Reliance Communications unit aims to raise up to $1bn in Singapore IPO
A Reliance Communications Ltd. unit which owns undersea cable assets is planning to raise $700 million to $1 billion through an initial public offering...
India 2G auction ‘not possible’ by 31 August
India's plan to re-auction 2G spectrum by the end of August is in tatters, after the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) inter-ministerial group (IMG) on...
Kenya’s Wananchi closes $140m funding for broadband rollout
Company aims to deploy fixed-line infrastructure across most of sub-Saharan East Africa. Kenyan broadband Internet infrastructure developer Wananchi Group Holdings has closed on...
Mozilla preps mobile platform with initial devices, carriers
Firefox OS to launch early 2013 in Brazil on entry-level ZTE smartphone. Mozilla has branded its smartphone operating system as Firefox OS and...
O2, Orange UK, Bouygues latest telcos to deploy femtocells
France, U.K. become first countries to see all mobile network operators roll out the technology. O2 and Orange UK, and France's Bouygues Telecom...
Google TV to launch in UK next month
Sony plans to offer connected set-top-box, remote control across Europe priced at €200. Google TV is to launch in the U.K. for the first time...
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MegaFon shelves IPO plans during economic turmoil
Mobile operator is only non-listed telco of Russia's 'big three'. Russian mobile operator MegaFon hasn't set a date for an initial public offering...
Singapore still struggling to sign-up high-speed broadband subscribers
Take-up of national broadband network services will pick up from 2013, according to opco chief David Storrie. At CommunicAsia 2011, this time last...
Telcos urged to avoid ‘goldfish principle’ in customer care
Don Peppers advises telecoms operators to be proactive when it comes to looking after customers; highlights Vodafone Turkey as a good example. Telecoms...
Yahoo Japan to set up India JV with Bharti
New entity to develop mobile Internet portal; operations to start later this month. Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday that it will set up...
