Strategy and Markets

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

Shareholders in Malaysian telco Axiata have voted in favour of its planned acquisition of a majority stake in Nepal’s largest operator, Ncell, from TeliaSonera and...

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%...

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

Japan’s Softbank plans to buy back up to Y500bn (US$4.4bn) of its own shares in what will be its largest ever...

AT&T has confirmed it plans to begin 5G testing in the second quarter of the year. The US telco will collaborate with Ericsson and Intel,...

Tele2 Russia has named Sergey Emdin as its new CEO. He will be tasked with establishing the company as a fully integrated operator...

US telco CenturyLink has received multiple expressions of interest in its data centre business, according to president and CEO Glen Post....

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...