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Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has received regulatory and shareholder approval for its $6 billion merger with Wind Telecom following months of tense negotiation.

Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile UK and France Telecom’s Orange is to cut 550 jobs.

Carsten Schloter, CEO of Swisscom, was found dead at his home this morning in Germany's Freiburg region.

Akamai has appointed James Benson as EVP and CFO. He will report directly to Akamai’s president and CEO, Paul Sagan, and will be responsible for the company’s financial operations, including internal audit and real estate.

Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and Interoute have signed two European agreements to share network routes between Europe and the Middle East.

Malaysian company Axiata Group is planning an IPO of its tower assets, estimated to be worth up to $500 million.

Orange has said that its IPO of EE will not take place before 2014, to allow the French mobile operator time to show improvements on its balance sheets.

The Belgian Government could be set to reduce its stake in Belgacom to just over 50%, from the 53.1% it presently owns.

SEACOM, which owns a subsea cable linking southern and east Africa, Europe and south Asia, has appointed Keith Shaw as its head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Shaw has almost 30 years experience in the telecommunications industry. His previous role was as sales director for Asia-Pacific and Africa regions for European network provider Interoute, when he was primary responsibility for developing all Asia-Pacific and African sales. Prior to his position at Interoute, Shaw worked for Dynegy Europe Communications, a subsidiary of US energy and communications firm Dynegy, as sales director for the European sector of the Dynegy network.

Telecom New Zealand, Vodafone and Telstra have issued an official tender for the construction of the Tasman Global Access (TGA) cable.