Bharti Enterprises has scrapped a proposal to merge its communications business with Tata Group’s corresponding operations.
Apple has asked the Indian government to provide its suppliers with tax breaks.
The government of Indonesia has dropped its threat to block the encrypted messaging service Telegram.
Indian mobile payments firm Paytm may launch chat services in an effort to shore up its position against WhatsApp and Hike – both of which are looking into offering mobile payments.
Chinese device manufacturers expanded their share of the global smartphone market to 48% in Q2, according to Counterpoint Research.
Wari Group is threatening Millicom with a legal challenge after the Tigo parent company reneged on their agreement for Wari to acquire Tigo Senegal.
India’s state-owned operator BSNL is expecting its request for 4G-ready 700MHz spectrum to be granted imminently, according to its chairman Anupam Shrivastava.
China’s crackdown on VPNs has prompted Apple to withdraw “some” VPN applications from the Chinese App Store.
Vodacom has stated that it will not be able to step up its 4G deployment in South Africa until the country’s authorities release more bandwidth.
India’s Snapdeal has abandoned merger negotiations with larger e-commerce rival Flipkart, resolving to remain independent and bringing months of talks to an end.
Millicom has scrapped its agreement to sell its Tigo Senegal unit to Wari Group after finding a different buyer for the operations.
iSAT Africa is providing a key East African customer fully managed satellite telecommunications services including satellite backup of its fibre network via a new agreement with Thaicom.
Customers of Indian newcomer Reliance Jio are experiencing slower connections due to the 4G operator’s network being “overloaded”, according to wireless mapping firm OpenSignal.
The size of Apple Pay's share in the mobile payments market in China will depend on how well Apple Pay fits the needs of the local market and how substantial an investment Apple and its partners are prepared to make.
Zong 4G has collaborated with LePhone to launch affordable 4G handsets in Pakistan.
Indian online retailer Snapdeal has reportedly given the green light to a buyout bid of as much as $950 million by larger competitor Flipkart.
Six consecutive quarters of growth for smartphones in China came to an end in Q2 2017, as device shipments dropped by 3%.
Visa CEO Alfred Kelly has affirmed the company’s goal to claim a “fair share” of India’s incipient cashless payment market by offering low cost, low hassle solutions to merchants.
Things are shifting in the telecoms market in Latin America. Operators are moving away from their legacy systems, and embracing digitisation.
Telebras has awarded Gilat Satellite Networks an $11.4M contract to provide a satellite-based broadband network to the Brazilian Geostationary Satellite of Defense and Strategic Communications, SGDC.
The government of Colombia has ordered the operators Claro and Movistar to pay a total of COP4.8 trillion ($1.6 billion) after they were found to have violated network licensing agreements by an arbitration tribunal.
Managed municipal services provider Viginet-IP S.A. has selected solutions from 5G specialist Mimosa Networks for its new network in Argentina.
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have received the approval of the Competition Commission of India to merge, with the deal set to close before the end of 2018.
OPT and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) - part of Nokia - have signed a turn-key agreement for the deployment of the NATITUA cable system, which will further enhance the connectivity in French Polynesia.
Virgin Mobile and Vodacom are among the firms that have expressed an interest in acquiring 9mobile.
China Unicom has stated that it is still holding talks with possible investors, after indications emerged that internet firms JD.com and Baidu were interested in backing the state-owned operator.
Cable & Wireless Seychelles has tapped Syniverse to improve roaming experiences for inbound and outbound roaming customers.
Indonesia has blocked access to the encrypted messaging service Telegram over claims that users were spreading “radical and terrorist propaganda”.
A government crackdown in China has resulted elements of WhatsApp becoming unusable in what appears to be a partial blackout of the OTT messaging services.
Caribbean service provider Logic has selected solutions from Calix to enhance existing GigaCentre deployments and improve its subscriber experience in the Cayman Islands.
Belizean operator Smart has implemented FTS’ real-time billing and charging solution to support its expansion into 4G/LTE.
Indian regulator TRAI will meet with the country’s mobile providers on 21st July to discuss the possibility of establishing a minimum tariff for voice and data services.
The GSMA’s director general Mats Granryd has called for “sustainable partnerships” to bolster the positive social and economic effects of the mobile industry in Africa.
According to latest research conducted by Dataxis, fixed broadband connections for Latin America in the first quarter of 2017 reached 68.11 million.
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