Europe

The Belgian government will hold an auction for the country's fourth 3G licence and five spectrum blocks for LTE in September, reports Telecompaper, citing De Standaard.

The Financial Times (FT) reports that French conglomerate Vivendi is eyeing a move into the Brazilian mobile sector and has also reiterated its ambition to buy Vodafone out of its home mobile venture, SFR.

Telecompaper reports that Belgian cable operator Telenet will conduct LTE tests between May and September.

The European Commission announced yesterday new moves intended to protect consumers from building up large bills when roaming in other EU countries.

French media and telecoms conglomerate Vivendi said it expects further growth in adjusted earnings before interest and tax in 2010 as it posted expectation-beating fourth quarter profits and met its 2009 target.

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Deutsche Telekom will cut its brand name in Germany to a 'T' as part of its efforts to integrate its fixed line and mobile operations in its home market.

France’s mobile operators will be bidding for more 3G spectrum later this year when two lots of 5 MHz spectrum go up for auction.