Latest News & Articles

Etisalat Nigeria extends managed services deal with Nokia Networks

Details
James Barton
Category: Service Management
16 September 2014
8322 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Managed Services
  • Nokia Networks
  • Etisalat Nigeria

Etisalat Nigeria has renewed its managed services contract with Nokia Networks for three more years with expanded services scope.

Ukraine considering drastic measures to reduce Russian influence

Details
James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
15 September 2014
9683 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • MTS
  • Ukraine
  • Government
  • Kyivstar
  • Sanctions

Amid ongoing conflict with Russia, the government of Ukraine is reportedly seeking to reduce its larger neighbour’s influence in its mobile sector.

China Mobile partnership lets True reduce debt

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
15 September 2014
8142 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • Acquisitions
  • Thailand
  • True

Thai operator True and China Mobile have entered into a strategic partnership that will allow True to reduce its debt.

Tata Comms bringing VoLTE to India

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
15 September 2014
8892 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Tata Communications
  • VoLTE
  • HD Voice

Tata Communications is launching VoLTE solutions in India, allowing users to make calls over their 4G network.

ZTE to build out Entel SA’s Bolivian FTTx network

Details
James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
12 September 2014
14338 views
  • Latin America
  • ZTE
  • FttX
  • Bolivia

Entel SA has signed ZTE to build out the first large-scale FTTx network in Bolivia covering all the 4 regions.

Indian big three fight back against Jammu & Kashmir floods

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
12 September 2014
9221 views
  • Disaster relief
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Vodafone India
  • Bharti Airtel

India’s market leading operators have stepped up their efforts to resume services in Jammu & Kashmir region intense flooding ravaged the region.

Salinas Group takes control of Iusacell for $717 million

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
12 September 2014
10998 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Telefonica
  • Iusacell
  • Grupo Televisa

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas is reportedly attempting to acquire 50% of Iusacell from broadcaster Televisa, in a deal which would give him full control of Mexico’s number three operator.

MPLS/IPX agreement connects Namibia internationally

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
12 September 2014
11075 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Namibia
  • IP MPLS
  • PCCW Global
  • Paratus Telecom

Namibian operator Paratus Telecom and PCCW Global have signed an international MPLS and IPX interconnection agreement for Namibia and neighbouring countries.

Millicom launches direct interest mobile money services in Tanzania

Details
James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
11 September 2014
9099 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Mobile Wallet
  • Millicom
  • Tigo Tanzania
  • Interest Accounts

Millicom’s Tigo has launched the world’s first mobile money service that provides customers with interest returned directly to their wallet.

Telecom Italia may abandon Fintech Argentina sale

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
11 September 2014
11195 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • TIM Brasil
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telecom Argentina
  • Fintech

Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano has stated that the firm may abandon the sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina to Fintech if it continues to face regulatory delays.

Zain, Huawei and UNESCO launch education initiative in South Sudan

Details
James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
11 September 2014
11061 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Huawei
  • Zain
  • South Sudan
  • Education
  • UNESCO

A new collaboration between Huawei, Zain South Sudan and UNESCO will provide Internet access to a number of schools in South Sudan powered via Zain base stations.

Apple Pay could shake up mobile payments sector

Details
James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
10 September 2014
8276 views
  • Global
  • Mobile Payments
  • Analysys Mason
  • NFC
  • Ovum
  • Apple
  • NFC Payments
  • Upstream
  • Apple Pay

The iPhone is the perennially popular handset, in demand across the world. It is seen as the standard by which the luxury smartphone market is measured, but since the release of the iPhone 5 in 2012 the iPhone’s star has perhaps fallen slightly, with each new iteration being criticised for a lack of true innovation.

Aircel likely to reacquire masts from GTL

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
10 September 2014
8432 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Towers
  • India
  • Aircel
  • GTL Infrastructure

Amid rival operators offloading their tower infrastructure to independent firms, Aircel looks set to buy back the towers that it sold to GTL Infrastructure 4 years ago.

Zamtel and NEC building new Zambian transmission network

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
10 September 2014
9297 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zambia
  • Capacity
  • NEC
  • Microwave
  • Zamtel
  • Transmission

Zamtel is collaborating with NEC to build a new digital microwave radio transmission network which will boost mobile coverage and capacity for citizens, enterprises and tourists across Zambia.

Bharti lining up Nigerian tower deal with ATC

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
10 September 2014
11222 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Nigeria
  • Eaton Towers
  • Bharti Airtel
  • IHS

After selling its tower infrastructure in 7 African countries to Eaton Towers, Bharti Airtel is believed to be on the verge of agreeing a deal to sell its Nigerian towers business for more than $1 billion.

ZTE deploying LTE network for Swan in Slovakia

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
09 September 2014
14745 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • LTE
  • ZTE
  • Slovakia
  • Swan Telecom

Slovakian operator Swan has commissioned Chinese vendor ZTE for its nationwide LTE network deployment.

Ooredoo Launches New Wave Of Mobile Health Clinics in Indonesia

Details
James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
09 September 2014
11954 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Ooredoo
  • Mobile Health
  • Leo Messie Foundation

The first in a series of Mobile Health Clinics has been launched in Indonesia by Ooredoo and The Leo Messi Foundation.

Eaton Towers acquires Airtel’s African infrastructure

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
08 September 2014
12217 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Eaton Towers
  • Airtel
  • Passive Infrastructure

African towers firm Eaton Towers has acquired over 3500 telecoms towers from Airtel across 6 African countries.

Telenor gets approval for full ownership of Uninor

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
08 September 2014
12512 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Telenor
  • Telewings
  • Uninor

Telenor has been granted permission by the government of India to assume full control over its local business Uninor.

India considering ‘super regulator’ to replace TRAI

Details
James Barton
Category: Regulation
05 September 2014
7467 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Regulators
  • TRAI

The Indian regulator TRAI could soon be replaced by a ‘super regulator’ with a mandate over all communications in the country.

TV White Spaces initiative underway in Namibia

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 September 2014
9363 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Namibia
  • Microsoft
  • TV White Spaces
  • Broadcasting Spectrum

A new pilot project from the MyDigitalBridge Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft and Adaptrum, has been successfully trialled in Namibia.

MTN and IHS sign tower agreement in Nigeria

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 September 2014
10950 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Nigeria
  • MTN
  • MTN Nigeria
  • IHS

MTN is transferring control of over 9,000 of its towers in Nigeria to IHS Holding as part of a new agreement.

Telekom Slovenije privatisation hit with delay after elections

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
04 September 2014
11078 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Privatisation
  • Turkcell
  • Slovenia
  • Telekom Slovenije
  • Deutsche Telekom

The new government of Slovenia, which is expected to come into power in September, must approve the privatisation of incumbent operator Telekom Slovenije before it can continue.

First commercial LTE network launching in Rwanda

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
04 September 2014
7688 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • LTE
  • KT Corp
  • Rwanda
  • Nokia Networks

Rwanda will soon be able to enjoy advanced communication services with improved capacity and data speed.

Telecom Italia delays Argentina sale again

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
04 September 2014
10090 views
  • Latin America
  • Argentina
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telecom Argentina
  • Fintech

Telecom Italia has delayed the deadline for the sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina until September 25th.

Nokia Networks, China Telecom mark major milestone in FDD-TDD carrier aggregation

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
03 September 2014
7633 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • LTE
  • China Telecom
  • TDD
  • FDD
  • Carrier Aggregation
  • Nokia Networks

Nokia Networks and China Telecom have successfully demonstrated the world’s first FDD-TDD carrier aggregation including a user device chipset.

Indian DoT sets July 2015 deadline for MTNL-BSNL merger

Details
James Barton
Category: Regulation
03 September 2014
8073 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mergers
  • BSNL
  • MTNL

India’s Department of Telecoms has implemented a deadline of July 31st 2015 for merging the two struggling state-owned operators, BSNL and MTNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd).

Safaricom and Airtel buy out Essar’s Yu for $120M

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
03 September 2014
14879 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • M-Pesa
  • Safaricom
  • Airtel Kenya
  • yu
  • Essar Telecom Kenya
  • YuMobile

Indian operator Essar has agreed to sell Kenyan number three yuMobile to local rivals Airtel and Safaricom for KSH10.5 billion ($120 million).

Telefonica to divest TI shares following GVT acquisition

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
03 September 2014
11858 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Telefonica
  • Vodafone
  • Acquisitions
  • Vivendi
  • Oi
  • TIM Brasil
  • Telecom Italia
  • GVT

Telefonica has stated that it will divest its holding in Telecom Italia – and therefore its interest in TIM Brasil – following its acquisition of Brazilian fixed provider GVT from French media group Vivendi.

Xiaomi pauses Mi3 distribution in India to push Redmi 1S

Details
James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
02 September 2014
6681 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Smartphones
  • Xiaomi
  • Mi3

Xiaomi is temporarily suspending sales of its Mi3 smartphone in India in order to facilitate the smooth launch of the Redmi 1S, a Rs 5,999-smartphone that goes on sale today.

Thailand’s TOT streamlining structure

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
02 September 2014
8969 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • CAT Telecom
  • Thailand
  • TOT

Thai state-owned operator TOT is considering a major structural shake-up in order to reverse its ailing fortunes.

Oi looking for partner for TIM bid

Details
James Barton
Category: Operators
02 September 2014
13966 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Telefonica
  • Oi
  • TIM Brasil
  • Telecom Italia

After stating its intention to bid for a majority stake in TIM Participacoes, Brazilian operator Oi is now reportedly looking for a bidding partner.

RCom launching USSD banking services in India

Details
James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
02 September 2014
8561 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • RCom
  • USSD
  • Reliance Communications
  • Mobile Banking

Reliance Communications is introducing a mobile banking service that is entirely handset-agnostic.

India gets ambitious with national fibre plans

Details
James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
01 September 2014
5198 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • fibre optic
  • BSNL

India’s Department of Telecoms has stated its aim of deploying a nationwide fibre optic network by June 2016, a year ahead of the original schedule for the initiative.

Tech Article Count:  10196

DevelopingTelecoms.com technology news category feed

Wireless Networks Article Count:  2326

Optical & Fixed Networks Article Count:  1372

Satellite Networks Article Count:  1118

Data Centres & Networks Article Count:  791

Service Management Article Count:  440

Revenue & Billing Article Count:  346

Energy & Sustainability Article Count:  310

Cybersecurity Article Count:  165

Cloud & Virtualisation Article Count:  371

Customer Management Article Count:  192

Mobile Finance Article Count:  732

Enterprise Ecosystems Article Count:  621

Consumer Ecosystems Article Count:  817

Devices & Platforms Article Count:  560

Business Article Count:  7865

DevelopingTelecoms.com business news category feed

Humanitarian Comms Article Count:  244

Operators Article Count:  3058

Vendors Article Count:  515

Regulation Article Count:  1956

Investment Article Count:  675

Trends & Forecasts Article Count:  932

2014 Trends Article Count:  51

2015 Trends Article Count:  45

2015 wiresDeveloping Telecoms 2015 Emerging Markets Trends Survey is now complete! Submissions have been collated and analysed and are now available to download as a complete package, in PDF format, for reading off-line.

The download includes a unique introduction and summary not available anywhere on the website. This has been written by leading independent telecoms analyst and consultant Coleago Consulting. Click here to get your copy.

Developing Telecoms 2016 Emerging Markets Trends Survey will be undertaken during December 2015 and January 2016. If you would like to sponsor this survey please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Information about how to contribute will be made available later this year. To ensure you receive details please Register Here.

2016 Trends Article Count:  38

2017 Trends Article Count:  24

Blogs & Opinion Article Count:  115

Reports Article Count:  11

White Papers Article Count:  9

BuddeComm Market Reports Article Count:  191

buddecomMarket Reports in Association with BuddeComm

Page 423 of 532

  • 418
  • 419
  • 420
  • 421
  • 422
  • 423
  • 424
  • 425
  • 426
  • 427