The Nigerian government has revived its attempt to divest itself of Nitel, the state operator which once monopolised the Nigerian mobile market.

Telefonica is expanding a global contract for DSL network management that covers more than eight million customer lines globally.

The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may prevent operators from sharing spectrum due to concerns that proceeds from the country’s upcoming spectrum auctions will fall short of targets.

The government of China is reportedly fast-tracking the 4G spectrum licensing process to make sure that it is complete by the end of the year...

Brazilian number four Oi has raised $1.1 billion following the sale of various assets...

The Philippines’ market leader PLDT has deployed solutions from network specialist Ciena across its global network footprint...

The two operators that won telecom licences in Myanmar have unveiled their pricing plans and deployment goals for the near-term future...

Virgin Mobile has steadily been establishing its footprint in the Middle East, with its most recent success an acquisition – as part of a consortium – of an international voice telephony licence in Oman....

The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has made an official proposal to revoke the 4G licences acquired by privately-owned mobile operators and create a state-owned LTE network...

Gilat Satcom has revealed a raft of new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa...

The market for enterprise M2M solutions is growing, supported by rapid global adoption of mobile broadband needed for wireless M2M applications...

Orange is launching a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called "Orange Money International Transfer". The offer is available between Mali, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire...

Internet Solutions (IS) has boosted its capabilities and reach into West Africa by connecting Namibia (through its local implementation partner, ITN) and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS)...

A major Central European operator has selected Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions to upgrade its international network to 100G...

Alcatel-Lucent and Surfline Communications Ltd today announced the first commercial deployment of a 4G LTE network in Ghana and, more generally, in Western and Central Africa...

China Unicom has signed up to the Ubuntu Carrier Advisor Group, providing a welcome lift to the nascent platform. Unicom is China’s number two operator with over 250 million subscribers...

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO Lars Christian Iuel has expressed reservations about taking part in the country’s 3G spectrum auction due to tax hikes and increased regulatory costs introduced by the government...

Strong revenue growth in Africa over the past financial year has prompted Vodafone to expand its presence in the region...

O3b Networks and RCS Communication have agreed a long-term capacity deal which will see O3b providing high-speed, low-latency capacity in the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan...

A NFC-based mobile payments system will be launched in Hungary in early 2014 by all three of the country’s major mobile operators...

High speed mobile data services are now available for the first time in St. Lucia via Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) subsidiary LIME St. Lucia...

South African local Internet Service Provider (ISP) XDSL has secured a direct link to the West African Cable System (WACS) via Telehouse in London...

The leading telecoms provider in the Philippines has signed a global IP transit service agreement with TeliaSonera International Carrier...

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy FDD LTE for Russian operator MTS during the third quarter of 2013...

Nokia has released three new high-performing handsets which are being pitched as the firm’s most affordable 3G devices yet...

African wholesale carrier Liquid Telecom has selected optical transport equipment vendor Ekinops to supply long-haul DWDM technology for its network across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia...

The SJC Parties have announced that the Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system is now operational...

African network operator Angola Cables has selected Epsilon to deliver its IP traffic to the internet exchanges of Europe...