The big buzz is about Telia's ambitions to acquire Finland's ailing Sonera mobile group, Denmark's TDC or both.

FORBES: Taking on Telia

Most European countries now have too many 3G operators for all of them to be profitable: Denmark, for example, has four players and 3.8m mobile users, while Switzerland has four licence-holders for its 5.3m users.

ECONOMIST: More mobile trouble | The