Telecompaper reports that a public tender to grant the first 3G licences in Jordan has been postponed following a request from local mobile operators, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) announced.

Reuters notes that the US Federal Communications Commission said on Saturday it was cancelling a December 18 meeting in response to a request by Democratic lawmakers that it pay more attention to a smooth transition to digital television early next year.

A Financial Times report claims that Arun Sarin, the former head of Vodafone, has decided not to pursue the possibility of becoming the next chief executive of Yahoo.

DigiTimes reports that Samsung has been awarded a WiMAX hardware deal from Taiwan-based Vmax Telecom, to supply the Taiwan WiMAX licensee's base stations, network access gateways and related equipment.

Cellular News reports that an industry standard for various UK railway operators to offer mobile phone-based barcode tickets has been agreed between mobile applications developer, Masabi, and the Rail Settlement Plan (RSP), the rail ticketing body jointly owned by UK train operating companies.

Alcatel-Lucent and Datang Mobile today announced their consortium has won the largest share in China Mobile's tender for the second phase of its TD-SCDMA mobile network trial.

The Times notes that passengers travelling on Bmi, the UK airline, can now use their mobile phones to send text messages, but not make calls, on aircraft flying between London's Heathrow and Moscow.