Samsung, the world's second-largest handset vendor, increased year-on-year mobile phone sales in the second-quarter by 22 percent, shipping 45.7 million units, up from 37.4 million a year ago.

India's Economic Times reports that a previously proposed US$10 billion listing of state-owned operator BSNL is back on track following objections earlier this year from employee unions.

US hedge fund Harbinger Capital has launched a takeover bid for the UK-based satellite communications company Inmarsat with the aim of combining it with SkyTerra Communications, a US-based satellite firm.

US mobile technology provider NextWave Wireless has sold nearly two-thirds of its advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum for US$150.1 million to four parties, two years after acquiring the whole license portfolio for US$115.5 million.

Motorola has won an appeal in a patent lawsuit which related to the use of text messaging. Motorola originally won the lawsuit, filed by the University of Texas System over the '112' patent, but the university chose to appeal against the judgement.
 

TeleGeography reports that, according to Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald, the country's largest mobile network operator by subscribers - Econet Wireless - has received long-awaited approval from regulatory authorities to launch commercial 2.5G and 3G services.

Verizon Communications today said quarterly profit rose on strong mobile sales, shrugging off the impact of a weaker economy and offsetting a fall in landline users, according to Reuters.