Orange brushes off Bouygues takeover rumours
Orange has played down – but not denied – a report that it is in talks to buy unwilling target Bouygues Telecom. It...
Government and Legal
Vodacom agrees revised Neotel acquisition
South Africa’s Vodacom and Neotel have reached a modified agreement to address spectrum access concerns. A spokesperson has declined comment on whether this would...
LightSquared close to bankruptcy exit after FCC clears spectrum transfer
US wireless venture LightSquared is on course to emerge from bankruptcy this month after getting permission to transfer spectrum licenses to a...
MTN overhauls group structure
In the wake of a tough year which has claimed the heads of MTN’s group CEO, South Africa CEO and now Nigeria CEO, the company...
MTN makes progress on lowering Nigeria fine, as local CEO resigns
Former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko's Nigerian charm offensive has worked, and he is likely to seek a further lowering of the...
América Móvil gets nod to list Telesites
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil plans to begin trading shares in tower spinoff Telesites on the Mexican Stock Exchange on 21 December, having finally secured regulatory...
TeliaSonera targets Latvian fixed/mobile convergence
TeliaSonera has moved to combine its fixed-line and mobile operations in Latvia, two months after agreeing a similar housekeeping move in...
LG Uplus calls SK Telecom takeover of CJ Hellovision “illegal”
South Korea’s smallest mobile operator LG Uplus has reportedly claimed that incumbent SK Telecom’s planned merger with CJ Hellovision is illegal, calling it an attempt to...
Telenor Myanmar signs MoU with towerco OCK
Activity remains high for towercos present in Myanmar, as the country's three licence holders race to cover 90% of the population. Telenor...
Q&A with Másmóvil CEO Meinrad Spenger
Meinrad Spenger, an Austrian national and former McKinsey executive, co-founded Másmóvil alongside Christian Nyborg, a Norwegian Ericsson alumnus. The two have set out...
