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Mobile Broadband Network, the UK network-sharing joint-venture between mobile operators T-Mobile UK and 3 UK, has signed a five-year outsourcing deal with BT for backhaul services, reports the Financial Times (FT).

BT has partnered with state-owned BSNL to offer managed telecom services in India. BSNL will provide BT with access to its Indian broadband network.

UK fixed-line incumbent BT has launched a mobile broadband service targeted at small business customers that uses Vodafone UK's HSPA network, reports Vnunet.com.

BT Group has selected network equipment maker Tellabs as its partner to support its ethernet-based mobile backhaul service in a five-year deal.

UK fixed-line incumbent BT may return to the mobile sector as part of a joint venture with UK operators T-Mobile and 3, The Observer newspaper reported yesterday.

UK fixed-line incumbent BT is to trial a mobile PBX service at a number of its UK-based and multinational customers as part its Unified Communications offering.

UK fixed-line operator BT and mobile operator 3 UK have partnered to launch the 'Terminate the Rate' campaign, aimed at a sharp reduction in mobile termination rates, notes Telecompaper.