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Turkcell, Turkey's largest mobile operator, is keen to share infrastructure with its domestic rivals to support 3G rollout in the country, Turkcell's CEO hinted this week.

TeleGeography notes that Vodafone Germany has dropped the Arcor branding of its German fixed network subsidiary from 1 August to reflect the integration of the two companies.

Telecompaper notes that international payment provider PaysafeCard has signed a contract with BT to launch a mobile money service.

Vodafone Greece has entered into a strategic partnership with Greek fixed-line broadband provider Hellas Online Electronic Communications (HOL) that will see the two companies combine their DSL businesses.

Vodafone Germany is to test LTE technology in the digital dividend band this summer using Huawei kit as part of a new alliance between the two companies.

Telecompaper notes that Hutchison Telecoms Australia (using the 3 brand) saw its revenues and profits rise in the first half of the year, boosted by the merger with Vodafone Australia.

Telecom Egypt, the local landline operator that owns a 44.95 percent stake in Vodafone Egypt, has reported an 8 percent rise in first-half revenues to EGP5.2 billion (US$942 million), reports Cellular News.