9:35pm

Mobile operators face bartering over 4G

Spectrum was not ideally distributed at auction

5:38pm

Technology drives Africa transformation

Kenya’ demonstrates government support and grassroots networks are key

11:20am

China Mobile to invest $30.6bn in 4G

Telecoms group to expand reach to 500m users

2:31am

Order for 1m smartphones boosts BlackBerry

Shares up on largest single order in Canadian group’s history

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Samsung puts firepower behind Galaxy

Challenge to Apple backed by money and hype

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Rural broadband plans descends into farce

BT only bidder for £530m after process intended to boost competition

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Africa takes lead in mobile revolution

Swift rise of phone networks offers shortcut for development

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China Mobile: cash rich

World’s largest telecoms group has even more cash to hand than Apple

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América Móvil suffers as reforms sink in

Investors see tougher competition in Mexico for Carlos Slim’s group

Mar 14, 2013

Vodafone to ditch its F1 sponsorship

Telecoms group focusing on domestic events

From TECHNOLOGY Mar 13, 2013

Google’s head of Android to take new role

Latest in series of sudden management changes at tech groups

Mar 13, 2013

Vodafone and France Telecom in Spain deal

€1bn to be invested in building fibre network

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 13, 2013

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Indian conglomerate could spend up to $27bn by 2017

Mar 12, 2013

Regulator appoints Turkcell board members

Battle for control appears to near its end

Mar 12, 2013

Regulators back T-Mobile USA’s Metro deal

Move by mobile operators faces opposition from hedge funds

Mar 12, 2013

France pushes for controls on Skype calls

Prosecutors asked to probe fixed line and mobile numbers

From WORLD Mar 11, 2013

Mexico eyes telecoms revolution

Plan to rein in Slim and Televisa

Mar 11, 2013

Sistema wins eight Indian licences

Russian telco pays $665m in re-run auction

Mar 10, 2013

Cukurova fined for contempt in US

Turkish group controlled by Karamehmet to fight court penalty

From COMMENT Mar 10, 2013

The telecoms numbers that didn’t add up

Multinationals failed to read the potential for mobile phone use across Africa

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