Month: April 2011

The Russian unit of Swedish alternative operator Tele2 announced it has received six new GSM licences. With the additional licences, ...

MTN Swaziland has lost a court case seeking to stop telecoms incumbent and regulator Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corp (SPTC) ...

Russian operator VimpelCom has increased its stake in its Vietnamese business GTEL-Mobile from 40% to 49%, buying newly issued shares ...

Philippine telco Multimedia Telephony Inc (MTI) has acquired the "wireless landline" assets of rival Bayantel Telecommunications (Bayan), according to the ...

Incumbent Telecom Egypt is to lose its current CEO and MD, Tarek Tantawy, who has stepped down to pursue other ...

Consultancy Ernst & Young has appointed Jonathan Dharmapalan to lead its Global Telecommunications Center, the company announced. He is replacing ...

South Korea's KT Corp said it was negotiating the sale of its 79.9% stake in Russian regional operator New Telephone ...

Russian operator MTS has taken full control of Kugan-based alternative operator Infocentr from private investors for Rbs435m (US$15.6m). The operator ...

The due diligence process for Saudi investment group Kingdom Holdings and Bahraini incumbent Batelco's US$950m acquisition of Zain's Saudi business ...

The Syrian state has decided to postpone its auction of a third mobile licence until the country's political situation improves, ...