Asia Pacific

Maxis - Malaysia's largest mobile operator - could return to the stock market as early as mid-November, reports Reuters today.

Japan's smallest operator eMobile overtook market leader NTT Docomo in net subscriber additions for the month of September, as the country's largest mobile operator slipped to fourth place in terms of growth.

Korean mobile operators want the country's communications regulator to drop its pro-WiBro policy as it is not a profitable service, reports TeleGeography, citing the Korea Times.

India's 3G auction - scheduled for December 7 - could be delayed yet again, according to reports this week. Such fears have arisen as the government did not release revised information on the terms for the bidding, scheduled for September 29.

On the third anniversary of the launch of its Next G network, Australian operator Telstra has announced the network's ongoing expansion has provided coverage to more than 100 locations that previously did not have mobile coverage.

ZTE is now delivering handsets to mobile operator Hutchison 3G in the UK, Ireland and Sweden, reports Cellular News.

Telecompaper, citing a Xinhua article, notes that China Unicom launched its 3G services officially on 1 October, following rivals China Mobile and China Telecom. China Unicom's 3G network is based on WCDMA technology and currently covers 258 cities in China. The operator has also begun selling the iPhone.