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China is set to invest approximately $22 billion to upgrade its infrastructure by 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

South Africa's Telkom has spun off its wholesale unit into a separate business aimed at serving all telcos and its parent company in a more open and transparent way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SK Telecom and China Unicom have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on business and technology developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Saudi Arabia's market regulator has rejected Mobily's shareholders' demand for compensation as a result of the sharp decline in its share price. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Millicom is to own 24% of shares in Helios Towers Africa (HTA) following a reorganisation of various shareholdings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has announced the company's management team ahead of the completion of its €15.6 billion takeover of Alcatel-Lucent, with Nokia execs dominating the key positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chief executive of UK regulator Ofcom Sharon White has expressed concern over the proposed merger between O2 and Three. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone has called for the break-up of BT, adding to the increasing number of operators rallying for the split, ahead of a regulatory review of the UK telecoms industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vivendi has increased its stake in Telecom Italia to 19.9% in a bid to further expand in southern Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facebook is set to launch a satellite in partnership with Eutelsat to provide internet access to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Commission (EC) has launched an investigation into Liberty Global's proposed acquisition of Base to assess if it could be harmful to the Belgian market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BT has responded to calls for it to be separated from its Openreach unit, emphasising the importance of its control of the arm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Axiata's tower company edotco is to acquire a controlling stake of 75% in Digicel's Myanmar Tower Company for $221 million. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telenor has announced plans to sell its 33% stake in VimpelCom to focus on its core operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telenor is restructuring its executive management team to ensure faster execution of the group strategy in all its 13 markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ooredoo Group and Nokia Networks have signed a five-year framework agreement to support Ooredoo's long-term development strategy across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BT has launched its cloud-based distributed denial or service (DDoS) mitigation service in a move to help companies stay secure and ensure continuity of service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alcatel-Lucent is to partner with the Polish government to extend ultra-broadband access in eastern Poland, through its IP/MPLS and optical networking technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orange has defined its priorities for the next five years through its strategic plan Essentials2020, with a series of appointments and a focus on Africa, the Middle East and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mexico's Alfa has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Axtel in a move to take on market leader America Movil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT&T is launching a switched ethernet service for businesses that is carried over its mainly consumer-oriented U-verse fibre network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm are in advanced talks to share and trade spectrum and offer high-speed 4G services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orange is in the final round of discussions with an unidentified party to sell its 70% stake in its Kenyan unit, according to the country's finance minister. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NTT Docomo is to launch a VoLTE international roaming service in South Korea in cooperation with KT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tele2 has announced a series of partnerships in the machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) space within the Benelux region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argentina's telecoms regulator has rejected Grupo Clarin's $178 million bid to acquire mobile operator Nextel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mobile operator Digicel has allocated $400 million of its share flotation funds to be used for acquisitions, according to reports in Dublin, where the company's owner, Denis O'Brien, is based. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone and Liberty Global have ended talks over a potential merger of their European businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US chip maker Qualcomm is to invest up to $150 million in Indian startup companies via a venture fund. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telefonica and China Unicom have agreed to share their international data centre capabilities in what both companies say is a first step towards cloud cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liquid Telecom is expected to launch a European initial public offering next year after turning down several offers in recent months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Equinix is to support the FASTER subsea cable by providing backhaul into its data centres. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

South Africa's Telkom is reportedly seeking to acquire Cell C for less than the 22 billion rand value placed on the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government of Myanmar -- formerly Burma -- has postponed announcement of the winner of its fourth mobile licence from the end of September until mid October. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tele2 has announced an internal reorganisation following the departure of its CEO to the GSMA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Level 3 Communications has announced the official opening of its EMEA security operations centre in a bid to focus on its security offerings for the region's enterprises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Poland is to allow its regulatory body to speed up its ongoing spectrum auction by setting a deadline for its conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nokia Networks' CEO Rajeev Suri said government approvals for its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent are moving faster than expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ooredoo has appointed Haroon Shahul Hameed as acting chief commercial officer in place of Cynthia Gordon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telecom Italia said it is open to all options regarding its tower unit Inwit, adding that there is "strong interest" for the business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India's Aircel is set to roll out 4G services by the end of 2015, following announcements by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chiefs of UK mobile operators have written an open letter in the Financial Times urging a radical reform of the UK broadband market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hutchison Holdings is considering listing O2, following its acquisition of the UK operator in March 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The EU and China have signed an agreement to develop 5G networks at the EU-China high level economic and trade dialogue in Beijing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cable & Wireless Communications has announced that non-executive director Simon Ball will retire from November 4 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Norway's telecoms regulator will impose stricter regulation on market leader Telenor over prices it is charging other operators to use its mobile network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Altice has agreed to purchase US cable TV provider Cablevision in a deal valued at $17.7 billion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hibernia Networks has announced that its Hibernia Express cable - the first transatlantic route in over 12 years - is ready for service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liberty Global has submitted concessions to the European Commission in a bid to gain approval for its €1.33 billion acquisition of KPN's Belgian unit Base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Altice has agreed to sell two Portuguese cable operators to private equity fund Apax France for an undisclosed price. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]