Telecompaper notes that mobile equipment provider TeleCommunication Systems has filed two patent infringement lawsuits in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Sybase 365.

The Guardian reports that UK mobile phone users will no longer have to call up their provider if they want to move their phone number to another network, local regulator Ofcom proposed today

TeleGeography reports that Brazilian mobile group TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil), a unit of Telecom Italia, yesterday reported second-quarter net losses of BRL15.2 million (US$8.3 million) in 2Q09

Reuters notes that Infosys BPO, the back-office services arm of India's Infosys Technologies, said today it has won a five-year outsourcing deal from mobile operator T-Mobile UK.

TeleGeography, citing India’s Economic Times, reports that the Essar Group is seeking to merge its telecoms license in Uganda with the operations of Warid Telecom.

Telecompaper notes that international payment provider PaysafeCard has signed a contract with BT to launch a mobile money service.

Unstrung notes that US service provider Clearwire has started selling mobile WiMAX services in eight smaller Texas towns and cities as well as in Boise, Idaho, and Bellingham, Wash, and says that services will officially be launched on 1 September.