Digicel is suing Cable and Wireless in a dispute over unpaid mobile termination rates

Opera Software has appointed Las Boilesern as its new CEO, succeeding co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner

Brightstar signs distribution deal with Nokia in Germany

Huawei’s femtocell solution has been chosen by China Unicom for its 3G Inn service

KPN Telecom’s January restructure to involve huge cost cutting exercise

France Telecom and TDC Swiss subsidiaries to take 38 per cent mobile market share by merging, Orange Switzerland chief Thomas Sieber to take top role

Vodafone partners with Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom to offer greater products and services to both customer bases

Alcatel-Lucent develops LTE Connected Car concept to show how vehicles could one day be connected to LTE broadband services

Neusoft and Nokia Siemens Networks further partnership to provide platform for development and distribution of mobile applications in China

Irish industry regulator ComReg completes initial consultation on spectrum re-allocation

Telefónica O2 Germany agrees to €900m purchase of Telecom Italia’s German broadband provider Hansenet to leapfrog E-Plus as the country’s number three telecoms provider in terms of revenue

France’s fourth 3G licence awarded to Free Mobile, a subsidiary of fixed line provider Iliad

Vodacom Tanzania announces that more than one million customers have signed up to its money transfer service

New collaboration from AT&T and Verizon, but warning of spectrum challenge

Vodacom launches South Africa’s first SIM card designed exclusively for vehicle tracking purposes

France Telecom deputy chief Louis-Pierre Wenes stands down amid employee suicide saga

The operator has awarded Nokia Siemens Network a contract to improve its 3G radio access network by mid-2010

Japanese electronics firms to merge handset divisions to take on Japanese market

Deutsche Telekom said to be making offer for US rival Sprint

Mobile networks MTN and Bharti Airtel are yet to finalize a deal

US regulator’s annual review of competitiveness of UK market takes in new data and mobile broadband elements

Nokia holds back ‘Comes with Music’ launch for crucial US market

Brightstar gets patent for emerging market fixed-mobile product line, with Indian, African and Latin Amercian markets in mind

Nokia announces the 5230, the latest addition to its touchscreen mobile range