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Report: BT could reunite with O2 UK in wholesale LTE deal

BT has opened the bidding for a new mobile partner in a move that could see the UK's former telecoms monopoly back together with its former mobile unit, O2 UK, according to a report in the Financial Times .

Report: Verizon readies $100B bid for Vodafone's Verizon Wireless stake

Verizon Communications has hired advisers in advance of a possible $100 billion cash and stock bid for Vodafone's 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless, according to a  Reuters  report.

Mallinson: It's time to flip the pricing models for voice and data

Flipping the way mobile voice and data are priced is a bold and yet essential move. Mobile operators can now benefit from and embrace increasing use of all kinds of in-house and OTT services and applications.

Vodafone Red: What's new?

Vodafone is expanding its Vodafone Red plans to its 14 European markets, "together with the addition of new and compelling customer options." The plans are the operator's answer to over-the-top providers, but how innovative are they really?

Czech Telefónica's O2 sparks price war, drops phone subsidies

Telefónica Czech Republic has thrown down the gauntlet to rival operators with a range of cheaper tariffs and a stop on phone subsidies, as the operator rattles cages over new conditions proposed this week for the country's LTE spectrum auctions.

Czech regulator revamps spectrum auction, reserves 800 MHz block for newcomer

The Czech telecommunications regulator, or CTO, announced new conditions for a spectrum auction following the regulator's unusual move last month to cancel the auction over concerns that bids were too high.

EE aims to boost 4G speeds as UK rivals prep LTE networks

EE intends to sign up more than 1 million subscribers to its LTE network by the end of this year, as the UK mobile operator makes the most of its diminishing lead on rival operators by also promising to double average LTE speeds to 20 Mbps.

Report: Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom resume VDSL2 vectoring wholesale talks

Vodafone is negotiating a wholesale VDSL2 service arrangement with Deutsche Telekom to deliver a new TVG service over the German incumbent's copper-based last mile network.

Vodafone breakup dismissed despite analysts' enthusiasm

Vodafone's shares slipped more than 3 per cent after the company and Verizon Communications denied a report about plans to break up the UK-based operator.

TeliaSonera abandons sale of Spain's Yoigo, promises new strategy

TeliaSonera said it will push forward with developing the future potential of its Spanish subsidiary Yoigo after failing to attract high enough offers in a prospective sale. The company was in negotiations with Vodafone and France Telecom, with unnamed inside sources suggesting that the Swedish telco was hoping its Spanish unit could fetch around €1 billion, according to Reuters .