Russia's government is considering investing in an Indian telecom firm to help out the majority Russian owner, notes an Economic Times report.

Vodafone Qatar, part of UK-based Vodafone Group, said yesterday that only the country's nationals and Qatari-owned institutions are allowed to buy into its IPO of 338.2 million shares, or 40 percent of the company's capital.

T-Mobile continued to win customers in Britain in the first months of this year after reversing a decline in 2008, the head of its contract-customer business in the UK told Reuters

Cellular News reports that Cambodia has gained an eighth mobile network after Latelz launched commercial services last Friday under the Smart Mobile brand.

A new report by Yankee Group concludes that if the GSMA and NeuStar are successful in recruiting service providers to adopt their new managed numbering resolution service, Pathfinder, it could be a major step on the path to a global registry.

VNUNet reports that HTC has announced plans to roll-out three new handsets this year using Google's Android operating system.

Nigeria's burgeoning mobile market is about to get a little more crowded with news that local fixed-wireless operator MegaTech is to invest US$500 million in a CDMA network launching across 23 states in the country.