Verizon Communications is in talks to sell its 23.1percentt stake in a major Indonesian cellular operator, Excelcomindo Pratama, according to an Excelcomindo executive.
While the major cellular mobile operators globally are coming down on the side of rolling out LTE for future broadband communications, there is a real market opportunity for fixed broadband by WiMAX, the IEEE802.16 wireless standard.
The purchase would have made Vodafone, which owns 45percentt of Verizon Wireless, the largest cellular operator in the United States.
So far the major cellular companies have not said whether they have any interest.
With all the major cellular carriers offering child locator features, we wonder how committed Disney is to being in the cellular business, particularly as losses begin to mount".
Shareholders of the Malaysian cellular operator Celcom voted in favor of a merger with the cellular unit of its largest shareholder, Telekom Malaysia, despite objections by a minority shareholder, Deutsche Telekom.
The Malaysian cellular operator Celcom said it had discovered another questionable deal involving its former chairman and controlling shareholder, Tajudin Ramli.
"Filipinos are very gregarious -- we like to talk a lot," said Rodolfo Salalima, a senior vice president at Globe Telecom, the local cellular operator benefiting most from the trend.
American trade representatives say that Telmex, the largest Internet and cellular operator, has barred network access that would allow rivals to offer local and international services.
