In an interview with the Financial Times (FT) today, Bharti Airtel's chairman and founder, Sunil Bharti Mittal, says Bharti and MTN may remain separate entities for some time even if their current merger talks come to fruition.

US number-three mobile operator Sprint Nextel has reported a widening net loss for second-quarter 2009, despite a significant increase in its prepaid customer base.

Ericsson's planned US$1.13 billion acquisition of Nortel Networks' CDMA and LTE access assets - announced last weekend - has moved a step closer to completion following approval yesterday by US and Canadian bankruptcy courts.

Cellular News notes that German chipmaker Infineon Technologies said Wednesday that net losses narrowed 94 percent in its fiscal third quarter as it excluded an insolvent unit from its accounts and as a broad restructuring plan began to pay off.

AP News notes that Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics plunged to a loss in its fiscal first quarter on restructuring and other charges, but adjusted results still beat expectations.

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that, starting 1 September, the vendor’s Indian operations will be led by Urs Pennanen.

Telefonica and vendor Huawei have announced deployment of a new Service Delivery Platform (SDP) that will serve all countries in Telefonica' s Latin American region.