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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTN, the South African mobile operator intends to finalise the merger talks with Indian giant Bharti Airtel as soon as possible, a media report suggests. MTN Chief Executive Officer Phutuma Nhleko reportedly said that they wanted to finalise the talks with Bharti Airtel as quickly as possible in order to remove shareholder uncertainty.
According to [...]

Samsung, the mobile handset manufacturer, has reportedly revealed the world’s first OMH handset, dubbed as “Mpower 699″ in the Indian mobile market. The handset manufacturer has collaborated with Qualcomm to develop digital wireless communications products and services.
The firm says that OMH technology offers users the option to buy SIM cards for CDMA handsets from operators [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Following Vodafone Malta’s introduction of its prepaid mobile Internet service, making it the first company in Malta to offer the option, the company is now introducing tailor-made prepaid packages with BlackBerry smartphones.
The prepaid BlackBerry® Internet Service from Vodafone offers unlimited e-mail, unlimited Internet browsing and BlackBerry® Messenger. The packages available for purchase are e20 [...]

Vodafone has reportedly awarded its $1.3 billion consolidated global media planning and buying business to Omnicom Group’s OMD.
OMD overcame Aegis Group’s Carat and a special WPP Group Vodafone team in a review. OMD already works for nearly 80% of the Vodafone account , and the agency likely adds about $250 million in client business in [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Sprint today announced Motorola ClutchTM i465 will be available this summer, in all Sprint sales channels, including Sprint stores, www.sprint.com/nexteldirectconnect and 1-800-Nextel-9 for $39.99 with a new two-year service agreement, $20 instant rebate and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes).
Customers can register for more information about availability for Motorola Clutch i465 at www.sprint.com/clutch.
Motorola Clutch i465, [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Samsung Electronics, world’s second largest mobile handset manufacturer, has reported to have attained the number one position in the Chinese 3G handset market. The Korean firm topped China’s TD-SCDMA market, holding a 23.6% in first seven months of 2009, followed by DOPOD with a 19.4% share, ZTE with a 16% share, COOLPAD with a [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.
The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Etisalat, the Middle Eastern mobile operator has reportedly unveiled that it has enough funds to pay in order to acquire the Moroccan mobile operator, Meditel. The list of bidders for the deal includes Oger Telecom, a telecom group controlled by the Saudi Oger Group, Qatar Telecommunications (Qtel) and Etisalat, the bankers close to the [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Taiwanese government still reportedly prohibits China Mobile to make an investment in the Far EasTone as it intends to disapprove China Mobile’s plan to acquire 12% stake in the Taiwanese operator, according to Taiwan’s vice economic minister, Hwang Jung-chiou.
Taiwan’s government just eased its policy to allow China-based companies to make investments in some [...]

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Qatar is partnering with Commercial Bank of Qatar to bring new value added, innovative and premium services to the Qatar market.
In inaugurating the new partnership with the country’s largest private sector bank, Vodafone Qatar announced today that first time customers can join Vodafone by registering their Commercial bank account details. This will allow [...]