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| Tariff liberalisation plans divide opinion | Chile |
| BNamericas writes that Chile's anti-trust commission, FNE, and the telecoms regulator Subtel are at odds over a plan to totally ... | |
| PacRim cable delay | American Samoas  |
| Rollout of the PacRim fibre-optic cable linking American Samoa to Hawaii has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2009. It w ... | |
| Japan-Russia cable operational | Russia   |
| The Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS), which connects Sakhalin in Russia and Hokkaido in Japan, is now in commercial service ... | |
| Visafone nearing one million subscribers | Nigeria  |
| CDMA-based operator Visafone says that its subscriber base is rapidly approaching the one million subscriber mark, and that it i ... | |
| Movistar to launch 3G by year-end | Colombia  |
| Colombian cellco Movistar expects to launch 3G services before the end of the year, writes BNamericas. Movistar Colombia, a unit ... | |
| Shyam Telelink selects trio of vendors | India  |
| Sistema, the Russian conglomerate, has selected three vendors to provide equipment for its Indian subsidiary Shyam Telelink’s pl ... | |
| Westel becomes Zain, commercial services to arrive this year | Ghana  |
| Celtel Ghana Holdings, part of the Zain Group, the new owners of cellco Western Telesystems Ghana (WESTEL), has issued a stateme ... | |
| True earmarks USD150 million for 3G | Thailand  |
| True Move has earmarked THB5 billion (USD150 million) to roll out a 3G mobile network using 850MHz spectrum after CAT Telecom, t ... | |
| Alltel Wireless rolls out faster broadband network in Midland | United States  |
| US cellco Alltel Wireless has launched 1xEV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) technology in Midland and Odessa, increasing the speeds of it ... | |
| MetroPCS Q2 subscriber additions | United States |
| Flat-rate mobile domestic and long-distance carrier MetroPCS has increased its subscriber base by 183,500 in the second quarter ... | |
| Sprint expands Airave coverage | United States |
| Sprint plans to offer its Airave femtocell service nationwide from 15 July. The service was launched in Denver and Indianapolis ... | |
| mCel to invest USD70 million on network improvements | Mozambique  |
| In preparation for its awaited 3G rollout, Mozambican cellco mCel is to invest approximately USD70 million on network infrastruc ... | |
| Kenyan mobile market hots up | Kenya  |
| Kenyan cellco Safaricom which has approximately 80% of the local mobile telephony market, and its only rival Celtel will soon fa ... | |
| Rural broadband to receive boost | Germany  |
| The European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has cleared EUR141 million (USD222 million) in German public funding to boost ... | |
| Ofcom outlines plans for super-fast broadband | United Kingdom  |
| The UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it aims to set out details of the regulatory framework for super-fast b ... | |
| Ireland consults on next-generation broadband | Ireland  |
| The Irish government has issued a consultation on proposals for broadband network expansion and upgrading, including achieving u ... | |
| U-verse for Tennessee | United States |
| AT&T plans to spend USD400 million over the next two years deploying its U-verse fibre network in Tennessee. When completed the ... | |
| Telecom IP deal | New Zealand  |
| Telecom New Zealand has contracted Alcatel-Lucent (Alca-Lu), which already manages its fixed line and mobile networks, to constr ... | |
| War on the horizon: Ambani bros set to do battle | India |
| Reliance Industries, controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has taken the first step towards enforcing a claimed right ... | |
| Vodafone seals the deal to buy Ghana Telecom | Ghana |
| Vodafone has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom from the Government of Ghana for USD900 millio ... | |
| BSkyB contemplating bid for Digital Plus | Spain  |
| A bid of EUR2.5 billion (USD3.95 billion) for Spanish pay-TV platform Digital Plus is being considered by British pay-TV firm BS ... | |
| Bharti Airtel, Zain rumours will not go away | Kuwait  |
| Although the Indian telco Bharti Airtel has refuted suggestions it is considering acquiring Kuwaiti operator Zain, speculation i ... | |
| Qtel launches offer for further Indosat shares, studying new regulations | Indonesia  |
| Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has submitted a tender offer to acquire all outstanding 'B' shares of Indosat, following its purchase last ... | |
| Secom moves to curtail possible Telefonica influence | Argentina  |
| Telecoms watchdog Secom has taken steps to avoid any possible moves by Telefonica to limit competition, reports BNamericas. Arge ... | |
| Aztelekom WiLL network reaches 10,480 subs; MCIT puts in motion 3G plan | Azerbaijan  |
| Aztelekom has announced that its WiLL CDMA-based network is home to 10,480 customers, and that it hopes the subscriber base will ... | |
| 70.4% mobile/fixed penetration reached | Dominican Republic  |
| BNamericas is reporting that the Dominican Republic ended May 2008 with a fixed and mobile teledensity of 70.4%. Indotel, the co ... | |
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