Vodafone M-Pesa has launched its first international money transfer corridor between Tanzania and Kenya.
Data centres have for years been known to be excessive consumers of power, consuming up to 3% of all global electricity production, and roughly ten times more per square metre than the average office.
Huawei has launched a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution for the first time in South Africa.
Finnish smartphone firm Jolla has partnered with the Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal.com to form the Sailfish OS Alliance.
The Vodafone Foundation is launching a new initiative to refugees with access to educational resources.
Ooredoo’s Indosat and Ericsson have launched a cloud-based Machine-to-Machine platform in Indonesia.
Zoom Wireless has begun offering ultra high-speed internet services for businesses and residents in Uganda.
Airtel Ghana has deployed an SMS-based internet service from Dotgo.
Aruban operator Setar has selected Acision’s Diameter Intelligent Signalling Controller (DiSC) to support real-time rating across its 2G, 3G and 4G-LTE networks.
Globe Telecom has partnered with Google to launch Android One in the Philippines.
Orange is launching a new digital offer, branded as Klif, across its African and Middle Eastern footprint.
Indonesian market leader Telkomsel has selected Ericsson to provide a comprehensive OSS transformation that will help the operator meet new customer demands and efficiently manage rapid network growth.
Asian group Axiata Berhad has launched MIFE, an Application Programme Interface (API) platform for all of its operations across Asia.
Bharti Airtel and Visa have partnered to bring mobile payment services to seven markets in Africa.
Ooredoo’s Indonesian operator Indosat lent support to ongoing disaster relief efforts this week in Jakarta in the wake of severe floods affecting the city’s communities.
Vodafone Fiji has deployed Genband’s Experius Application Server for advanced SIP Trunking, Hosted PBX and Unified Communications (UC) services.
Thailand’s government has shot down reports that the country’s 4G auctions will be delayed, despite the country’s regulator confirming the delays just days ago.
Millicom’s Tigo Pesa mobile money service is becoming the first in Africa to allow transactions with users of other mobile money networks within the same market.
Thai regulator NBTC has confirmed that the country’s 4G auctions, originally scheduled to be held last August, will be delayed again.
Scandinavian operator Telenor has partnered with Opera to pilot its Opera Max app in several Asian markets.
Vodafone Ghana and Kirusa have announced the launch of ‘Ebola Public Health Project’.
Turkcell’s subsidiary Astelit, along with the Russian operators MTS and VimpelCom, has acquired spectrum to offer 3G services in Ukraine.
The Bridge Alliance has deployed Ericsson’s Device Connectivity Platform (DCP) multi-domestic solution for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Orange has acquired all of Orascom’s shares and voting rights in the Egyptian operator Mobinil for €209.6 million ($237.3m).
Pakistani operator Warid Telecom is deploying SpiderCloud Wireless’ small cell offering.
Telefonica Group has written down the value of its Venezuelan assets in response to the country’s currency weakening.
Azercosmos, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, has partnered with Intelsat S.A to design and launch the Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 satellite at the 45 degrees East orbital position.
Digicel is offering prepaid electricity to residents and business owners in Papua New Guinea via Redknee’s converged billing solution.
The Senegal Ministry of Education and Samsung Electronics Africa have announced the launch of a mobile education solution aimed at creating positive change and providing an advanced and interactive classroom experience for learners.
Next month’s Indian spectrum auctions have attracted 8 bidders.
Zain Jordan has become the country’s first operator to launch 4G/LTE services in the Kingdom.
Cloud services firm acens has partnered with BaseKit to deploy the latter’s website building platform in Brazil.
Angolan operator Unitel has successfully demonstrated an end-to-end LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation solution in conjunction with Ericsson.
MTN Group may acquire a majority holding in South Africa’s fixed-line incumbent Telkom, in a move aimed at narrowing the gap between MTN SA and Vodacom.
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