Hutch disputes €4bn India tax demand
Hong Kong firm shares details of latest tax bill from Indian authorities linked to 2007 unit sale to Vodafone, insists it will not pay up.
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Author: Mary Lennighan
Bharti closes 4G spectrum deal
Indian operator completes acquisition of Tikona Digital’s shares; spectrum transfer in Rajasthan on hold pending DoT approval.
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Money for nothing and phones for free
India’s Reliance Jio is giving away mobile phones to attract customers. The firm is close to annual revenues of €1 billion, but breakeven looks to be some way off.
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TIM leads broadband growth in Brazil
Brazilian fixed broadband market still dominated by big three telcos as TIM’s market share languishes at 1%.
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VoLTE: as easy as 123
20% of the world’s LTE networks offer VoLTE, new figures show.
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ZTE posts strong growth in 1H on overseas phone sales
Growth at Chinese vendor’s consumer and carrier networks businesses boosts first-half figures.
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Omantel completes $846m Zain buy
Zain says investment will enable it to spend on its network, reduce debt.
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China Unicom, Ericsson offer Gigabit LTE
Companies claim to have launched China’s first commercial LTE broadcast service.
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Bezeq sees top and bottom lines fall in Q2
Israeli operator reports revenue and customer declines at its fixed, mobile and TV businesses, but international unit grows.
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Vivendi, TIM respond to government on control issue
Italian operator insists it had no obligation to disclose a change in ownership to the government.
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China Unicom new €10bn share sale to fund 4G growth
Chinese operator aims to spend over €5 billion on 4G network upgrade and expansion, and a further €2.5 billion on 5G.
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Telenor adds US PoPs to boost IPX footprint
Norwegian operator says new PoPs enable it to offer direct access to North America and to serve Latin America.
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China Telecom posts profit growth on 4G adds
Chinese operator outpacing China Mobile in 4G net adds, but will not make dividend payout.
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AT&T gets Mexico OK for TW deal, reiterates closing date
U.S. operator expects its purchase of Time Warner to close by the end of 2017, despite competition body objections in Brazil.
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Huawei, others in running for Fujitsu’s phone ops
Japanese firm looks to raise hundreds of millions of euros from sale of mobile devices business.
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AT&T/Time Warner deal hits Brazil roadblock
Brazil’s antitrust watchdog refuses to approve tie-up citing competition concerns.
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Ooredoo Myanmar CEO quits
Chief operating officer to serve as acting chief exec as Rene Meza retires.
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AT&T home security sale could be first of many
U.S. telco exploring Digital Life options, more sales could follow to mitigate Time Warner impact.
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Verizon, vendors record Gigabit LTE in the lab
U.S. operator reaches 1.07 Gbps download speed working with Ericsson and Qualcomm.
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Italian govt talks up TIM/Mediaset tie-up, eyes €3bn-plus 5G sale
Government official says collaboration could help fend off influence of Fox, Netflix; suggests quick 5G sale would raise more than postal privatisation.
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