> European Union regulators are planning to aggressively accelerate plans to create a single regional telecoms market, with the hope that regulations can be put in place by the end of the year. Article (sub. req.)
> Vodafone may face a challenge from Liberty Global in a bidding war for Kabel Deutschland. Article
> Altimo offered $1.8 billion (€1.4 billion) to buy out buy out minority shareholders in Egypt's Orascom Telecom. Article
> Bouygues Telecom preps for LTE with new tariffs. Article
> T-Mobile UK was reprimanded over claims that its Full Monty plans offer "unlimited" data. Article
And finally… A judge fined himself after his phone rang during the middle of a trial. Article