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SES and Nawras Sign Capacity Contract to Serve Rural Areas in Oman

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
21 March 2014
8166 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Oman
  • SES
  • Nawras
  • Satellite Backhaul

Nawras, one of the largest wireless operators in Oman, has signed a capacity agreement on SES’s NSS-6 satellite.

Nynex Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension with Avanti Communications in Libya

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
20 March 2014
6939 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Libya
  • Satellite Broadband
  • Nynex
  • Avanti

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.

MWEB Selects Ruckus Wireless for National Smart Wi-Fi Service Across South Africa

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
19 March 2014
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Ruckus Wireless
  • WLAN

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.

Tata Communications and SafeNet launch cloud-based authentication

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James Barton
Category: Cybersecurity
19 March 2014
6491 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Tata Communications
  • SafeNet

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 launches 4G/LTE network in Lagos, Nigeria

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
18 March 2014
12925 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Ericsson
  • 4G LTE
  • Smile Communications

Smile Communications has announced the launch of a 4G/LTE network on 800 MHz spectrum in Ibadan and Lagos, both in Nigeria.

Nokia X Affordable Smartphones Target Emerging Markets

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Alec Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
17 March 2014
6800 views
  • Nokia
  • Low-cost smartphones

Nokia underscored its commitment to emerging markets by releasing three new devices using the Android operating platform at the recent Mobile World Congress.

Driving Smartphone Adoption in Emerging Markets

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Alec Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
17 March 2014
8651 views
  • Smartphones
  • Grey Market
  • Nokia
  • Firefox OS
  • Tecno

Until recently smartphones were not common in emerging markets other than among international business travellers and wealthy urban elites. Things are now changing fast.

Is There a Way to Win the Mobile Operator Price Wars?

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Itamar Altalef
Category: Customer Management
17 March 2014
9802 views
  • Global
  • Pontis
  • Contextual Engagement

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.

America Movil hit with sanctions for Mexican dominance

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
17 March 2014
8375 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil
  • Ifetel
  • Sanctions

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 and Orange Poland Push Hotspot 2.0 Ahead

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
14 March 2014
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Wi-fi
  • Ruckus Wireless
  • Orange Poland

Ruckus Wireless and Orange Poland have deployed Hotspot 2.0 Wi-Fi services in Warsaw.

txtNation Launches Direct Operator Billing in Turkey

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
14 March 2014
6635 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Vodafone
  • Turkey
  • Avea
  • Turkcell
  • Direct Operator Billing
  • txtNation

Mobile billing and messaging solution provider txtNation now provides mPayments across all 3 Turkish operators - Turkcell, Avea and Vodafone.

Teoco agrees to multi-million dollar deal with Rostelecom

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
13 March 2014
8271 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Rostelecom
  • Teoco
  • Network Performance Management

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.

Alcatel-Lucent and Telkom Akses to Modernise Broadband Network Across Indonesia

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
13 March 2014
12620 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • FttX
  • Ultra-Broadband

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.

Wireless broadband deployed on Moscow Metro

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
12 March 2014
8124 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Broadband
  • Wi-fi
  • Transport
  • Radwin

The Moscow Metro has deployed a new wireless broadband solution to deliver 90 Mbps per train across distances of up to 900 metres.

Mexican regulator identifies dominant market players

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
12 March 2014
8288 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil
  • Ifetel
  • Antitrust

The Mexican regulator Ifetel has named the players that it considers to be most dominant in the telecoms and broadcast sectors.

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will share infrastructure

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James Barton
Category: Operators
11 March 2014
7716 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Tower Sharing
  • Bharti Infratel

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”.

Huawei and Vodafone launch “Project Spring” in Europe and Africa

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
11 March 2014
11702 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Vodafone
  • South Africa
  • Huawei
  • Czech Republic
  • Ghana
  • Hungary
  • Mozambique
  • Egypt
  • Lesotho
  • Romania

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.

Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about Emerging Markets

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Alec Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
10 March 2014
18360 views
  • Global
  • OTT
  • WhatsApp
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Facebook
  • Internet.org

The hottest ticket at Mobile World Congress 2014 was without doubt Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's session.

Tata Communications and Turkcell Superonline deploy MPLS PoP in Turkey

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
10 March 2014
7388 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Tata Communications
  • Turkey
  • MPLS
  • Turkcell Superonline

A new collaboration agreement between Tata Communications and Turkcell Superonline will establish a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) node in Istanbul.

MTN and Mahindra Comviva bring MDP to Congo Brazzaville

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
10 March 2014
8126 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Data Plans
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Congo-Brazzaville
  • MTN Congo Brazzaville

MTN has launched Mahindra Comviva’s Mobile Data Platform (MDP) in Congo Brazzaville.

Orange reviewing African options

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James Barton
Category: Operators
07 March 2014
8494 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Orange
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

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.

China Unicom launching LTE in March

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
07 March 2014
9264 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • China
  • China Unicom
  • TD LTE

Following on from its major rivals, China Unicom will become the last operator in the country to launch 4G services later this month.

Voxox Partners with VTC Intecom to Offer OTT App in Vietnam

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
06 March 2014
9490 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Vietnam
  • Social Networking
  • VTC

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.

Kenya loses an operator as Yu exits market

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James Barton
Category: Operators
06 March 2014
15518 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Airtel
  • Safaricom
  • yu

Kenyan operator Yu has ceased operations, selling off its assets and subscribers to its competitors.

KT gives up on Tunisie Telecom acquisition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 March 2014
9113 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Tunisia
  • KT
  • Tunisie Telecom
  • Emirates International Telecommunications

South Korean operator KT has abandoned its attempt to acquire a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom without providing an explanation.

Tele2 Estonia aiming for 300Mb/s LTE but shuns tri-band CA

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 March 2014
9752 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • LTE
  • NSN
  • Estonia
  • 300Mbs
  • Tele2 Estonia
  • Tri-band Carrier Aggregation

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.

Firefox OS bringing $25 smart devices to emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
05 March 2014
9123 views
  • Global
  • Telkomsel
  • Indosat
  • Mozilla
  • Firefox OS

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.

Apple most coveted but Google Play most accessible in emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
04 March 2014
8385 views
  • Global
  • Brazil
  • India
  • China
  • Nigeria
  • Google
  • Vietnam
  • Apple
  • Upstream
  • Google Play

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.

MWC: The Coming Year in Emerging Markets

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James Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
04 March 2014
12064 views
  • Global
  • LTE
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Optimisation
  • Bandwidth
  • Low-cost smartphones

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.

MegaFon Claims World’s Fastest Mobile Data Network

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
03 March 2014
8534 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • MegaFon
  • Russia
  • Huawei
  • LTE Advanced
  • 300Mbs

Russian operator MegaFon has launched a commercial LTE Advanced network delivering speeds of up to 300Mb/s.

Millicom launches world’s first international mobile money service with currency conversion

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
28 February 2014
7230 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Rwanda
  • Millicom
  • Tigo Cash
  • Tigo Pesa
  • Currency Conversion

For the first time ever, mobile money users will be able to transfer cash across borders with currency conversion automatically included.

VivaCell-MTS Armenia Appoints Teclo Networks for High-Speed Mobile Internet

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
27 February 2014
7020 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Armenia
  • VivaCell-MTS Armenia

Armenian operator VivaCell-MTS has deployed a solution from Teclo Networks for enhanced mobile internet speeds.

Epsilon Connects with TransIndonesia Network

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
27 February 2014
7883 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Epsilon

Indonesian network operator TransIndonesia Network has selected Epsilon to provide interconnectivity solutions out of Singapore across Asia, Europe & the Americas.

Mobile revenue up in CEE but OTT threat looms

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
26 February 2014
10580 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • OTT
  • Smartphones
  • Russia
  • Poland
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Estonia
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Mobile Termination Rate

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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