Etisalat backs Mobily following prepaid SIM ban

UAE-based operator group Etisalat is backing its Saudi Arabian affiliate Mobily after authorities banned it from selling prepaid SIM cards

Apple and LG face AlcaLu patent suit

Apple and LG are this week appearing in court to defend themselves from an Alcatel-Lucent patent infringement suit which was initially filed in 2010, Bloomberg reports.

iPhone 5 momentum establishes iOS as largest US smartphone platform Kantar

Strong early sales of the new iPhone 5 have pushed Apple’s iOS to the smartphone …

Telekom Austria moves closer to YESSS deal

The proposed consolidation in Austria’s mobile sector took a small step forward this week, when …

MegaFon IPO offers hit target

Russian operator MegaFon has received orders for all of the shares in its initial public offering totalling US$2.1 billion

Ericsson sues Samsung after patent talks breakdown

Ericsson has filed legal action against Samsung over alleged patent infringement, claiming the smartphone-maker had …

Apple adds six more Samsung products to US patent suit

Apple added six Samsung products to its US patent lawsuit against the South Korean technology company

Bharti nearing masts IPO

Bharti Infratel, the towers arm of Indian operator Bharti Airtel, is planning to raise around US$800 million through a 10 percent initial public offering in the second week of December, the Wall Street Journal reports

Report: Telekom Austria mulling domestic/international split

Telekom Austria is reported to be working “behind the scenes” to assess the possibility of …

Indian GSM operators lobby for CDMA spectrum

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are pressing the Indian government to reallocate part of the country’s …