Operators

Vodafone Italia has signed an agreement with Telecom Italia for sharing transmission sites, reports Telecompaper.

Telenor has announced that its BankID for mobile phones service is now available, an electronic identification and signature solution where the security elements are saved on a mobile's SIM card.

UK fixed-line incumbent BT is to trial a mobile PBX service at a number of its UK-based and multinational customers as part its Unified Communications offering.

China's third-largest mobile operator China Telecom today reported an expected huge drop in 2008 net profits but set some ambitious targets for future growth of its 3G network.

New Media Age reports that Vodafone UK has made Shan Henderson, its head of mobile advertising and industry development, redundant.

Network World reports that a regional China Unicom website has posted pictures and specs of the iPhone 3G and the Android-based G1 as rumours grow that the operator will launch the devices in China.

Zain, the pan-African and Middle Eastern mobile group, is looking at making acquisitions in India, the firm told Dow Jones Newswires this week.