Indonesian market leader Telkomsel has upgraded its GSM and 3G HSPA+ network across the country using NSN’s radio and core network as well as comprehensive services.

The issue of 11 MVNO licences in China is set to increase service-level competition in the country.

Telefonica has dismissed reports that it was planning to collaborate with Brazilian rivals in order to break up Telecom Italia’s Brazilian unit, TIM Brasil.

Vodafone is reportedly considering a buyout of its Indian rival Tata Teleservices.

Chinese vendor ZTE has entered into an agreement with Aircel to deploy its 4G LTE network.

The Egyptian regulator The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has confirmed that it will issue unified licences, allowing the country’s operators to provide fixed and mobile services.

Slovak Telekom has launched LTE services across five cities in Slovakia, which the operator claims is the country’s largest LTE deployment thus far.

China Telecom has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks as a partner to build out its nationwide LTE network.

Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded two projects aimed at connecting remote communities in two Latin American countries.

Ooredoo Myanmar will introduce 3G mobile services nationwide in Myanmar next year.

SES SA, SpeedCast and AsiaSat have donated satellite and service capacity to enable NetHope, a consortium of 41 non-governmental organisations around the globe, to re-establish communication links to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.

French vendor Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by two of China’s largest operators to supply technologies for their LTE deployments.

In a bid to improve energy and telecommunications access for Ugandans who lack reliable electricity, MTN Uganda and Fenix International have developed an ultra-affordable Pay As You Go energy solution designed to bring safe lighting, phone charging and more to those living off-grid across the country.

BaikalWestCom, the largest mobile network operator in East Siberia, has optimised its network with Geo-located Customer Experience Analytics provided by Actix.

TIM Brasil has deployed 100G optical networking equipment supplied by Xtera Communication on a long-haul transmission infrastructure in north east Brazil.

Etisalat’s Benin subsidiary Moov has launched the Middle Eastern operator’s mobile-based commerce service Flous, making it the eleventh market to do so.

Caribbean operator Columbus International has implemented a new CRM and billing solution from Cerillion in El Salvador.

Mobile anti-fraud and revenue protection specialist Revector has been selected by Glo Mobile Ghana to lead a campaign to detect and eliminate SIM Box fraud on its network.

 Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has signed a major infrastructure sharing agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm.