December 27, 2007, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The Taiwanese WiMAX license holder Global Mobile has completed a capital increase of NT$1.3 billion (US$33 million). According to a Dow Jones report, Global Mobile took on nine new shareholders, including Chunghwa ... continue...

December 20, 2007, PARIS (WiMAX Day). The French telecoms and media group Vivendi announced that SFR, the GSM operator it co-owns with Vodafone Group, will make a bid to acquire the outstanding shares of the French alternative telecoms ... continue...

December 10, 2007, SYDNEY (WiMAX Day). Seven Network last week gained acceptance for its takeover of Unwired Australia from 90 percent of Unwired shareholders. Seven launched a takeover bid for Unwired in September. Seven now may compulsory acquire ... continue...

December 7, 2007, BUENOS AIRES (WiMAX Day). NextWave Wireless has acquired WebSky Argentina whose assets include  telecommunications licenses and an aggregate of 42 MHz spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band covering the Buenos Aires metro region and an ... continue...

December 5, 2007, MOSCOW (WiMAX Day). Russia's number two mobile operator Vimpelcom has offered US$4.2 billion to acquire Russian fixed-line operator Golden Telecom. According to a joint statement made in Moscow yesterday, discussions are underway for a subsidiary ... continue...

November 16, 2007, KUALA LUMPUR (WiMAX Day). The Malaysian GSM network provider DiGi, a subsidiary of the Norwegian telecoms group Telenor, announced an alliance with  Time dotCom Berhad (TdC) that it will involve the acquisition of a 3G ... continue...

October 30, 2007, TASHKENT (WiMAX Day). The Japanese company Sumitomo Corp and Korea Telecom announced today the acquisition of two companies in Uzbekistan for a total of ¥ 8 billion yen (US$69.6 million). The acquisitions will enable Sumitomo ... continue...

October 30, 2007, RIYADH (WIMAX DAY). In September this year, the GSM operator Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) in Saudi Arabia announced its intent to acquire the Saudi WiMAX network operator Bayanat al-Oula for 1.5 billion SAR (US$400 million). According ... continue...