And Swiss Telecom just took a 20% share in a small private Malaysian mobile operator, Mutiara.
In Britain mobile operator Vodafone is doubling its mobile broadband capacity to 14.4Mbps (Megabits per second).
And Britain's Vodafone has recently made a substantial investment in Vodacom, a South African mobile operator.
Analysts are also trying to predict whether Google would become a mobile operator itself.
One example of that is the partnership between mobile operator Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Microfinance Bank.
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Huawei, a telecoms company, already supplies handsets to Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile operator.
In 1994, they licensed a second mobile operator, China Unicom, under a rival ministry.
Children were sent home from schools, and the explosion temporarily knocked out one mobile operator's network.
And in 2002, it built and designed the first Windows-powered smart phone for European mobile operator Orange.
The mobile operator can provide it or the bank can record the call and archive it internally.
In September Blyk, a new mobile operator, launched a service in Britain that aims to do just that.
Details like which bank, mobile operator, or even brand of cell phone you're using won't matter, he says.
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There are big names backing iZettle including the mobile operator EE, and the payments firms Mastercard and American Express.
Consumers must not only choose the right device, they must also choose a mobile operator to support it.
Vodafone, a big mobile operator based in Britain, sees mobile advertising as a potentially lucrative source of additional income.
Sprint, the third biggest mobile operator in the US, also said the deal would lead to higher prices for consumers.
At the moment only mobile operator EE is able to offer customers the 4G service, which provides faster mobile internet connections.
As other big European telcos rein in spending, Vodafone-the world's largest mobile operator, with 110 million subscribers in 28 countries-rolls on.
On a per share basis, the mobile operator lost 28 cents, more than double the 12 cents loss expected by Wall Street.
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It bought Europe's third-biggest mobile phone operator, Orange, in 2000 from UK mobile phone operator Vodafone Group, Europe's biggest mobile phone company.
Bartlam favors OTE, the national phone company, and Panafon, a mobile operator.
The mobile operator is also set to spend heavily to upgrade and expand its network, which investors expect will constrict short-term profits.
Mobile operator EE, formerly Orange and T-Mobile, is already offering 4G services.
Strategic corporate buyers are also returning to the takeover market France Telecom outbid private-equity bidders for Spain's Amena mobile operator last year, for example.
Profits at China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers, have risen by 5% as its customers downloaded more games and video.
Mobilicity, Canada's UNLIMITED 3.5G mobile operator, provides nationwide coverage with unlimited coverage areas to make wireless communications more affordable and easier to use.
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At Cingular Wireless, a national mobile operator, network call traffic surged to 400 percent of its normal level from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
In addition to property, the conglomerate includes ports management, ground services for private jets, waste management and a 26% stake in mobile operator SmarTone.
Mobile operator O2 is to provide free internet to "millions" of residents and visitors in central London by launching Europe's largest free wi-fi zone.
Sprint and Japan's Softbank have said US regulators have found no unresolved national security issues relating to Softbank's proposed takeover of the US mobile operator.
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