Mobile operator strategies - 22/02/07

Telecom Italia cancels TIM Brazil sale and rejects offers.

Sprint Nextel expands in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) with a JV, formed with a consortium of regional investors led by Wataniya, to deliver mobile services.

UMC (Ukraine) plans to launch a CDMA 450 mobile service by July.

France will launch a tender for a fourth 3G operator. Conditions are the same as in 2001: €619m for the licence +1% on revenues. It is likely that the technology would be at 900MHz.

AT&T sells mobile spectrum in southeastern states to Clearwire for $ 300m, following merger with Bellsouth.