Sprint network’s Q3 results show loss of $478 million and around 500,000 customers

Vodacom Tanzania announces that more than one million customers have signed up to its money transfer service

Experts warn German regulator’s refusal to impose conditions on spectrum sale could cause difficulties for small network operators O2 and E-Plus

Vodacom launches South Africa’s first SIM card designed exclusively for vehicle tracking purposes

Belgian networks BASE and Mobistar accuse rival Belgacom of uncompetitive pricing

The operator has awarded Nokia Siemens Network a contract to improve its 3G radio access network by mid-2010

Symbian Foundation partners with China Mobile to encourage mobile application development

Deutsche Telekom said to be making offer for US rival Sprint

Hutchison 3G Austria joins with Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade to LTE technology

US regulator’s annual review of competitiveness of UK market takes in new data and mobile broadband elements

US president Mike Cost takes the role of global chief operating officer, while Patrick Stokes becomes new president of Brightstar US

Brightstar gets patent for emerging market fixed-mobile product line, with Indian, African and Latin Amercian markets in mind

Network operator MTN Ghana debuts mobile money transfer service, available in Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Nigeria

Indian mobile network Bharti and South African MTN Group extend merger talks until September 30; a merger would create the world’s third largest mobile operator

US distributor signs reverse logistics deal with MVNO Boost Mobile, owned by Sprint Nextel

PC manufacturer Dell in launch talks for Android-based smartphone with China Mobile

Brightpoint debuts new connection process for US resellers

Vodafone’s expanding partner programme hits Azerbaijan with Azerfon agreement

Research has found that Telmap held a 46 per cent share of the market as of the end of Q3 2009, making it the number one provider of mobile navigation