European Communications

By Stephen Nash, partner at global law firm Eversheds

Boards of global businesses are under pressure to drive growth, with international deal-making and merger and acquisition activity both important strategic business tools for those in the telecoms sector.

TeliaSonera reported disappointing Q1 results on Friday, a day after appointing Norton Rose to run the rule over its growing Eurasian business.

Five months after launching its Libon communication app on Apple’s iOS, FT-Orange has unveiled an Android equivalent.

Vodafone and India's largest private sector bank, ICICI, have launched the operator's mobile wallet service M-Pesa to enable people living in some of India's most remote villages to move cash around using their mobile phones.