Mobile operator strategies - 21/9/05

Millicom International Cellular has acquired Oasis a GSM mobile unit based in Republic of the Congo.

Reliance Infocom (India) is planning to place order for 1 million mobile phone handsets in the next two months.

Iceland Telecom is planning to deploy EDGE technology over the next few months.

Sprint and RealNetworks launch streaming music services.

Vodafone, along with nine other companies, is interested in a stake in Turkey's Telsim. The company is valued at about $2.8bn.Vodafone announces the delivery of HSDPA services from 1H06 onwards.

Ministry of Information Industry (MII) in China stated that 3G cellular services based on local 3G standard (TD-SCDMA) will be started in the last quarter of 2005.

Bouygues Telecom (France) is offering instant messaging MSN Messenger to its i-mode users. It also has boosted EDGE network coverage, reaching now 90% of the French population.

Hutchison Whampoa has applied for an initial public listing of its Italian 3G unit, 3 Italia. Hutchison could sell 25% of its Italian unit, raising as much as €2.5bn.

China Unicom targets entering the mobile TV market.