Operators

The Linux Foundation has received its newest member – and first gold member - in the form of China Mobile, in a move which the Foundation believes “could represent a seismic step toward a realignment of OSs in China and the telecommunications industry"...

 As part of its drive to become India’s first private-owned 3G operator, Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has stated that by the end of the year, it will have inaugurated 3G networks in all nine of the circles for which it holds 3G spectrum...

 Two of China’s largest operators have reported figures for the first three quarters of 2010 that suggest a slowing market...

 A new framework agreement between MTN Group and Cambridge Broadband Networks is set to provide microwave backhaul and access equipment across all 21 countries covered by MTN. Cambridge Broadband Networks’ VectaStar solutions have already been successfully deployed in several of MTN’s African markets...

Bharti Airtel has confirmed Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei as the equipment suppliers for its upcoming 3G network, with the Swedish vendor appearing to have landed the role of main supplier...

The Indian government’s security concerns regarding the telecoms industry have been well publicised in recent weeks, with rumours of a ban on the import of telecoms equipment causing a stir amongst foreign vendors...

A new registration system has been put into effect by operators across China as part of a drive to combat the increasing use of mobiles for the purposes of spam and telecoms services fraud...

Brightstar will now be managing online sales for Brazil’s Oi. Initially, globally familiar handsets such as those from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Motorola will be available, along with well-known smartphone manufacturers like Blackberry, HTC, and Apple...

Telefónica, Europe’s leading carrier by market cap, is set to increase its interest in China Unicom to above 8%, while China Unicom will become a Telefónica shareholder with an approximately 0.88% stake. This broad strategic deal is intended to reinforce both operators’ market positions: a combined 550 million customers and nearly 10% of the global population...

In an official signing ceremony held in Amman, Jordan, Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC (Zain) and Palestinian Telecommunications Company Plc (Paltel) have entered into an agreement for a share-for-share exchange...

Bharti Telesoft, which provides integrated VAS solutions for mobile operators in emerging markets, has announced its new name, Comviva, and its new company name, Comviva Technologies Limited. This major change will be accompanied by a company-wide re-branding initiative to present a unified approach to the market...

Zain Group, one of the leading mobile operators servicing the Middle East and Africa, has re-branded its entire African operation from Celtel to Zain with effect from 1^st August 2008...

Intensive competition from mobile phones and the problematic fixed-line market in China have led to a major consolidation in that country...

Sprint Nextel is always watched very closely by wireless broadband specialists because it has been committed since last August to rolling out WiMax-based 4G across the USA. The target is 100 million customers by the end of next year. And it is as a product tied into the Internet in particular that Sprint Nextel sees WiMax developing.

 

Sprint Nextel has named Nokia as a key infrastructure and consumer electronic device provider for its WiMAX next generation mobility network.

Vodafone is set to launch a £7bn plus offer for the Indian mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar as the company prepares to fight off rival bids for India's fourth largest telecoms carrier...

Bharti Airtel Limited has awarded Nokia an estimated US$400 million contract to expand its managed GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in eight Airtel circles and to deploy a pan-Indian WAP solution across its networks.

It took US$5.526 million and a major merger, but MTN's acquisition of Scancom Ghana now means that it has established a mobile presence in Ghana - at the third attempt...

 

Spring-cleaning was one description of the changes that Vodafone is now implementing as it seeks further success. As those changes stretch to a focus on the emerging markets and also to reinforcing the important role convergence has to play in modern telecommunications, the term spring-cleaning is a considerable under-statement...