Japanese group SoftBank is reportedly considering an acquisition of the wireless assets put up for sale by America Movil in Mexico.
America Movil, Oi and Telefonica are joining forces to bid for TIM Partecipacoes, the Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia.
Banco Santander Uruguay has chosen Syniverse’s Mobile Engagement for Customers solution to enhance its customer communications strategy.
Algeria Telecom has chosen Ericsson for the transformation of their broadband aggregation network.
Telenor Myanmar has begun offering mobile services in Yangon following a two-week delay to its target date.
Telecom Italia will amend the terms of its agreement that will see investment fund Fintech acquire its stake in Telecom Argentina.
Etisalat Egypt has deployed JDSU’s ariesoGEO solution to enhance service quality and optimisation for postpaid customers.
Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with the Internet Society to provide equipment for the Bangkok Internet Exchange Point.
Ericsson has entered into a five-year global framework agreement with Telenor to provide radio hardware and professional services.
The government of Hungary is reportedly considering a tax on internet traffic, prompting demonstrations in the capital city Budapest.
Mobile satellite services operator Thuraya has partnered with SOS Children’s Villages International’s Gulf Area Office to bring satellite connectivity to remote communities in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The Indian state-owned operator BSNL is reportedly seeking INR20 billion ($325 million) in compensation from the government for relinquishing 1.2MHz of 900MHz spectrum for next year’s auction.
Slovakian operator SWAN has selected Cerillion to deliver a complete business support system (BSS) solution for its 4G launch.
Elara Communications is launching an international calling app for customers in rural and remote villages in south-eastern Mexico, in partnership with IDT Global.
The European Commission has deemed its investigation into Chinese vendors supposedly receiving subsidies from the country’s government as being “no longer necessary”.
Sierratel has launched new advanced landline services in Sierra Leone. The launch was overseen by consultancy and management firm MDIC.
The government of South Africa is reportedly considering divesting its 14% stake in Vodacom, worth around $2.3 billion.
Indian regulator TRAI has proposed that the base prices in the country’s upcoming 1800MHz spectrum auctions should be set 10% higher than in the previous round of bidding.
Chinese manufacturer Lenovo is setting up a new company in China focused on low-cost smart devices.
Loop Mobile is attempting to rescue its proposed deal with Bharti Airtel by cutting its assets from the agreement in the hopes of speeding up the approval process.
Telenor has echoed Vodafone India’s request for the Indian government to allocate spectrum secured at auction.
Pakistani operator Warid Telecom has pledged a network investment of $470 million across the next 5 years aimed at upgrading its current 2.5G network to 4G.
A new family tracing and reconnection service is being launched in the Philippines through a partnership between Ericsson, Smart and Refunite.
The Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of Vodafone over its INR30 billion ($490 million) tax dispute with the Indian government.
Kenya’s Equity Bank will be issuing an ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM featuring technology from SIM manufacturer Taisys.
Facebook and Ericsson claim to have developed a methodology that will improve app performance by as much as 70%.
The consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine cable system project has signed a supply contract with NEC for the S1H segment, which connects Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Alcatel-Lucent is launching a 100 gigabit-per-second fibre-optic network with MTN Nigeria.
The Mexican regulator IFT has agreed with the country’s ministry of telecoms and transport (SCT) that the state network should be up and running by 2018.
Vodacom has launched Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Lesotho, addressing the relative scarcity of fixed line connections in the country.
Ericsson and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) have joined forces to support girls' education in Myanmar.
Vodafone India has requested that the country’s Department of Telecommunications immediately allocate the 1800MHz spectrum that it won at auction in February.
Orange Botswana has entered into a multi-year managed services agreement with Ericsson.
The Communications Authority of Kenya has given preliminary approval for the proposed takeover of Essar’s yuMobile by Airtel and Safaricom.
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