced that its long-awaited ‘Ultra Internet Fibra Ottica’ fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTT ... http://bit.ly/Ues6ki

UTS CEO: Sint Maarten ‘not left out in the cold’ by PCCS

United Telecommunication Services (UTS) CEO Glen Carty has denied that Sint Maarten has been ‘left out in the col ... http://bit.ly/THr9Vu

FICORA issues updated decisions on local loop, wholesale broadband obligations

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) has published a number of decisions related to the obligat ... http://bit.ly/THrasx

Maxcom board gives nod to USD59m takeover by private equity firm

Alternative Mexican fixed line and broadband provider Maxcom Telecomunicaciones has given the nod to MXN764 million ... http://bit.ly/Ues63S

ESA and Norwegian competition body raid Telenor offices

The offices of Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor have been raided by European and Norwegian competition authorities. ... http://bit.ly/THrabX

18 December TDD/FDD LTE launch date for China Mobile Hong Kong

China Mobile Hong Kong has set a new date of 18 December 2012 to launch commercial operations of a dual mode FDD/TD ... http://bit.ly/Ues7EU

MTN LTE network now up and running in Pretoria, Durban, Jo’burg

MTN South Africa’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) network went live on Saturday 1 December, MyBroadband.co.za reports. ... http://bit.ly/THr7gg

LTE vs. WiMAX: Verizon claims the spoils of war in 4G battle, Clearwire left licking its wounds

The US wireless broadband market has witnessed an obscure, but important, transition. According to TeleGeography’ ... http://bit.ly/THr6ZQ

Setar, CWC, UTS, Telconet unite for Pacific Caribbean Cable System deployment

A consortium of telecoms operators consisting of UK-based Cable Wireless Communications (CWC), Aruba’s Setar, Te ... http://bit.ly/WGuzGm

O3b Networks to provide capacity for Gulfsat Madagascar

Gulfsat Madagascar, which offers commercial services under the Blueline banner on this island nation, has reportedl ... http://bit.ly/QEbBCf

VHA shareholders approve turnaround plan

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has been given the go-ahead by shareholders for a multi-billion dollar strategy ... http://bit.ly/QEbzKB

Optus planning to deploy TD-LTE infrastructure in Canberra next year

Australian mobile network operator Optus aims to launch a Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network ... http://bit.ly/WGuB0U

Bouygues and SFR resume network sharing discussions

The French telco Bouygues Telecom has confirmed that it has resumed talks with rival firm SFR over the possibility ... http://bit.ly/WGuwKU

Mobily and GO sign MoU covering integration of services

The Saudi telcos Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) and Etihad Atheeb Telecom (GO Telecom) have signed a memorandum of unders ... http://bit.ly/QEbzud

Kyivstar serves 8.8m mobile internet customers

Ukraine’s largest cellco Kyivstar, part of the Vimpelcom group, has reported that its number of mobile internet ... http://bit.ly/11Mj1G1

Kinshasa IXP up and running after decade of disrepair

According to Agence Ecofin, the long-dormant Kinshasa Internet Exchange (KINIX) went live on 16 November, after ori ... http://bit.ly/WGuwKM

JCI complains over high DoCoMo fees

The Japanese mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Japan Communications Inc (JCI), which operates under the ‘b-m ... http://bit.ly/WGux1a

TelBru announces cable fault; repairs underway

Telekom Brunei (TelBru) has revealed that two of its four international submarine cable links have been disrupted d ... http://bit.ly/WGuzGB

US investigators arrive in Senegal to resolve Sudatel mobile licence dispute

Agence Ecofin claims that two American investigators with a specialisation in the area of the financing of terrori ... http://bit.ly/11Mj1G3

Switch it off, switch it on again: internet ‘restored’ in Syria

The recent two-day outage of the internet in war-stricken Syria appears to be over, with sources reporting that acc ... http://bit.ly/WGuwui

Enigmatic MVNO suggests that it will become Romania’s first re-seller

Little known Enigma Systems has revealed that it intends to become Romania’s first mobile virtual network operato ... http://bit.ly/WGuzWW

HAKOM issues Q3 broadband market stats

Croatia’s IPTV subscribers grew by less than 2% year-on-year to 356,000 at the end of September 2012, telecoms re ... http://bit.ly/UDsTzW

PTA investigates ISPs for allowing access to YouTube

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is planning to take action against a number of internet service pro ... http://bit.ly/11Mj3O5

Eircom could be hit if govt cuts free telephone services, paper says

Plans by the Irish government to cut free telephone services for older people under a budget revamp could seriously ... http://bit.ly/WGuzpY

Asiacell to launch IPO on 3 January

Asiacell, the Iraqi mobile subsidiary of Qatar Telecom (Qtel), will launch its initial public offering (IPO) on 3 J ... http://bit.ly/UDsTzP

Delays at Telekom Srbija hold up FNP launch

Serbian regulator the Republic Agency for Electronic Communications (Ratel) has announced that the implementation ... http://bit.ly/11MiVhM

Polkomtel revenues slide, tests 150Mbps LTE

Polish cellco Polkomtel has booked revenues of PLN1.791 billion (USD567.23 million) for the three months ended 30 ... http://bit.ly/11MiWlK

AT PR covers three new areas with LTE

ATT Puerto Rico has expanded its commercial 4G LTE mobile network to three additional areas of the island, serving ... http://bit.ly/11MiYKi

Vivo 3G covers 3,000 municipalities barrier

Vivo Participacoes, the Brazilian fixed and mobile group controlled by Telefonica of Spain, has improved the reach ... http://bit.ly/QEbuGS

KT poised to unveil LTE in Astana, Almaty on 20 December

According to an unconfirmed report by Tengrinews.kz, Kazakhtelecom (KT) is poised to initiate its long-awaited Lon ... http://bit.ly/11MiTq5

Mobilis invests USD300m in first nine months of 2012

The Algerian cellular operator Mobilis has invested DZD22 billion (USD300 million) in the first nine months of thi ... http://bit.ly/11MiRP5

Cellcom Liberia launches low-cost internet tariff

Mobile network operator Cellcom Liberia has launched a range of low-cost internet tariffs for its GPRS/EDGE users, ... http://bit.ly/11q0oIX

Cellcos abandon ‘vulgar’ tariffs after PTA reveals recording calls with ‘obscene content’

Pakistan’s wireless operators have withdrawn a petition in the Islamabad High Court to overturn the Pakistan Tele ... http://bit.ly/VfVMPa

Google Africa official bemoans ‘lack of status’ as reason for weak ISP investment in Senegal

Agence Ecofin quotes Tidjane Deme, the operations manager for Google Africa (Francophone West), as saying that the ... http://bit.ly/11q0oIE

Telefonica O2 CR buys back 2% of shares

Czech incumbent Telefonica O2 CR has completed a buyback of 2% of its shares for CZK2.48 billion (USD126.76 millio ... http://bit.ly/11q0mRj

AITI launches 1800MHz consultation

Brunei telecoms regulator the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) has released a consulta ... http://bit.ly/11q0oZs

Smartfren teams up with Viki to bring video to its masses

Indonesian CDMA wireless service provider Telekom PT SmartFren (Smartfren) has struck a partnership agreement with ... http://bit.ly/11q0lN4

New bill will grant UCC power to fine QoS offenders

New legislation currently awaiting presidential approval will see Uganda’s telecoms regulator the Uganda Communic ... http://bit.ly/VfVKH2

Ombudsman 3G petition rejected

Thailand's Central Administrative Court today (Monday 3 December 2012) announced that it has rejected a petition lo ... http://bit.ly/VfVKa3

Vodafone Group speeds up CWW integration process, creates new Group Enterprise unit

UK-based telecoms giant Vodafone Group has announced the creation of a new Group Enterprise unit, which will begin ... http://bit.ly/VfVKqE

Vodafone Ireland targets summer 2013 launch for 4G

The Irish Examiner reports that Vodafone Ireland plans to roll out fourth-generation (4G) mobile services in the R ... http://bit.ly/11q0kJ8

Bharti eyes South African entry through purchase of Cell C or 8ta

According to South African website Business Day Live, India’s Bharti Airtel is said to be looking at acquiring on ... http://bit.ly/VfVMif

Slovak Telekom fined for universal service failure

The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (TU SR) has issued a fine of EUR50,000 (USD65,000) on incumbe ... http://bit.ly/11q0jEQ

Fixed broadband subs approach 400,000

Moldova’s National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) has repor ... http://bit.ly/TCW45j

MNP goes live in Paraguay

Mobile number portability (MNP) is now available in Paraguay, TeleSemana reports. The service is priced at PYG21,86 ... http://bit.ly/TCW6dD

CWC agrees to divest Monaco Islands operations to Batelco

Cable Wireless Communications (CWC) has revealed that it has reached an agreement with Bahrain Telecommunications ... http://bit.ly/11q0jok