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Africa, South America continue to trail in 3G uptake

By LLOYD BEVAN

Published: 26 May, 2009

READ MORE: Africa & Middle East

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Unitech Wireless

[12/05/2009] - Indian cellco Unitech Wireless has awarded contracts worth an estimated USD400 million to hardware vendors Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei for the rollout of GSM-based infrastructure. It is believed that Huawei has been selected to carry out the larger share of the construction, with its contract reportedly worth around USD225 million.

Huawei Technologies

Batelco (Bahrain)36.9%
INVEST
49%S Tel[12/05/2009] - Batelco has completed formalities to finalise the acquisition of a 49 per cent shareholding in S Tel Limited (S Tel) for $225 million. S Tel has licenses to operate in six Indian states - Bihar, Orissa, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, North East and Assam.

Solectek
802.16D
VoiceNetworkx[11/05/2009] - VoiceNetworkx has tapped Solectek, a San Diego, CA based carrier grade wireless broadband equipment manufacturer, as their infrastructure provider for their 3.65 GHz WiMAX deployment across Southern California.

Virgin Group50%
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0%Virgin Mobile (Canada)[07/05/2009] - Bell Can ada is buying out the 50% stake in Virgin Mobile Canada for CA$142 million (US$121 million), and entering into a long-term licensing agreement with the Virgin Group to retain the brandname rights.
Bell Mobility50%
INVEST
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