According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, the Nigerian handset market grew by a modest 6% in Calendar Year 2017.

The Indian market witnessed a paradigm shift in data consumption, with 4G traffic capturing 82% share of total data traffic in December 2017.

Renewable energy company SolarNow is backing the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Africa.

PayJoy and mobile distributor Allied Mobile are collaborating to bring affordable smartphone payment plans to markets across Africa.

Ooredoo reports rapid progress towards 5G saying it has the world’s first 5G New Radio (NR) with commercial equipment suitable for business customers.

Huawei has teamed with HKT to commercially deploy TM9 on the latter’s All Business Connected LTE network in Hong Kong.

India’s overall online smartphone shipments grew 23% annually, faster than the overall smartphone market in Calendar Year 2017.

ECI has announced an advanced solution to provide the dynamic, intelligent connectivity fabric required for 5G networks.

Mobile technology disruptor and global service provider Truphone has announced the launch of its new IoT proposition Truphone Io3.

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India's largest telecommunications services provider, and Cisco are taking their SON collaboration to next level.

The Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG), the global blockchain consortium of telecom carriers, has unveiled its new operator partners.

CEVA and Keysight Technologies are joining forces to demonstrate their new 5G solution.

Accuris Networks and Eminent Display SB have jointly launched a Passpoint/NGH Wi-Fi Roaming Hub for Wi-Fi, Broadband and Mobile Network Operators in Southeast Asia.

eServGlobal, the digital transactions technology company, announces it has secured a new three-year contract with existing customer, Ooredoo Algeria.

Turkcell has added a new partnership to its 5G technologies development programme.

Device and application security specialist Trustonic has announced that its technology is now being integrated by the world’s fourth largest smartphone manufacturer, OPPO.

Sooktha is showcasing a range of products at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Included will be 4G LTE, NB-IoT, and 5G solutions.

Orange and online education platform OpenClassrooms have signed a broad-based partnership to provide digital training in Africa.

At MWC ADVA Optical Networking is hosting a joint demo with BT to showcase end-to-end, multi-layer transport network slicing and assurance.

NEC Corporation has announced the start of verification experiments to achieve 5G wireless communications in cooperation with NTT DoCoMo.

InfoVista, the provider of network performance orchestration solutions, has launched Planet 7, the latest release of its RF planning and optimisation software. 

Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA, a fabless semiconductor company with technology in mobile communications and IoT, and Intel Corporation have announced a long-term strategic collaboration on 5G.

Privately held Movandi has started sampling what it claims is an innovative approach to RF front-end design with solutions for fixed and mobile networks.

Ooredoo Algeria has extended its contract with digital transactions firm eServGlobal for a further three years.

Docomo Digital has partnered with Safaricom to give customers the option to pay for content on the Google Play Store using M-Pesa.

Research House eMarketer’s latest analysis presents a deep dive into mobile consumer behaviour and global marketing trends.

Mexico’s Hispasat has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ platform to provide broadband commercial services in Mexico using Hispasat’s Ka HTS capacity of the Amazonas-5 Satellite.

Sri Lanka’s Cargills Bank has partnered with TransferTo, a cross-border mobile payments network for emerging markets, to enhance and strengthen its remittance services offered by the bank.

Reliance Industries is leading an initiative to invest INR600 billion ($9.3 billion) to provide digital services in India’s Maharashtra state.

Orange Egypt has selected Openwave Mobility’s NFV-based Traffic Management solutions to improve Quality of Experience (QoE) for its subscribers.