Operators

New Canadian mobile operator Data & Audio Visual Enterprises (DAVE) Wireless is set for launch in early 2010 following a recent network deal with Ericsson, and plans to offer flexible, easy-to-understand monthly plans for its services in a bid to rival the country's incumbent players.

The new boss of Deutsche Telekom's struggling UK mobile arm, T-Mobile UK, says the unit will focus on improving revenue share in the UK market as a strategy for recovery

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a deal with T-Mobile’s Czech operation to supply 3G technology, starting with a pilot launch of HSPA services in Prague this autumn. Financial details were not disclosed.

Indian state-owned operator BSNL aims to provide 3G services in 760 cities in the first phase of its deployment of the technology, Sindh Today reports, notes TeleGeography.

TeleGeography, citing a report on Iranian TV channel Press TV, notes that Russia's MegaFon is the apparent winner of the country's protracted third mobile license auction.

Israeli handset distributor Scailex has made an undisclosed binding offer for Hutchison Telecommunications International's majority stake (51 percent) in Partner, Israel's second-largest mobile phone operator.

China Mobile's high-profile upcoming application store - Mobile Market - will be launched this month, according to a Xinhua report cited by Telecompaper.