Huawei has selected Zain Group as a strategic partner in deploying its cloud services in Kuwait and across the Middle East and North Africa region.
Indian state-owned operator BSNL has selected Nokia to support the transformation of cities through intelligent infrastructure.
Megaport and Orixcom have partnered to enable enterprises and carriers with facilities in the Middle East with direct access to leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).
In an effort to drum up greater interest in its upcoming 4G auction, Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) could significantly extend the payment period for winning bidders.
Six companies have pledged investment into Airtel Africa in a funding round which raised $1.25 billion for the operator.
SDN/NFV-as-a-Service aims to accelerate time to market for next-gen B2B services.
Research and Markets’ latest reports examine the Indian subcontinent, with India and Pakistan’s telecom industries in the spotlight.
Angola Cables has entered into a strategic business partnership with Silica Networks in Argentina and Silica Networks in Chile to connect their terrestrial fibre networks to the recently commissioned South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has formed a new long-term partnership with Taboola to bring personalised news to mobile users across Asia.
Polish operator Netia is deploying Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution to significantly increase the network capacity needed to support surging bandwidth demands.
Suntech has signed a non-exclusive business alliance agreement with Cyient, a provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions.
The Supreme Court of India has ruled in favour of extending RCom’s deadline to repay its INR5.5 billion ($74.8 million) debt to Ericsson.
WhatsApp has blocked hundreds of thousands of accounts of user accounts in Brazil amid the mass proliferation of fake news messages via the app in the run-up to the country’s presidential elections.
Brazilian power distributor Elektro has selected Nokia to deploy a private LTE network for its electrical grid in the City of Atibaia and surrounding areas in the state of Sao Paulo.
Asian device manufacturers are set to take a hit after Google announced that it would begin charging such vendors a licensing fee for apps that were previously bundled for free as part of its Android platform.
Q-KON is launching multiple high-speed broadband services powered by the IntelsatOne Flex for Enterprise platform.
Thailand’s number three dtac has confirmed that it will bid for 900MHz spectrum in the upcoming auctions, making it the only operator to do so.
Digicel has appointed Deep Blue Cable as a specialist supporting the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP), a multi-million dollar, 15-year ICT contract with the Governments of the Caribbean nations of Saint Lucia, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company Limited (SISCC) has commissioned four new modular cable landing stations from XSite Modular.
Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispamar, the Brazilian unit of Hispasat, are launching a new high-quality satellite-based broadband connectivity service in order to extend Internet access to the parts of the country that are currently digitally isolated.
Teleology Holdings has emerged as the winning bidder for Uganda Telecom, the country’s state-owned operator.
Mobile penetration in Malawi remains low in comparison to the regional average and so there are considerable opportunities for further growth - particularly in the mobile broadband sector, reports Research & Markets.
The director general of the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) has claimed that competitive pricing in the market is unsustainable to the point that the country’s operators will make losses for at least the next three quarters.
Six companies have obtained the required documents to bid on the Philippines’ much-anticipated third mobile licence.
Sudan has a relatively well-equipped telecommunications infrastructure by regional standards, including a national fibre optic backbone and international fibre connections, notes Research & Markets in its latest report.
Intelsat S.A. has invested in Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to accelerate the deployment of mobile connectivity to unserved communities across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Brazil’s Aloo Telecom has deployed the Infinera Cloud Xpress and Infinera DTN-X to address increasing bandwidth demand on its long-haul and data centre interconnect networks.
The Zambian government’s focus on developing ICTs to spur growth in the digital economy is delivering on its promise, according to a new report from Research & Markets.
China’s Big Three operators have withdrawn all promotions touting unlimited data offers following orders from the government.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) is one of Africa’s least developed markets but progress is underway, according to a new report from Research & Markets.
New Indian market leader Vodafone Idea is launching a legal challenge against the INR33 billion ($444 million) guarantee demanded by the Indian government as a condition for approving the operator’s creation.
Veon has revoked its offer to acquire GTH (Global Telecom Holding)’s assets in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka's telecoms sector is making significant progress in its IoT ventures, according to Research & Markets.
Beleaguered Indian operator Reliance Communications has blamed the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the renewed legal action that it now faces from Ericsson.
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