While other carriers in the country are waiting for the India’s 3G auction to finally begin, one of the state-owned operators, BSNL, announced that it has covered 318 cities with its 3G network. Moreover, they said they are on target to reach 400 cities by the end of March, and eventually all 760 major cities…

Zain’s long time CEO (since 2002), Dr Saad Al Barrak, has stepped down. In a short statement to the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange, the Kuwati-based Middle East and African mobile giant said that Al Barrak has “handed in his resignation to the chairman of the board and the chairman will present the resignation to board members…

Cellular South announced that its acquisition of Alabama-based Corr Wireless Communications is a done deal. With this purchase, the carrier will be able to offer the industry’s best devices, plans and network to customers in northeastern Alabama and parts of Georgia. For now, Corr Wireless will keep operating under its existing name, but that will…

As the price wars continue, prepaid mobile operator Page Plus Cellular announced that its U.S. roaming rate will be lowered from $0.59 to $0.29 per minute. The news comes on the heels of the last price cutting initiative the carrier announced. However, they also pointed out that their network covers pretty much the whole of…

It seems India will yet again postpone its long-time awaited 3G license auction. The rumor is that the Law Ministry wants the terms of the license auction to be revised, and there’s also the concern that auctioning off radio spectrum before it has been vacated by the military could lead to legal challenges for compensation.…

Qualcomm has opened a new R&D facility in South Korea to strengthen its collaboration with handset vendors and mobile operators in developing chip technologies for smartphones. Two of the largest Korean handset makers, Samsung and LG, are both major Qualcomm customers. The company’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, also confirmed a $4 million investment in a local…

There’s a new telecom operator in Zimbabwe called Broadlands Networks which is investing $100 million in a new network. The technology platform is not specified, but it is presumed to be WiMAX. So far Broadlands has invested around $30 million to build its network in Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru, and the nationwide coverage is expected…

The UMTS Forum announced that subscriptions to 3G/UMTS networks have reached 500 million! The milestone comes after about eight years after the world’s first commercial 3G/WCDMA network was launched by Japanese NTT DOCOMO. Here are some other interesting figures from the press release: According to Wireless Intelligence, there are now over 300 UMTS family networks…

Digicel Haiti said that over 92% of its base stations are now fully operational and that a number of international circuits have been significantly increased to support all the international traffic in Haiti. Moreover, over 60 stores have reopened for business, and Digicel’s office in Turgeau, Port-au-Prince, is operational and the majority of employees are…

Egypt may offer a license for a fourth mobile operator if the current three mobile firms do not comply with pricing regulations. According to Amr Badawi, head of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), “There are no obstacles to issuing a fourth mobile license in Egypt … but offering the license will mainly depend on…