European banks and mobile operators have agreed on a standard way of safeguarding and marrying phone and banking data to make wireless payments possible.[...]

A group of seven French mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) have requested that the government exempt them from its planned telecommunications tax, in order to allow them to concentrate on completing the ‘investment phase’ of their business rollouts. According to a report in Telecompaper the seven firms involved - Virgin [...]

Jamaica's Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MCT) has published an information memorandum regarding the upcoming auction for 2.5GHz licences, writes BNamericas. 125MHz of spectrum has been allocated for wireless broadband and 3G services, in addition to 65MHz for subscriber TV. The 125MHz will be split into six unpaired [...]

T-Mobile UK has deployed an HSUPA upgrade across its entire 3.5G mobile network, allowing faster upload speeds of up to 1.4Mbps, becoming the first operator in the UK to implement the technology on a national basis. The operator has also announced an upgrade to its HSDPA platform, raising the theoretical [...]

Buoyed by better-than-expected results from its cable and home phone operations, Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) surprised investors with a strong third quarter. The results, reported last week, boosted Shaw's stock which was up up 2.4% on Friday, and an additional 5% on Monday trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange to [...]

Blyk, the advertising-funded mobile network aimed at 16-24 year olds, is to enter the Belgian market having signed an MVNO deal with Mobistar. This move forms part of Blyk’s European expansion strategy which was announced last week, with Germany and Spain targeted as future markets, and firm plans in place [...]