Europe

Reuters reports that communications company Iliad has applied for France's fourth 3G license to add to its packages of TV, Internet and fixed-phone services, and looks likely to be the only bidder.

The European Commission today published its recommendations on the Digital Dividend, identifying two key actions that should be taken urgently.

Telecom Italia, the debt-laden Italian operator, said this morning it will slash its workforce by a further 4,000 and seek to sell-off non-core assets worth as much as €3 billion as part of a strategy to reduce costs.

BT Group has selected network equipment maker Tellabs as its partner to support its ethernet-based mobile backhaul service in a five-year deal.

The European Commission yesterday published a set of guidelines aimed at encouraging uptake of mobile TV services across the 27 EU member states.

India's third-largest mobile operator, Reliance Communications (RCOM), is reportedly in talks to sell-off as much as a 26 percent stake in the company to a major foreign telecoms operator.

The anti-trust regulator in France has ruled that Orange France's arrangement with Apple to offer the iPhone in the country on an exclusive basis is anti-competitive, reports Associated Press.