New Motorola Droid Android smartphone on sale tomorrow exclusively through Verizon Wireless

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

Number three Luxembourg network rebrands to Orange

Sprint network’s Q3 results show loss of $478 million and around 500,000 customers

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

Virgin Mobile France, in which Carphone has a stake, is to acquire Tele2 Mobile France for €56m (£51m)

Experts warn German regulator’s refusal to impose conditions on spectrum sale could cause difficulties for small network operators O2 and E-Plus

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