November 15, 2012 TeliaSonera in line for 1.3B MegaFon IPO payout Nordic group TeliaSonera expects to receive SEK9 billion (US$1.3 billion) to SEK 11 billion from the IPO of Russian operator MegaFon, in which it has a 35.6 percent stake. By Tim Ferguson
Europe Operators November 15, 2012 KPN completes German tower sale Dutch operator group KPN has completed the sale of its mobile tower portfolio in Germany to American Tower Corporation for a cash consideration of EUR393 million. By Tim Ferguson
Europe Operators November 15, 2012 Free Mobile takes lions share of new French subscribers Iliad said its Free Mobile service took 60 percent of new mobile subscribers in France during the third quarter of the year with 805,000 additions during the period. By Tim Ferguson
November 15, 2012 Telefonica accelerates debt reduction plan Telefonica's CFO has pledged to reduce the operator group’s net debt to about EUR50 billion by year-end. By Matt Ablott
November 15, 2012 Texas Instruments to cut 1,700 jobs, moves away from mobile US-based chip maker Texas Instruments plans to cut 1,700 jobs as it continues to shift its wireless technology focus away from the mobile market to embedded products. By Tim Ferguson
November 15, 2012 Broadcom chosen for Google’s Nexus, blow to NXP Google has selected US vendor Broadcom to supply the NFC chips for its new Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet, which went on sale this week, instead of the NXP chipset it used in earlier models. By Richard Handford
November 14, 2012 Turkcell launches mobile ticketing at football match Turkcell is offering a service that enables its subscribers to buy a ticket to a top-level football game via SMS and then enter the stadium by showing their newly-purchased ticket on the phone screen at the turnstiles. By Richard Handford