Everything Everywhere says China Telecom (Europe) - the China Telecom subsidiary for the EMEA region - is going to launch an MVNO on its network in the next few months. It’s said to be the first time a Chinese telecom operator has launched its own virtual network outside China.

The deal will run via Transatel, Everything Everywhere’s mobile virtual network aggregator.

Shipments of smartphones from China’s mobile handset makers are predicted to increase by 94% next year, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. This year’s total of 52.2 million units will be overshadowed by a projected total of 101.4 million smartphones next year, which is nearly 10 times higher than the 2009 level of just 10.2 million units.

Although ongoing growth won’t be as dramatic, the Chinese smartphone market will continue expanding to reach 188.4 million units shipped in 2015.

India, currently the world’s second-largest telecom market in terms of total subscriptions, will add almost 590 million connections to its fixed and mobile networks over the next five years. Meanwhile, China will add around 535 million.

That’s the prediction from Pyramid Research, which has recently published its latest India Intelligence Report.

Community-based free traffic and navigation service Waze has picked up an additional $30 million in funding.

Waze says the money will be used to launch its traffic-reporting platform in China and to support its user base of more than 7 million drivers worldwide.

A report from ABI Research says base station shipments will be up 14% year-on-year in 2011, with next year’s forecast already looking good.

Much of this expansion is due to activity in two countries: China and the USA. Chinese network operators are expected to more than double the number of 3G subscribers by the end of 2011, while US operators are investing in 4G.