Xavier Niel aims to be “active” investor in Telecom Italia, CDP does not rule out investment
French telecoms investor Xavier Niel would reportedly like to play an active role in Telecom Italia, which he sees as a...
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True and Jasmine win 4G licences in Thai auction
Thai challenger True Move and ISP Jasmine International have won 4G licences in the government’s spectrum auction, which after more than a year’s delay...
Axiata to buy TeliaSonera’s Nepalese business
TeliaSonera has agreed to sell Ncell, the first of its seven Eurasian assets marked for exit in September, as part of...
Manx Telecom appoints Danny Bakhshi as CFO
Regional UK operator Manx Telecom (AIM:MANX) has appointed telecoms veteran Danny Bakhshi as CFO, effective 1 February. Regional UK operator Manx Telecom (AIM:MANX) has appointed Danny...
FCC questions whether AT&T, T-Mobile and Comcast services threaten net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is assessing whether new streaming services offered by AT&T, T-Mobile US and Comcast violate net neutrality rules. All three companies...
Vimpelcom and MTS sign spectrum sharing pact
VimpelCom and MTS are to share 4G spectrum in 20 Russian regions, the companies announced today. The move comes as Russian operators look...
Mexico allows spectrum swaps
Mexican telecoms regulator, the IFT, has given the go-ahead to a spectrum swap between AT&T and Telefónica subsidiary Pegaso, as part of a package of...
LightSquared settles spectrum dispute with Garmin
LightSquared and Swiss GPS specialist Garmin have settled their long-running legal dispute over the US wireless venture’s use of spectrum for terrestrial wireless...
MTN spends US$192m on licences in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
South Africa’s MTN has paid US$192m for operating licences in the Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana just a couple of weeks after overhauling...
Shaw moves into quad play with surprise C$1.6bn Wind Mobile buy
Canadian telecoms and media company Shaw Communications has agreed to buy Wind Mobile for an enterprise value of about C$1.6bn (US$1.16bn), making a surprise...
