Ericsson won a EUR600 million (US$700 million) contract to supply wireless equipment to Wind Tre, according to people with knowledge of the matter, dealing a blow to China's ZTE, which lost part of the deal after being barred from buying US technology.

UK telecoms giant Vodafone has merged its Indian business with Idea Cellular, India's third-largest network, to create the country's largest operator.

SoftBank, the owner of Sprint, is "open to all options" including an acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA, according to its chief executive, amid expectations that US president Donald Trump will be more receptive to megadeals.

The European Commission has blocked Three's 瞿10.25 billion takeover of O2 on competition grounds, more than a year after the deal to form Britain's biggest mobile phone operator was announced.

5G cellular is getting closer to becoming a reality as carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and South Korea's KT prepare 5G tests.

Sprint has axed at least 2,500 jobs across six customer care centers and its Kansas headquarters as part of its plan to cut $2.5 billion in costs, a company spokeswoman said on Monday.

AT&T says it has agreed with Deutsche Telekom to ends its bid to buy T-Mobile USA after facing fierce government objections.

Sir John Bond left his job as chairman of HSBC in 2006 to join Vodafone, where he won praise for steadying a squabbling boardroom. Since then, however, the running has not been smooth at Vodafone, particularly regarding the company's track record on acquisitions.

China Unicom doesn't use Google search boxes on its phones and only works with companies that abide by Chinese law, according to Lu Yimin, president of the telecom company.

Telecom Italia rises more than 2%, boosted by report in Brazil's O Globo newspaper that it and Spain's Telefonica will announce a merger at the end of February or early March.

Red Cross donations made by texting reach US$5 million, as the campaign to raise money for Haiti relief efforts goes viral in an always-connected society.

"Contents and services drive sales of devices ... Our No. 1 mission is to raise the software value of our devices," Lee of Samsung's Media Solution Center, said at a conference in Seoul.

Mobile phone operator Vodafone has declined to comment on a report that it is considering buying T-Mobile UK.

Finland and China have recently signed high-tech contracts worth US$1 billion (euro720,000) and planned new top-level trade talks aimed at further deals worth more than US$2 billion, according to Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang.

Hutchison Whampoa has reported a 42% fall in net profit but sounded an upbeat note as losses narrowed at its 3G mobile phone operations. The Hong Kong-based oil-to-telecoms firm said annual profits totalled HK$17.7bn (US$2.28 billion), compared with HK$30.6bn in 2007.