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Ericsson to enhance Mobinil’s Egyptian network

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
27 November 2014
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Ericsson
  • Egypt
  • Mobinil
  • Data Services

Mobinil has chosen Ericsson to enhance its network, providing improved data services to its subscribers.

Indosat debuts super-fast 4G in Indonesia

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
27 November 2014
7938 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Ooredoo
  • Indosat

Indosat has launched Indonesia’s fastest LTE service, “SUPER 4G-LTE” offering speeds of up to 185Mbps.

Bharti Airtel finalises American Tower sale for Nigerian assets

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James Barton
Category: Operators
26 November 2014
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Infrastructure
  • Nigeria
  • Bharti Airtel
  • American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation and Bharti Airtel have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of over 4,800 of Airtel’s communications towers in Nigeria.

Airtel deploys 4G/LTE network in Seychelles with Ericsson

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
26 November 2014
10097 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • LTE
  • Ericsson
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Seychelles

Airtel has partnered with Ericsson to deliver a new, nationwide LTE (Long Term Evolution) 800 MHz network in the Seychelles.

Telenor readying mobile money with Yoma in Myanmar

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
25 November 2014
18945 views
  • Mobile Finance
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Myanmar
  • Telenor Myanmar

Telenor Myanmar is launching a mobile banking offering in partnership with Yoma Bank.

AIS investing billions in 4G for Thailand

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James Barton
Category: Investment
25 November 2014
12757 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • True Corp
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • DTAC

Thailand’s market-leading mobile operator AIS (Advanced Info Service) is planning a 4G investment of up to THB60 billion – around $1.83 billion.

Globe Telecom considering Myanmar for future expansion

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James Barton
Category: Operators
25 November 2014
8458 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Myanmar
  • Globe Telecom
  • Mobile Financial Services
  • ASEAN
  • GCash

Filipino operator Globe Telecom is mulling over expansion in the ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) region, with Myanmar under particular consideration.

MTN Uganda strengthens mobile financial services with Ericsson

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
25 November 2014
6974 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ericsson
  • MFS
  • Uganda
  • MTN Uganda

MTN Uganda has deployed Ericsson’s Converged Wallet platform, enabling the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services offerings.

Microsoft partners with Tunisian wind energy startup

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Alec Barton
Category: Energy & Sustainability
24 November 2014
8805 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Microsoft
  • Tunisia
  • Wind Energy

Microsoft has signed a new strategic alliance with Tunisian startup Saphon Energy, a company that specialises in the research and development of wind energy.

Telecom Italia boss wants to merge TIM and Oi

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James Barton
Category: Operators
24 November 2014
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  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Oi
  • TIM Brasil
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Telecom Italia

The CEO of Telecom Italia Marco Patuano is reportedly keen for the firm to acquire Brazil’s Oi.

Airtel selling off more African assets in Malawi and Tanzania

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James Barton
Category: Operators
21 November 2014
13241 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Helios Towers
  • Tanzania
  • Malawi
  • Eaton Towers
  • Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel is selling off telecom towers in Malawi and Tanzania to dedicated tower firms Helios and Eaton.

CWS Seychelles brings in SkyVision for VSAT & IP Trunking

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 November 2014
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  • Central South Asia
  • VSAT
  • Seychelles
  • IP Trunking
  • SkyVision
  • Cable and Wireless Seychelles

SkyVision Global Networks is providing managed IP Trunking and Private Network solutions to Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS).

PGASCOM Selects Coriant to Expand Long Haul DWDM Network in Indonesia

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
21 November 2014
7844 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Capacity
  • DWDM
  • Subsea Cable
  • Coriant

Indonesia’s PGASCOM has chosen the Coriant hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform to expand the capacity of its long haul submarine cable network that links Jakarta and Singapore.

Bharti Airtel taps Nokia for 3G upgrade in India

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 November 2014
7455 views
  • Central South Asia
  • 3G
  • India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Nokia Networks

Nokia Networks has been commissioned by Bharti Airtel to enhance its 3G networks in the Bihar, Mumbai and West Bengal telecom circles.

Ericsson supports Tigo Mobile Wallet introduction in Senegal

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
20 November 2014
8364 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ericsson
  • Senegal
  • Mobile Wallet
  • Tigo
  • Tigo Senegal

Tigo Senegal has launched a new Tigo Cash service based on Ericsson’s Wallet Platform Solution.

Thailand confirms July 4G auctions

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
20 November 2014
10798 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • ITU
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • 4G LTE
  • NBTC
  • True Move

The Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has confirmed that 4G spectrum auctions will take place in July 2015.

SLA Mobile Expands Direct Operator Billing Service to Zain Jordan

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
20 November 2014
6939 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Jordan
  • Direct Operator Billing
  • SLA Mobile
  • Zain Jordan

SLA Mobile is providing its Direct Operator Billing solution to Zain Jordan as part of the next step in the Zain Group’s Direct Operator Billing rollout.

Huawei and MegaFon sign 5G agreement for Russia

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
20 November 2014
8752 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • MegaFon
  • Russia
  • Huawei
  • 5G

Huawei and MegaFon have signed a cooperation agreement to roll out 5G networks in Russia ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Telecom Egypt considering Vodafone Egypt takeover

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 November 2014
9531 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Vodafone Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Telecom Egypt
  • Unified Licences

Telecom Egypt CEO Mohamed Elnawawy has stated that the fixed-line operator may not sell its 45% stake in Vodafone’s local unit even after it receives its unified licence.

Vodafone And Afrimax Group Announce Framework Agreement In Sub-Saharan Africa

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 November 2014
10057 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 4G
  • Vodafone
  • Uganda
  • Afrimax
  • Partner Market Agreements

Vodafone has announced a strategic framework agreement with sub-Saharan 4G/LTE operator Afrimax to explore opportunities for partner market agreements in the region.

India refuses to wait for spectrum release ahead of auctions

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
19 November 2014
8757 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • TRAI
  • Indian Telecom Commission
  • 2.1GHz Spectrum

The Indian Telecom Commission has shot down recommendations from the country’s regulator TRAI to include an additional 4 frequency bands in next year’s spectrum auctions.

Success for Kazakhtelecom’s 100Gbps trial

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
19 November 2014
7455 views
  • Central South Asia
  • DWDM
  • Juniper Networks
  • IP MPLS
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kazakhtelecom
  • Coriant

Kazakhtelecom JSC has completed a live field trial demonstrating a nationwide 100 Gigabit-per-second (100G) optical network connection.

Sri Lanka Telecom selects Vanrise Solutions for Voice Trading and Routing System

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
19 November 2014
8977 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Routing
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka Telecom

Sri Lanka Telecom has selected Vanrise Solutions to supply the backbone for its Voice Trading & Routing System.

Liquid Telecom expands Kenyan and Ugandan networks with Alcatel-Lucent

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
18 November 2014
10573 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Liquid Telecom
  • DWDM
  • Uganda
  • GPON

Liquid Telecom has commissioned Alcatel-Lucent to provide various GPON and DWDM technologies for the expansion of its networks in Kenya and Uganda.

Econet and Mahindra Comviva bringing mobile money debit cards to Zimbabwe

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
18 November 2014
8151 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zimbabwe
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Mastercard
  • Mobile Wallet
  • Econet Wireless
  • EcoCash

Econet Wireless and Mahindra Comviva are debuting the latter’s connectMoney Service Manager in Zimbabwe.

AfricaCom 2014: Data driving Africa towards global connectivity

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James Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
17 November 2014
19492 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Customer Experience Management
  • SDN
  • Data Growth
  • 4G LTE
  • Subsea Cable
  • NFV

DT Editor James Barton spoke to some of the industry's leading lights at AfricaCom 2014 to find out where the continent's telecommunications sector is heading.

AT&T enters Mexican mobile market with Iusacell acquisition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
17 November 2014
12457 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Acquisitions
  • America Movil
  • Iusacell
  • ATT

AT&T is acquiring Mexican operator Iusacell for $2.5 billion.

Zain Iraq to launch 3G services in January 2015

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
17 November 2014
8155 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • 3G
  • Iraq
  • Zain Iraq

The Iraqi unit of Zain Group has signed an agreement with Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission to secure authorization to utilize 2100MHz spectrum for 3G services across Iraq.

Telekom Romania deploys RAD's Carrier Ethernet Solution

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
13 November 2014
9045 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Broadband
  • Carrier Ethernet
  • Romania
  • Wholesale
  • RAD
  • Telekom Romania

Telekom Romania Communications has selected RAD’s Carrier Ethernet CE 2.0 MEF-certified demarcation devices to facilitate the delivery of wholesale broadband connectivity to international service providers.

Ericsson and Zain Bahrain partner to deliver High Definition voice in the Kingdom

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
12 November 2014
6988 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Zain
  • Ericsson
  • HD Voice
  • Bahrain

Zain has chosen Ericsson to launch HD voice services over Zain's existing Ericsson 3G radio and core network in Bahrain.

WIGO S.A. selects DragonWave for interconnect solutions in Peru

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
12 November 2014
7702 views
  • Latin America
  • Peru
  • Capacity
  • Interconnect
  • DragonWave

Lima-based wi-fi provider WIGO S.A. has deployed solutions from DragonWave to interconnect base stations and MPLS nodes at speeds up to 800Mbps in the 18GHz and 13GHz frequency bands.

MEASAT generates cost savings for African customer with NovelSat

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
11 November 2014
6158 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Bandwidth
  • Novelsat
  • Satellite Capacity
  • MEASAT

MEASAT has announced that customers on the AFRICASAT-1a satellite will now be able to benefit from additional cost savings given the successful test of 64APSK modulation on the satellite’s high-powered pan-African beam.

Paratus Telecom and Nomanini partner to bring “business in a box” to Namibia

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
11 November 2014
7745 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Namibia
  • Airtime
  • Paratus Telecom
  • Nomanini

Established Namibian ICT provider, Paratus Telecom, has diversified its offering by launching a new mobile airtime distribution service called “Katiti”.

Safaricom closes Yu acquisition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
10 November 2014
10372 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Kenya
  • Safaricom
  • Essar Telecom Kenya
  • Airtel Africa
  • YuMobile

Kenyan operator Safaricom has received final regulatory approval for its acquisition of assets from Essar Telecommunications Kenya.

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