Cellular News reports that the Iraqi government has announced plans to require the country's three mobile phone networks to list their shares on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) by the middle of 2010.

Dow Jones Newswires notes that Hutchison Telecommunications plans to spin off its Hong Kong fixed-line and mobile phone businesses in an Initial Public Offering later this year that could raise as much as HKD2 billion (US$258 million), the South China Morning Post reported today.

NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator, said on Friday it has halted sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Bold because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged, according to Reuters

Cellular News notes that China Mobile aims to have 100 million TD-SCDMA users in the next three years, with the figure reaching 10 million this year, according to company executives and government officials.

Middle East and African mobile firm Zain has reported a solid set of financials for full-year 2008, including a 50 percent increase in subscribers.

Qualcomm has moved to strengthen its position in the mobile TV space via the acquisition of US content delivery technology firm, Digital Fountain.

Telekom Austria today announced that its CEO Boris Nemsic is to resign at the end of this month and take up the head role at Russia's second-largest mobile operator, VimpelCom.