ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.
A lack of sufficient evidence has led the South African Competition Commission to drop its probe into MTN and Vodacom over anti-competitive pricing strategies.
Telefónica is deploying dedicated Service Operations Centres (SOC) in Argentina and Chile for the intelligent management of its networks.
Google has resolved a long-running spat with the Russian competition watchdog over its Android operating system.
Vodacom Tanzania is considering whether to push back the deadline for parties to register their interest in its upcoming IPO, which is thus far under-subscribed.
The three largest operators in Thailand have been given a one month deadline to install fingerprint scanners to register all subscribers to an online ID database.
Days after TRAI’s recommendation that it shutter its latest free offer, Reliance Jio has launched low-rate unlimited data plans.
Indonesia is set to receive a new mobile payments platform following the announcement of a joint venture between media firm Emtek (Elang Mahkota Teknologi) and Alipay’s parent firm Ant Financial.
Vietnam’s Mobifone is launching carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.
Orange Egypt has deployed Openet’s Real-Time Offer Manager (RTOM) solution plus reporting tools to improve subscriber experience and increase data revenues.
Over the past two years, Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has doubled its total footprint of mobile network sites in India.
Telkom Kenya is switching out its Orange Money service for a new platform in order to better compete with Kenya’s mobile money market leader, m-Pesa.
Indian regulator TRAI has effectively blocked Reliance Jio’s free offer for new signups to its Prime membership.
Telenor is selling a 4% stake in Veon – formerly VimpelCom – for around $259 million.
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.
Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) looks set to postpone the country’s 5G spectrum auction into 2018.
Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi is lining up a further $500 million investment in India, which the firm has described as its most important overseas market.
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.
Tajikistan’s Anti-Monopoly Service has failed to provide approval for Telia’s arranged sale of a 60% holding in the parent firm of Tajik operator Tcell by the required deadline.
Vietnamese market leader Viettel is hastening the deployment of its 4G infrastructure so that it can deliver nationwide coverage when its 4G service launches next month.
Nokia has been selected by Altàn Redes to design, build and operate a new nationwide LTE and 5G-ready wholesale network in Mexico.
A race to the bottom is underway in the Philippines’ voice market, with PLDT’s mobile subsidiary Smart matching rival Globe’s voice package of PHP1 ($0.02) per minute.
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.
India has become the twelfth market to receive Samsung’s mobile payments service.
China saw a surge in mobile payments across 2016, with transactions up by 86% over the year to 25.7 billion.
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