Trans-Tasman cable rivals seek financing
New Zealand telco Kordia is finalizing plans to build its US$100m trans-Tasman communications cable, reported Telegeography. According to the report, ...
Month: September 2010
UTK to buy regional operator
Russian operator Southern Telecommunications (UTK) has received the approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to buy 99.9% of regional ...
Punj Lloyd, Bharti Airtel bid for TCI stake in Hexacom
Indian telco Bharti Airtel and construction group Punj Lloyd have submitted offers to buy Telecommunications Communications India's (TCI) 30% stake ...
Algeria claims tax reassessment for OTH
Orascom Telecom announced its Algerian unit has been asked to pay AD17bn (US$230m) as part of a preliminary tax reassessment ...
Power Corp to lease telcoms towers
Indian utility giant Power Grid plans to lease some of its 150,000 transmission towers in India to telcos, reported Reuters. ...
Telecom NZ sells consumer arm
Telecom New Zealand, the country's incumbent, has confirmed in a statement the sale of AAPT's consumer unit to iiNet, an ...
Anatel plans to auction 4G mobile licenses in 2011
Anatel is to auction 4G licences in the first quarter of 2011, in time for the 2014 World Cup, according ...
Embratel postpones Net offer, again
Brazilian fixed-line operator Embratel has postponed its public tender for the remainder of all of the ADS in cableco Net ...
SCT and Cofetel stand up to Iusacell
Mexico's Transport and Communications Ministry (SCT) has announced that it is standing by Cofetel's decision to award nationwide spectrum to ...
Mintic to auction 2.5GHz spectrum
Colombia's IT and communications ministry (Mintic) is planning to free up spectrum in the 2.5GHz band, local paper Portafolio reports. ...
