Operators

Operator giants Telefonica and China Unicom yesterday announced plans to buy US$1 billion worth of stock in each other to deepen a strategic alliance.

Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and France Telecom's Orange have agreed to merge their UK operations in a 50/50 joint venture that will create a new UK market leader.

Verizon Business today announced 'Managed Mobility Solutions,' a new service for large multinational businesses that provides security for mobile devices and mobile expense management, reports Computerworld

Mobile kit vendor Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) could lose out on revenue if the planned UK merger between T-Mobile and Orange goes ahead, say analysts

China Mobile - the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers - has agreed to support the Symbian Foundation in a deal seen as a major boost to the open source smartphone platform as it seeks to maintain its leadership position in light of increasing competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.

Shareholders in Zain have agreed to sell a 46 percent stake in the Kuwaiti-based firm to an Asian consortium that includes Indian state-owned operators MTNL and BSNL, reports the Financial Times.

South Korea's largest mobile operator, SK Telecom, and Bell Labs (the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent) today announced a partnership to work together on future mobile technology. A joint statement noted that "one potential project involves the two companies working toward defining what the architecture and shape of wireless networks will look like beyond 4G networks that network operators are introducing today."