Europe

The European Commission yesterday published a set of guidelines aimed at encouraging uptake of mobile TV services across the 27 EU member states.

India's third-largest mobile operator, Reliance Communications (RCOM), is reportedly in talks to sell-off as much as a 26 percent stake in the company to a major foreign telecoms operator.

The anti-trust regulator in France has ruled that Orange France's arrangement with Apple to offer the iPhone in the country on an exclusive basis is anti-competitive, reports Associated Press.

Just before Christmas Telecom Italia announced it will launch HSPA+ services in Spring this year.

Dutch telecoms group KPN has confirmed that it will launch in France as a MVNO using its 'Simyo' discount brand on Sunday (11 January).

There was a new development in the long-running saga surrounding France's fourth 3G license today as the French government confirmed it would break-up the license into three lots of 5MHz with one reserved for a new operator.

Reuters notes that Telecom Italia's controlling shareholders must buy out minorities in its Brazilian mobile phone unit, Brazil's securities regulator has said, a move that could cost shareholders more than US$1 billion.