Mobile operator strategies

Vimpelcom (Russia) finally has rejected the purchase of Radio Systems Wellcom (Ukraine). The purchase was supported by Alfa Group (Russia), but challenged by Telenor (another strong shareholder) for lack of transparency in the sale process.

America Movil (Mexico) raised its 2005 capex 14% to $ 2.4bn as its subscriber base is growing faster than expected.

PLDT (Philippines) has merged its two mobile businesses Smart and PilTel in the country.

DoCoMo is buying 34% stake in Sumitomo Mitsui Card for $940m.

China Unicom has slashed fees on mobile internet access by as far as 93%, coming below broadband internet access in some cases.

China Mobile signed an agreement with MTV to deliver music tones content to mobile phones.

Fellowes Company (Alfa Group in Russia) is the sole owner of Kyrgyzstan's Bitel mobile operator.