Mobile operator strategies - 15/04/06

Vodafone has extended its Partner Network Agreement with Bite Latvija.

Belgacom is interested in buying Vodafone' s 25% stake in Proximus (Belgium).

Tata Group has sold its 48% stake in Idea (India) to Aditya Birla Group for nearly $1bn.

BT has selected fastmobile to deploy its “fmX” (fastmobile experience) suite of technologies.

Softbank (Japan) will drop Vodafone brand in Japan, and switch to “Familiar” company name and brand.

China Telecom and China Mobile are likely to work together in building 3G networks adopting the homegrown TD-SCDMA standard, according to Norson.