Global operator strategies - 30/05/07

Potential consolidation in India: Spice Telecom, Idea Cellular ann Reliance Telecom are discussing an "operational alliance with a pan-India footprint” .

FT has started to review offers for its Dutch Orange unit. T-Mobile is in good position.

Wall Street again speculates that Sprint Nextel could go private. Its market value is near $65bn, and debt is worth $23bn. This could be a strong hurdle to a buyout.

Main Spanish telecom operators have formed a new industry association, Redtel. It includes Telefonica, Vodafone, Orange, ONO.

BT and Sony will work together to develop VOIP over WiFi capabilities on Sony' s PSP Play Station Portable device.

Google buys GreenBorderTech, a security expert in malware.

NTT Communications and Sprint Nextel are teaming up for expanding Sprint global MPLS services in the Asia-Pacific region.

The GSM Association and Microsoft will collaborate to determine consumer user trends and the mass market potential of notebook PCs with embedded mobile broadband access to internet anywhere with mobile coverage.

China funds Uganda $106m for fiber optic project.

Windstream (US) buys North Carolina ' s CT Communications for $585m.