The Nigerian federal high court has given MTN until 18th March to reach an agreement outside of court over the $3.9 billion fine it faces in the country.
MegaFon and VimpelCom have partnered to develop base stations and share 4G/LTE network development and operation across 10 regions of Russia.
India’s next spectrum auctions are set for a dramatic increase in the amount of available spectrum compared to last year’s round of bidding.
Africa and Asia will continue to drive innovation in areas as diverse as security and mobile banking, according to WeDo’s Sérgio Silvestre…
Despite a shift towards cloud, high capacity circuits will retain their relevance in Mexico, according to Transtelco’s Alejandro Guzman…
Palau’s National Communications Corporation (PNCC) is upgrading its services with O3b following the launch of its PalauCel 3G service in 2015.
Tower firm Edotco is lining up a $200 million investment in Myanmar over the next 5 years.
Over the last decade the emerging markets have often been at the leading edge of the newest technologies within the telecoms industry.
Indian regulator TRAI has lashed out at Facebook’s campaign to protect its Free Basics offering.
Brazilian infrastructure firm Telebras has ordered Ka-Band hub facilities from Advantech Wireless as part of the Programa Nacional de Banda Larga (PNBL), Brazil’s national broadband access initiative.
Personalisation will continue to drive customer loyalty in emerging markets across 2016, according to Elitecore’s Dhaval Vora…
Wireless innovations can safeguard MNOs against economic shifts and enable the next wave of LTE in 2016, according to CNBL’s Dr. John Naylon...
China Mobile has been heavily pushing its 4G offering, and this effort began to pay off at the end of 2015.
MTN has stated that “it is not and has never been implicated in corruption related actions” in Cameroon after being implicated in fraud by the country’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac).
Astellia's Cédric Arnaud-Battandier highlights his key trends for the upcoming year.
A new partnership between Seacom and network provider Ciena will deliver increased reached and enhanced capacity to African ISPs.
Indonesian operator XL Axiata is planning another infrastructure sale in an attempt to further reduce its debt.
Polish operator Play (P4) has implemented Callup’s remote SIM management system, SIM OTA.
Brazil’s Oi is currently looking to secure financing from two banks as it seeks to merge with TIM.
Ciena’s Hector Silva shares his thoughts on the key themes he expects to see in the coming year including network virtualisation, data centre interconnect, and security...
Satellite CSP SpeedCast has signed an agreement with O3b Networks to deliver state-of-the-art O3b satellite connectivity in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The potential applications of A2P messaging are set to drive change in emerging markets in 2016, according to Infobip's Silvio Kutic...
The unexpectedly high bids in Thailand’s recent round of spectrum auctions will partially fund a nationwide broadband network, the government has revealed.
Millicom’s Tigo Paraguay has commissioned a new data centre from Flexenclosure to be built in Paraguay.
Russian operator MegaFon has partnered with China Unicom on its DREAM project.
South African operator Cell C has stated its belief that regulating OTT players could have an adverse effect on the industry.
2016 will be an exciting year for the telecommunications industry in emerging and developing markets, where several consumer and market trends are of concern, according to IBM’s Noha Sadek…
MTN Nigeria has claimed that it refuses to pay “a dime or penny” of the $3.9 billion fine that it has incurred in the market for failing to comply with security regulation.
Emerging market operators will be increasingly turning to IP services and OTT in 2016, while the importance of big data analytics is becoming clear. So says Cataleya’s Jay Jayasimha…
Indian operators Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance Jio have formed a partnership to share and trade spectrum.
Indonesia’s Biznet has deployed solutions from Ciena on its 100G fibre-optic terrestrial and submarine networks.
SDN and NFV have been on the rise for some time – and this is set to continue into 2016, according to Telco Systems’ Moshe Shimon...
Millicom is considering a launch of its Tigo mobile brand in Mexico as competition improves following new regulation.
While voice is still critical in emerging markets, the demand for rapid service deployment will see SaaS on the rise in emerging markets, according to FreeConferenceCall.com’s Bob Wise…
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