Global operator strategies - 21/04/07

China' s GDP grew over 11% in 1Q07.

Berlusconi's media group Mediaset in Italy may enter Telecom Italia bid, without taking control.

Telekom (Malaysia) will pay $113m for an additional 7.4% in Excelcomindo (Indonesia) and bring its stake to 67%.

Telekom Austria has abandonned plans to bid for a stake in Greek OTE.

Bell Canada finally confirms that it is in discussions to sell the company to a group of pension fund operators.

Telefonica has sold 100% of Airwave O2 to GDC/ Macquarie (Australia) for €3bn.

AT&T will offer ISP services in India by the end of the year.

BT has bought Comsat, a provider of data communication services in Latin America.

The Chinese government is planning to cover 90% of Beijing with WiMAX. Some 150 WiMAX base stations and about 9,000 WLAN nodes would be deployed in the city for the 2008 Olympic Games.