Government and Legal

Mexican telecoms giant América Móvil has bid Ps2.1bn (US$114.8m) in the country’s AWS spectrum auction, about double that spent by recent market...

Russia-focused telco Vimpelcom has agreed to pay US$795m to settle US and Dutch claims related to bribery in Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, the US Department...

Singapore has outlined the framework for its upcoming multi-band spectrum auction, setting a starting bid price of S$35m (US$24.92m) for...

South African fixed-line incumbent Telkom is in partnership talks with state-owned fibre provider Broadband Infraco, which is tasked with deploying infrastructure in underserved...

Telecom Italia has presented its three-year strategic plan, which will see it double fibre coverage from the current 42% to 84%...

France’s Orange expects it will take “at least several” more weeks to agree a deal to buy smaller rival Bouygues Telecom as negotiations are...

Liberty Global and Vodafone have agreed a 50:50 joint venture of their Dutch operations, a move Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao should not be...

The Indian government’s tax department has told Vodafone it may seize the company’s local assets if it does not pay a tax...

Telenet, the Belgian unit of pan-European cable giant Liberty Global, has completed its €1.325bn (US$1.49bn) acquisition of mobile network operator...

Satellite broadband venture LightSquared has rebranded to Ligado Networks as it looks to shake off its troubled past. The new name coincides with the company...