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India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is delaying its massive $6.5 billion tender for GSM infrastructure. The bids were supposed to be opened on July 16 but now won't be opened until Aug. 30. BSNL Read more...

Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, posted a 19.1 percent increase in sales for the first quarter, but warned that full-year sales will be on the low end of its previous Read more...

The proposed takeover of mobile operator Reliance Communications by South Africa's MTN is in danger of moving to the courts as India's billionaire Ambani brothers fight over the terms. Mukesh Ambani, Read more...

India, which is expected to become a hotbed for wireless broadband services, could see 3G and more WiMAX deployments by 2009. The Indian government is expected to issue guidelines on the auction Read more...

Singapore Telecoms announced that it has inked a deal with Apple to carry its iPhone on its networks in Singapore, India, Phillipines and Australia some time later this year. Singapore Telecoms owns Read more...

Ericsson's first quarter results included a 55 percent drop in net income to $446 million, but still managed to beat analysts' expectations thanks to the networks division and increased sales in Read more...

SiRF appoints Diosdado Banatao as its executive chairman. Obopay India appoints Vijay Balakrishnan as CMO. Apprion appoints Mike Sullivan as VP of global sales. Read more...

According to a poll of financial analysts conducted by Factset, Nokia's first quarter profit is expected to hit $2.19 billion, a 42 percent increase over the year-ago period in which the company Read more...

One week after Motorola CEO Greg Brown announced plans to spin-off Motorola's handset business, the chairman of India's Videocon said that the company will make a bid for Motorola's business. Read more...

AT&T told analysts in a recent briefing that it plans on being "aggressive" in its plans to enter the mobile industry in India. The carrier's Asian regional managing director Bernard Yee said Read more...