Brazil's justice ministry has started an investigation into the merger of telephony operators Oi and Brasil Telecom. The public inquiry was opened in the state of Rio Grande do Sul by federal prosecutor Jose Osmar Pumes.

Danish telecommunications operator TDC has decided to carry out a reduction in number of employees to ensure that TDC can continue a positive development, after reporting low revenues for the first half of this year.

Egypt-based telecommunications operator Orascom Telecom reports a 19 percent increase in revenues to USD 2.65 billion for the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2007. At the same time, its EBITDA grew by 22 percent to USD 1.16...

A Siberian city court in Russia has issued a verdict holding mobile operator Telenor liable for USD 2.8 billion in damages plus RUB 460,000 in costs for allegedly having delayed VimpelCom's acquisition of Ukrainian Radio Systems (URS).

Telecom Italia has lowered its full-year outlook due to slower sales at its units in Brazil and Germany. Mobile operator TIM Brasil has cut its sales growth outlook to 7 percent, from an estimate of 9 percent in May...

(Telecompaper) Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei has won a contract at Net4Mobility, the joint venture of Tele2 and Telenor. Under the terms of the agreement, Huawei will supply Tele2 and Telenor with infrastructure and modems for the development...

(Telecompaper) Asutralian operator Telstra cut its sales outlook for 2010, citing difficult markets at home and in Hong Kong. Following a difficult second half of its fiscal year 2009, the company said FY 2010 revenues would be "flattish" compared to...

(Telecompaper) The number of active mobile virtual operators in the Netherlands at the end of Q3 was down by two compared to Q1, to a total 47. The virtual operators had 3.1 million customers at the end of September, up slightly from six months...

(Telecompaper) French telecommunications regulator Arcep has awarded Free Mobile a 3G mobile network licence. Free Mobile, a subsidiary of broadband group Iliad, was the only candidate for the 5 MHz licence in the 2.1GHz band in a procedure launched on...

(Telecompaper) Telefonica has set up a client division for its Spain operations. The newly-created department will be led by Fernando Herrera, who previously served as head of Telefonica's residential customer division. Federico Rava, currently CEO of...