ZTE will get fair treatment in US-China’s commerce ministry
China has expressed hope that ZTE who is facing FBI probe for allegedly selling banned US computer equipment to Iran, would receive fair and...
Vodafone network-sharing strategy rumbles on with 3 Ireland deal
Operators to form infrastructure joint venture, decommission duplicate sites. Vodafone's network-sharing strategy gathered further momentum on Friday when it announced its Irish operation...
Vodafone, France Telecom win EU case on local tax payments
Court rules operators not liable for local govt taxes on infrastructure they don't own. The Spanish divisions of Vodafone Group PLC and France...
MediaTek signs strategic pact with Twitter
MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, on Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with Twitter, a...
Amazon working on smartphone with Asian component makers
Sources claim mass production of new device may start by late 2012. Amazon.com Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test...
Verizon’s cable deals make headway but regulatory doubts linger
FCC ready to approve spectrum buys but Justice Department still reviewing potential transactions. The Federal Communications Commission is prepared to approve Verizon Wireless'...
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...
