Nawras, one of the largest wireless operators in Oman, has signed a capacity agreement on SES’s NSS-6 satellite.
Nawras, one of the largest wireless operators in Oman, has signed a capacity agreement on SES’s NSS-6 satellite.
VSAT systems operator and integrator Nynex satellite OHG has grown its multi-million dollar contract with Avanti Communications to extend satellite broadband coverage across Libya.
South African Internet service provider MWEB has selected Ruckus Wireless to supply Smart Wi-Fi products and technology to support a new nationwide wireless broadband public access service, as well as managed enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) services to businesses that exploit its vast fibre broadband service available throughout South Africa.
Indian service provider Tata Communications has entered into a partnership with data protection firm SafeNet to provide cloud-based multi-factor authentication globally as a managed service.
Smile Communications has announced the launch of a 4G/LTE network on 800 MHz spectrum in Ibadan and Lagos, both in Nigeria.
Nokia underscored its commitment to emerging markets by releasing three new devices using the Android operating platform at the recent Mobile World Congress.
Until recently smartphones were not common in emerging markets other than among international business travellers and wealthy urban elites. Things are now changing fast.
You can build your brand for years, investing in your network, value added services and advanced customer service tools. Then, one day, you realise a young upstart company is taking your subscriber base away from you with the promise of slashed prices.
The Mexican regulator Ifetel has identified Telcel and Telmex, the mobile and fixed arms of Carlos Slim’s America Movil, as the most dominant in the telecoms sector.
Ruckus Wireless and Orange Poland have deployed Hotspot 2.0 Wi-Fi services in Warsaw.
Mobile billing and messaging solution provider txtNation now provides mPayments across all 3 Turkish operators - Turkcell, Avea and Vodafone.
Assurance and analytics solutions provider Teoco has been selected by Russia’s leading telecommunication service provider, Rostelecom, to deliver its proven Netrac network fault and performance management solution.
Fibre to the premises (FTTx) ultra-broadband access will soon be a reality for millions of subscribers in Indonesia following the announcement of plans for a national broadband infrastructure by Telkom Indonesia subsidiary Telkom Akses.
The Moscow Metro has deployed a new wireless broadband solution to deliver 90 Mbps per train across distances of up to 900 metres.
The Mexican regulator Ifetel has named the players that it considers to be most dominant in the telecoms and broadcast sectors.
Following on from its success in India’s recent spectrum auctions, Reliance Jio Infocomm has announced that it will “utilise the telecom towers of Bharti Infratel Ltd to launch its services across the country”.
A new five-year agreement between Vodafone and Huawei will expand the operator group’s Single Radio Access Network (SingleRAN) for its “Project Spring” Phase 1 programme across the world.
The hottest ticket at Mobile World Congress 2014 was without doubt Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's session.
A new collaboration agreement between Tata Communications and Turkcell Superonline will establish a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) node in Istanbul.
MTN has launched Mahindra Comviva’s Mobile Data Platform (MDP) in Congo Brazzaville.
Orange has begun a strategic review of its assets in Uganda and Kenya, although it has not confirmed that it is looking to sell either unit.
Following on from its major rivals, China Unicom will become the last operator in the country to launch 4G services later this month.
A new partnership between VTC Intecom and rich communication service Voxox will launch a co-branded OTT app as part of the Voxox for Operators program.
Kenyan operator Yu has ceased operations, selling off its assets and subscribers to its competitors.
South Korean operator KT has abandoned its attempt to acquire a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom without providing an explanation.
The CTO of Tele2 Estonia, Ervins Kampans, has stated that this year the operator is aiming to achieve theoretical peak download speeds of 300Mb/s for LTE.
With the appetite for smartphones growing all the time in emerging markets, the field could be shaken up by Mozilla’s announcement of a low-cost device aimed at these regions.
With 5.2 billion of the world’s 6.8 billion mobile subscribers in the developing world, handset manufacturers and developers such as Nokia, Ericsson, Facebook and Mozilla, are renewing their efforts to connect and cater to emerging market consumers.
Now that the dust has settled after Mobile World Congress, I’ve had time to collect my thoughts following on from some of the conversations I had at the show.
Russian operator MegaFon has launched a commercial LTE Advanced network delivering speeds of up to 300Mb/s.
For the first time ever, mobile money users will be able to transfer cash across borders with currency conversion automatically included.
Armenian operator VivaCell-MTS has deployed a solution from Teclo Networks for enhanced mobile internet speeds.
Indonesian network operator TransIndonesia Network has selected Epsilon to provide interconnectivity solutions out of Singapore across Asia, Europe & the Americas.
Total mobile service revenue in the Central & Eastern Europe region grew 0.6 % year-on-year in the first half of 2013, reaching EUR22.5 billion, according to Analysys Mason.
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