Italy's Telecom Italia has launched NFC based mobile payments trial in Milan for use on public transport and in retailers.

Philippines Smart has set up a LTE roaming interconnect link with Singapore's StarHub.

Afghan Wireless has signed a deal with ezetop to enable overseas people to send prepay top-ups to handsets in Afghanistan.

Italy's Telecom Italia has expanded its NFC mobile payments trial to include the Intesa Sanpaolo Group NFC enabled credit card.

T-Mobile USA is to pre-load an anti-virus app from Lookout onto selected handsets sold by its stores from later this year, and most Android devices from next year.

Argentina's Personal has signed a mobile advertising contract with the ad agency, Amobee.

South Africa's 8ta has launched an unlimited voice calls promotion for new customers.

Philippines based Smart has expanded its LTE network to an additional 10 cities.

Laos based Lao Telecom is to launch a small LTE network in time for the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit, to be held in Vientiane next month.

UAE based Etisalat has joined the iPass Open Mobile Exchange (iPass OMX) for Wi-Fi roaming services.

Belarus' MTS has opened its 1,500th reseller store in the country.