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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Turkey’s privatisation body said that it has not started the process of selling a second tranche of state-owned shares in Turk Telekom. Turkey’s Privatisation Administration was reportedly planning to sell a 15 percent stake in Turk Telecom, which is also active in the internet service provider and mobile sectors, by the first quarter of [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MegaFon, largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, is reportedly eyeing at the possibility of buying up to 5% of shares in rival cellco Vimpelcom on the stock market. According to the sources, the proposal was on the agenda of MegaFon’s board meeting on 1 July but no decision was made.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:For the first time ever in Malta, Melita Mobile is introducing the cheapest mobile rates for roaming in EU countries after the Company decided to go one step further than mandatory EU regulations by setting its new roaming tariffs a year ahead of EU requirements and ahead of other local mobile operators. Melita Mobile announced a [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:SFR (incl neuf Cegetel) Chief Executive Frank Esser, has reportedly said that the French group had a ‘strong’ second quarter in terms of subscriber additions for fixed and mobile services, and is ahead of its target for sales of the iPhone 3G. The CEO, further said, ‘We had a good momentum, a very strong second [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:Digicel BVI has announced Bigger, Better Savings for its subscribers which will allow for more FREE talk on its network. The subscribers signing up for the new caibbean plan will get all local Digicel to Digicel calls totally FREE, effective as of midnight tonight. The Caribbean Plan was introduced June 18th and is available to [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:Vistream, the German MVNO has selected the mobile equipment vendor ZTE for the upgradation of its GSM and UMTS network so that it can further resell its services. Vistream which is known as an MVNO enabler, purchases in voice and data wholesale from network partner E-Plus but offers white label MVNO services using its own infrastructure. ZTE [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:Iran has taken away the third mobile licence from the Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain and now plans to hold fresh tender for it. According to local media report Telecommunication Minister Mohammad Soleimani said that Zain had not “fulfilled its obligations.” Zain was awarded the licence in May after it was stripped by Iran from Etisalat for almost [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:LG which is seeing a upward movement in its growth process and has reached the #3 position as a mobile handset manufacturer across the globe. LG, according to President, Mobile Business, Ahn Seung-kwon, plans to become #2 cellphone maker in the world by 2012. Which means that it plans to overtake Samsung in the next 3 [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:TracFone Wireless, the America Movil’s MVNO has introduced a new prepaid unlimited offering at $45 per month that includes unlimited text messaging and 30 MB of data. The service is operational on Verizon’s network and available at participating Wal-Mart stores. The new offering looks like another major action in the battle for limitless wireless service. The [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news:Vodafone Malta is offering larger bundles of minutes to its existing and new customers on the Knock Out plans. Customers on the Lightweight Plan will get 200 minutes instead of the current 120 minutes. Middleweight Plan customers will get 400 minutes instead of the current 240 minutes and the Heavyweight plan customers will get 800 minutes [...]