Fitch Ratings has pegged Thailand’s number two operator dtac as the most likely to have its proposal accepted for state operator TOT’s 4G public-private partnership contract.

Reliance Jio is extending its free service promotion across the summer, adding an extra three months during which its subscribers can access free voice and data.

Singaporean ride-sharing platform Grab is acquiring Indonesian online payments provider Kudo.

The partnership between Ericsson and Cisco has secured its first agreement in Brazil, with the two companies working together to supply and install IP routers for Nextel.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has established reserve prices for the 1.8GHz spectrum scheduled for auction.

Avanti Communications has partnered with Millicom to bring broadband connectivity to consumer, enterprise and government applications.

Digicel is using equipment from ZTE to expand its 4G LTE networks across its 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America.

Russian CSP TransTeleCom has shifted all its international backbone traffic to a Long Haul DWDM network.

In a bid to reduce its debt, Bharti Airtel has sold a 10.3% stake in its tower unit Infratel to a group of investors.

The Philippines’ Smart – the wireless unit of PLDT - is speeding up the deployment of its 4G network upgrade with the goal of providing coverage in 785 municipalities by the end of this year.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is acquiring the 4G unit of Tikona Digital Networks.

Apple’s request for receive tax incentives for manufacturing in India has been denied by the country’s Department of Revenue.

China saw a surge in mobile payments across 2016, with transactions up by 86% over the year to 25.7 billion.

MTN Group has chosen PeerApp's local content delivery solution for its operations in various geographic regions.

Thailand may adopt a unified licensing regime for its telecoms and broadcasting sectors.

Pan-African communications service provider Internet Solutions Kenya has tapped Telco Systems to upgrade its entire fibre network infrastructure to 10GB.

Reliance Jio has deployed Ciena’s multi-terabit converged packet-optical technology to power its pan-India 4G network core and help unleash digital revolution in India.

Afghan CDMA operator Wasel Telecom has partnered with SpeedCast International to connect residents in remote villages in Afghanistan.

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Chinese vendors are pouring increasing amounts of investment into Thailand’s smartphone market as they look to supplant South Korean vendor Samsung as the market’s leading device manufacturer.

Orange is launching its brand in Burkina Faso, bolstering its offering in West Africa.

India’s state-owned provider BSNL is upgrading all of its 2G sites to 3G base stations and deploying 4G services in certain areas across the next fiscal year.

TIM Brazil has signed a new contract with Nokia to build out a robust network infrastructure, helping the operator cope with increasing consumption of 4G mobile data.