Teliasonera (Sweden) could gain control of Turkcell (Turkey) for $3.1 bn.
Orange/ FT is trialing UMTS TDD technology from IPWireless.
China said to be ready to launch 3G TD-SCDMA commercial networks. Technical tests have been successfully passed, and China can see mass deployment.
The EBRD has decided to lend a $ 100m loan to the Kazakhstan based GSM operator, KaR-Tel. Another $130m vendor-financing package will complement the companys needs for funding its expansion. KaR-Tel, a Vimpelcom company (Russia), has 860,000 mobile subscribers. Its competitor, TOO GSM-Kazakhstan, is planning to invest $300m in network upgrades in the next five years.
T-Mobile has bought additional stake in T-Mobile CZ (Czech Rep.) from Telecom Italia for $91m.
SK-EarthLink (US), a JV between SK Telecom (S. Korea) and Earthlink, will offer MVNO voice and data services in the US.
Telecom Malaysia International Bangladesh (TMIB) will launch next month GPRS services in Bangladesh. Teletalk Bangladesh will also launch GSM operations this week.
Vodafone has successfully purchased £ 4bn of shares.
MTC (Kuwait) will buy African wireless carrier Celtel International for $ 3.4bn.
Telefonica Moviles plans to increase capex by 23% this year to 2bn.
MobiTel (Bulgaria) has won a 20-year 3G license in its country.
Sunday (HK) will launch 3G service in 2Q05.
Sercotel/ America Movil (Peru) has been granted a 20-year license for a mobile telephone band for $ 21m.
Telenor (Norway) will invest some $ 500m in Kyivstar GSM, Ukrainian mobile operator.
Swisscom launched EDGE services with nationwide coverage.
