By the end of 2020, the Asia-Pacific region will be the source of around two-thirds of the global growth in mobile subscribers, according to GSMA Intelligence.
Telefonica is considering whether to launch an IPO for part of its Argentinean unit, as well as exploring network sharing arrangements with other operators in the market.
London-headquartered NGO Save the Children International (SCI) has awarded Speedcast a contract to provide connectivity to a network of 40+ sites in Africa.
Etisalat Nigeria has lost the support of UAE-based investment fund Mubadala after the operator failed to agree renewed terms on a $1.2 billion loan that it took out four years ago.
Tanzania’s telecom authorities have opened up telecom operator listings to foreign firms following weak showings from domestic-only IPOs.
The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative has kicked off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several of the world’s leading mobile operators.
Myanmar’s state-owned operator MPT has revealed the technology it will be using for its new LTE-Advanced network.
Internet retail giants Alibaba and Tencent are reportedly planning to invest CNY70 billion ($10.3 billion) in China Unicom, as the Chinese government looks to funnel private capital into state-owned enterprises.
SenRa Tech has partnered with low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) provider Senet to deploy LoRaWAN connectivity throughout India.
The government of Poland has awarded a tender for the design, build-out and operation of advanced fibre optic networks to Nokia in partnership with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of M&G Investments.
Etisalat Nigeria is launching its time-based mobile data solution BlazeOn, powered by Comptel’s FWD solution, in the Nigerian market.
The Konnect Africa broadband venture set up by Eutelsat Communications has this month officially launched new-generation services, starting in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda.
Huawei has announced the first commercially available optical cross-connect optical transport network. Alec Barton from Developing Telecoms recently met Alex Duan, General Manager of the WDN business line to find out more.
Tata Communications has launched three new nodes for its IZO Private Cloud service to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud adoption while ensuring regulatory compliance.
China’s three largest operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – registered a further 24.3 million 4G subscribers in May 2017.
Wirecard and VEON have signed a global payments and processing agreement that will benefit hundreds of millions of mobile users across the world.
Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom has selected Netcracker’s Billing solution as one of the key platforms for its large-scale IT transformation.
The fiercely competitive price war underway in India has prompted the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to request that the finance ministry dramatically reduces its non-tax revenue collections from operators for the current fiscal year.
Confirming previous reports, Polish operator Play has stated that it will launch an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Zain Iraq has extended its managed services contract with Ericsson until 2021.
Digicel Group is rolling out Squire Technologies’ SVI_STP (Signal Transfer Point) across multiple sites in their Caribbean, Central American and Asia Pacific networks.
SES and Orange Central African Republic have partnered to provide connectivity services in the Central African Republic.
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering its users a new way to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts.
Research firm Dataxis has reported that 4G penetration will reach 90% in Latin America by 2022, with Africa increasing its current 4G base more than tenfold within the same timeframe.
Telia could sell off some of its 25% stake in Russia’s MegaFon as it streamlines its focus to its core markets of the Nordics and Baltics.
Safaricom is considering an extension of its successful M-Pesa mobile banking service into more African markets, including Nigeria and Angola.
Satellite communications provider CETel has acquired Onlime’s Managed Satellite Services for an undisclosed amount.
After a failed attempt to block access to Facebook for failing to remove content deemed illegal, Thai regulator NBTC is now trying to gain the authority to fine companies that do not react quickly enough to ‘take down’ requests.
East African operator Djibouti Telecom has joined its IP network with Hurricane Electric, the world's largest IPv6-native Internet backbone.
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has opened a consultation on using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum to launch 5G networks.
Contactless mobile money payments provider Youtap has partnered with MatchMove to provide its customers in Africa and Asia with an off-the-shelf open-loop payment acceptance solution for closed-loop wallets.
Nokia and China Mobile are deploying millions of home gateways to provide residential customers across 29 different provinces in China with access to fibre-based ultra-broadband applications and intelligent home services.
Tigo Rwanda has partnered with Ericsson to completely overhaul its Business Support System (BSS) ecosystem.
Dalkom Somalia has Somalia signed an agreement for satellite services with Intelsat SA that will expand its broadband enterprise and direct-to-home (DTH) services in East and Central Africa and the Middle East.
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