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.
MFS Africa and Paga have partnered to connect Paga users and Nigerian bank account holders to remittance senders from around the world.
Bharti Airtel has approached Google to discuss the possibility of installing Wi-Fi hotspots across India to bolster its broadband coverage.
The government of India has requested more details from Apple about the US firm’s long-term investment plans for the country before it considers offering the company any tax concessions.
Samsung is aiming to double the amount of handsets it manufactures in India to ten million units a month with a KRW700 billion ($623 million) investment.
SES has been selected to lead a project to extend high-speed communications infrastructure throughout Burkina Faso.
Kalaam Telecom has partnered with Versa Networks to launch Bahrain’s First Secured SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) infrastructure that provides an end-to-end solution to simplify and secure the WAN/branch office networks.
Mauritius-based IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the IOX Cable System.
A Johannesburg high court will investigate a damages claim for $4.2 billion raised in 2013 by Turkcell against South African operator MTN.
The Internet Society and the African Union Commission have unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa.
Ingenu and Upland Global Wireless Technology have deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Nigeria.
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has hit out at the country’s two leading operators for closing their acquisition of San Miguel Corp’s telecom assets despite facing an open legal challenge from the PCC.
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has rescinded operator Ncell’s permission to deploy 4G services after a parliamentary committee ordered it to block the launch.
The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has again postponed the release of the terms for its upcoming 2.1GHz and 2.3GHz spectrum auctions.
Two of Myanmar’s operators have accelerated their 4G rollouts as they prepare to expand their coverage.
Canadian group Brookfield Asset Management is reportedly considering an acquisition of the Indian tower assets of both Idea Cellular and Vodafone India for a total of INR64.5 billion ($1 billion).
Banglalink and ZTE have completed the migration of 60 million legacy users to the world’s largest virtual Subscriber Data Management (vSDM) platform in Bangladesh.
Thailand’s AIS is enhancing its customer experience by upgrading its revenue management solution from Netcracker.
Carlos Slim is reportedly looking to sell a minority holding in tower firm Telesites, which was formerly a unit of Slim’s America Movil before being spun off due to regulatory pressure.
India’s sixth largest operator Reliance Communications has called for government intervention to ease the debt burden and fierce competition faced by players in the telecoms industry.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been warned by a group of operators that it must intervene in order to prevent the country’s mobile industry from collapsing.
The government of Pakistan is introducing tax breaks for the mobile sector, lowering tariffs and duty on both devices and services.
China has enacted new security laws that will oblige internet firms to subject their data to stringent surveillance as well as store it on local servers.
A new joint venture aimed at mass producing and commercialising fuel cell power systems for the Chinese Telecom market has been formed by Element 1 Corp and China Aqueous Group.
The government of South Africa is allowing six companies to retain their broadband spectrum until the licences lapse in 2028 on the condition that they collectively obtain at least 30% of its planned shared network.
Thai state-owned operator TOT has named dtac as its preferred partner to help it launch its 4G offering via the 2.3GHz band.
Global-IP Cayman has selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter system to deliver high-performance connectivity throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
Asian operator group Axiata has sold a 10% holding in its Cambodian unit Smart Axiata for $66 million to Japan’s Mitsui.
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