TIMELINE

Virgin wins MBNL contract Virgin Media Business won an eight-year contract worth in excess of £100 million to upgrade the backhaul infrastructure for MBNL, the network joint venture of mobile operators Everything Everywhere and 3UK.

BSNL upgrades broadband BSNL signed a deal for ZTE to deploy ADSL2+ and VDSL2+ equipment in 15 telecoms circles in India.

China Telecom eyes Europe China Telecom is planning its first mobile operations in Europe, aiming to launch an MVNO in the UK early next year and then in other European countries.

Dish plans LTE network US satellite TV company Dish filed plans with the US regulator to build a hybrid satellite and LTE mobile network. Dish plans to use the 20-MHz frequencies in the 2-GHz spectrum band it acquired when it bought TerreStar in July.

LTE launches in Spain Telefonica and Vodafone are set to launch LTE services in Spain this month. The former selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy two LTE networks in Madrid and Barcelona later this year.

Telstra sets separation plan Australian regulators raised concerns over the details of Telstra’s plans to undergo structural separation and migrate services to the new national broadband network by July 2018.

Pakistan, Albania 3G licences Pakistan plans to issue the country’s first 3G licences in October, hoping to raise up to US$1 billion. And AMC won the second 3G licence in Albania; Vodafone launched services in the country in January.

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Network sharing in Poland Polish operators PTC—owned by T-Mobile—and TPSA—owned by Orange—signed a deal to share their radio access networks.

Zain upgrades in Saudi Arabia Zain has selected Alcatel-Lucent to implement a new IP/MPLS- based mobile backhaul solution in Saudi Arabia.

3G launch in Kenya Orange-owned Telkom Kenya launched 3G services in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.

Power company targets telcos State-owned Hungarian power wholesaler MVM plans to enter the telecoms market.

PEOPLE

New Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is the new CEO of Verizon Communications, replacing Ivan Seidenberg who retired in August.

RIM job cuts as COO retires RIM is planning to cut 2,000 jobs across its global workforce. Don Morrison, its COO, is also set to retire after 10 years working for the BlackBerry maker.

Yahoo changes leadership Yahoo dismissed CEO Carol Bartz and appointed CFO Timothy Morse as its interim head while it searches for a permanent replacement. Bartz had led the company since January 2009.

UK operator shakeup Olaf Swantee, who took over from Tom Alexander as CEO of Everything Everywhere in the UK at the start of September, announced a shakeup of the senior management team. Six executives will leave the company including Richard Moat, the current CFO and deputy CEO.

New Zealand CEO to leave Telecom New Zealand CEO, Paul Reynolds, will leave after the company undergoes structural separation next year.

FT appoints Europe head France Telecom appointed Benoit Scheen as its vice president of Europe excluding France. Scheen was CEO of Mobistar in Belgium.

Tellabs job cuts Tellabs will cut about 330 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, by the end of the second quarter of 2012.

Clearwire’s new head Clearwire promoted Erik Prusch to president and chief executive, with interim CEO John Stanton now board executive chairman.

Deutsche Telekom cuts Deutsche Telekom reportedly will cut around 400 jobs a year, up to 1,600 in total, at its Bonn headquarters through to 2015.

Huawei appoints UK head Chinese vendor Huawei appointed Simon Culmer in the newly-created role of vice president of enterprise in the UK and Ireland.

Batelco replaces CEO Bahrain-based operator Batelco replaced long-time group CEO Peter Kaliaropoulos with deputy chairman of the board, Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa.

NSN job cuts Nokia Siemens Networks will cut about 1,500 jobs related to the former Motorola Solutions unit it acquired this year.

New head for GSMA The GSM Association appointed Orange executive Anne Bouverot as director general, taking over from CEO Rob Conway who resigned in June.

JOBS STEPS DOWN Steve Jobs in August an- nounced that he would step down from his role as CEO of Apple and will be replaced by chief operating offi cer Tim Cook. In a letter to the board, Jobs admitted that he can no longer fulfi l the duties and expectations required of the CEO role, but he will continue to serve the company as chairman of the board. Apple co-founder Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer some eight years ago and in 2009 underwent a liver transplant during a lengthy leave of absence from work, during which time Cook fulfi lled his duties. In August Apple became the world’s largest company by market capitalisation. The previous month it reported record fi nancial results, with revenues for its 2011 third quarter increasing 82% year-on-year to US$28.57 billion and profi t up 125% to US$7.31 billion. Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones in the quarter. Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, but was ousted from the fi rm follow- ing a board power struggle in 1984. His return in 1997 prompted Apple’s revival and a series of ground-breaking products: iMac (1999), iPod (2001) and iPhone (2007). “I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role,” Jobs said in his resignation letter. Cook, in his role as COO, has been responsible for Apple’s worldwide sales and operations, including sup- ply chain, sales, service and support management. He also headed up the company’s Macintosh computers division.

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