Reliance Jio Infocomm and infrastructure firm Tower Vision have signed a tower sharing agreement for the operator’s 4G network.

Comarch has finished implementing Field Intervention Management solutions for Orange Polska, allowing the telecom operator to reduce the costs of network operations and improve the quality of tasks performed by technical staff.

Ooredoo Maldives has deployed a new VAS consolidation project provided by Jinny Software.

Leading Russian operator MTS has completed the first Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call on a telco cloud infrastructure using Nokia’s technology.

South African number two MTN is reportedly looking to increase the size of its international footprint via acquisitions outside of Africa and the Middle East regions, where it currently operates in 21 countries.

SkyVision is launching its fibre and wireless based services SkyFibre in Guinea.

Tech Mahindra is entering the Mexican market as part of its strategy to expand into the Americas region.

Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) has launched MovilCash, Panama’s first mobile money service.

Etisalat’s acquisition of Vivendi’s 53% stake in Maroc Telecom should be complete by May 14, the UAE operator has stated.

Etisalat has confirmed that it will sell its operations in West Africa to Maroc Telecom.

Vodacom Tanzania has ordered an energy centre from Flexenclosure to power its main switching centre in the capital Dar es Salaam, as replacement for the energy centre that was damaged in a fire in August.

Tata Communications and Orange International Carriers have announced an agreement to interconnect their respective IPX (IP-Exchange) communities for voice over IPX and Signalling Sigtran, which allows IP networks to inter-work with the public switched telephone network.

Satellite provider Speedcast has announced that it will expand its Tier 1 IP backbone into Vanuatu.

Two leading Czech operators have agreed to share radio access equipment for nationwide LTE coverage.

Chilean operator Entel has pledged $2.8 billion worth of investment into 3G and 4G networks across the next three years.

Pakistan’s 3G and 4G spectrum auctions have concluded successfully, raising over $1.1 billion.

Etisalat has reached a financing agreement with several banks which will allow it to acquire a majority stake in Maroc Telecom.

Three of India’s largest operators have forged a 3G roaming agreement to expand their coverage across more of the country’s telecom circles.

DTAC, Thailand’s second largest mobile operator is to upgrade its 3G network and lay the foundation for a 4G LTE network in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.

Former Apple CEO John Sculley is backing the launch a new range of smartphones in India. Obi Mobiles plans to invest US$20 million to enter the market during 2014.

Bahrain Telecom (Batelco) has announced it will offer cloud based DDoS protection services to business customers to protect customers' websites from DDoS attacks.

In a Landmark partnership expected to benefit over 500 million mobile customers across three fast developing regions, SingTel Group and Samsung have unveiled a suite of joint initiatives to bring improved mobile data experiences to customers.

Tigo is extending financial inclusion in Tanzania by partnering with 17 major banks. The new service will enable Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive funds to and from any bank account to and from any Tigo Pesa wallet almost anywhere in the country.