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europe

Cyprus – Amaracos Holding to buy stake in MTN Cyprus
France – FT to cover 98% of French households with Orange TV
Germany – BNetzA approves bitstream charges
Germany – Deutsche Bahn sells Arcor stake to Vodafone
Russia – More details of Virgin’s WiMAX launch
Russia – Svyazinvest reports 88.6% increase in profits
Russia – Synterra reports big rise in 1Q profits
United Kingdom – Qualcomm gets L-band spectrum

middle east & central asia

Oman – Omantel first quarter results approved

africa

Kenya – Telkom awards SDM deal to Alca-Lu
Malawi – MACRA advertises fourth GSM licence
Nigeria – Fraud uncovered at NITEL

americas

USA – Cox sees double-digit customer growth
USA – Muni Wi-Fi: another one bites the dust
USA – Sprint says WiMAX will be launched by year-end

far east & pacific

Japan – MIC to request carriers to publish MVNO leasing fees
Malaysia – Intel Capital buys stake in Green Packet
New Zealand – Econet sells up in NZ
Singapore – SingTel picks Ericsson for GSM/W-CDMA/HSPA
Thailand – AIS profits up 28.7% y-o-y, flat q-o-q
Thailand – Forex boosts True’s profits by 562%