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Umniah Mobile Jordan

Batelco may sell telecom biz in Jordan

Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications) is planning to sell Umniah Mobile, its telecom service business, in Jordan. Last month, Batelco said Umniah continues to demonstrate a significant...
Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular: not looking at 700 MHz spectrum for mobile broadband

Rajat Mukarji, chief corporate affairs officer at Idea Cellular, said the company is not looking at the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile broadband. Recently,...
India telecom tower

Bharti Airtel sells 4,800 mobile sites in Nigeria to American Tower

Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has sold more than 4,800 mobile sites in Nigeria to American Tower. The company did not share financial details. Airtel will be...
Reliance CEO Gurdeep Singh

Reliance Com offers Rs 5-10 loan to pre-paid GSM users to go mobile

Indian telecom service provider Reliance Communications announced a new plan to offer loan of Rs 5 or Rs 10, which can be used when the balance dips below Rs 10, to pre-paid GSM customers. Reliance Communications in a statement on Monday said that...

Axiata Q3 Capex up 38% to $292 mn, revenue dips 2% to $1.4 bn

Telecom service provider Axiata Group today said its Capex (capital spending) in Q3 2014 rose 38.3 percent to $292 million or RM 975 million. Axiata’s...
Globe Telecom president and CEO Ernest Cu

Globe Telecom CEO Ernest Cu: plans expansion in ASEAN region

Globe Telecom President & CEO Ernest Cu said the Philippine mobile operator provider is planning to expand its operations in the ASEAN region. Myanmar is...
Mobily CEO Khalid al-Kaf

Mobily suspends CEO Khalid al-Kaf due to accounting errors

Telecom service provider Mobily has suspended its chief executive officer Khalid al-Kaf on account of accounting errors. Kaf was the Gulf's longest-serving CEO in the...

Telecom bodies seek LG’s support to improve service in Delhi

Telecom industry bodies have written to Delhi’s Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to initiate public awareness programmes, in order to allay the misconceptions pertaining to...
Mobile-users-in-Africa

T-Mobile offers $5 plan for international calling

American wireless carrier T-Mobile recently announced a special international calling plan to its US customers. T-Mobile’s updated Stateside International Talk plan allows Simple Choice plan users to...
Sprint Black Friday offer

Sprint offers $200 savings on Samsung Galaxy S 5 and S 5 Sport

American wireless carrier Sprint is offering $200 savings on the Samsung Galaxy S 5 and Galaxy S 5 Sport devices as part of Black...
AT&T and T-Mobile 4G war

AT&T to pay $52 mn to settle electronic waste dumping case with California

American wireless carrier AT&T will pay $52 million to settle the electronic waste dumping case with California. The hazardous wastes consisted primarily of discarded electronic...
Airtel Africa

Airtel Kenya appoints Titus Naikuni as chairman

Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel has appointed Titus Naikuni as the chairman of Airtel Kenya. Earlier, Naikuni worked with Kenya Airways and Magadi Soda Company...
TELECOM TOWER in India rural area

Telecom Italia may sell mobile towers in Brazil to American Tower for $1.1 bn

Telecommunication service provider Telecom Italia is likely to sell the mobile phone towers of its Brazilian unit to American Tower for $1.1 billion, said...
Idea Cellular achieves 2 crore customers in Maharashtra and Goa

Idea Cellular achieves 2 crore mobile subscribers in Maharashtra & Goa

Indian telecom service provider Idea Cellular today said it achieved 2 crore mobile subscribers in Maharashtra & Goa. The Aditya Birla group company has 15,000...

Mobile data roaming revenue market to reach $50 bn by 2019

The size of the mobile data roaming revenue market will be nearly $50 billion by 2019, contributing 56 percent to global roaming revenues, said...
Uninor CEO Vivek Sood

Telenor: Vivek Sood joins as CEO of Uninor, Rajeev Sethi for Grameenphone

Telenor today announced the appointment of Rajeev Sethi as the CEO of Grameenphone and Vivek Sood as the CEO of Uninor. Grameenphone and Uninor have...

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