Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel’s mobile networks...

A major Mongolian Internet service provider has launched the country’s largest Wi-Fi access network in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar...

One of the most popular mobile services for high growth markets is launching in Kenya, one of Africa's largest economies...

With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment in Angola has multiplied and the mobile market has soared despite a continued duopoly between Unitel and Angola Telecom's Movicel...

Botswana is one of Africa's wealthiest nations, with a thriving economy mainly based on diamond mining and tourism which recovered quickly from a recession during the global financial crisis...

Mobile World Congress has traditionally been the launch pad of the handset manufacturer's hottest and most innovative handsets. These handsets feature the latest network compatibility such as dual mode LTE for a range of markets and smarter technology such as NFC. More recently emerging markets have deployed 3G technology and due to lower income levels these markets need to offer significantly lower priced handsets...

MTS India will cease operations in 10 of India’s telecom circles...

A major operator in Guinea has announced that it will introduce mobile data plans as well as mobile payments in the first quarter of 2013...

Brazil’s first 100G network has gone live. Deployed by Telefonica’s Vivo, the country’s first active 100G network uses architecture from network specialist Ciena to connect native 100GbE channels to the DWDM system, providing unprecedented speeds for outbound international traffic...

Cellular phone usage has grown exponentially, and with the increased popularity of smartphones that can access the Internet and social media, which requires connectivity, mobile operators are finding themselves increasingly unable to cope with the sheer volumes of data traffic...

Construction is complete on a major cable system linking several countries in the Asia-Pacific region...

Internet service providers in India have been granted permission to use broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum to offer voice services by the country’s Telecom Commission.

Thousands of people in some of Ethiopia’s most remote villages now have access to 3G connectivity...

This month is likely to see China become the largest market in the world for smart devices, including iOS and Android smartphones as well as tablet computers...

The telecommunications industry is no longer playing as great a role in Vietnam’s economic growth...

Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom has announced that the cost of transferring money through its M-PESA service will go up following changes in government taxes...

Thailand's third largest mobile operator by market share has announced it will bypass 3G and launch an LTE network by April 2013 in Bangkok...

Telecom Namibia Group has awarded a USD46million contract to the Chinese vendor ZTE to build a unified mobile network to provide 2G/3G/4G mobile services and converged IP fixed/mobile applications...

The government of Mali has not let recent fighting within the country deter it from issuing a third mobile licence...

One of the largest telecom providers in the Philippines has modernised its wireline infrastructure in key central and southern regions of the country...

Latin America looks to be well on the way to joining the Asia-Pacific region in designating the 700MHz band as the standard for offering LTE services, with Brazil and Chile both opting to use the frequency...

A potential acquisition of the Indian operator Aircel by Sistema has been shelved following the Russian operator’s decision to reacquire the Indian licences that it held until last year...

Two rural Colombian networks will soon offer data, video and voice services via carrier-grade Wi-Fi...

The third largest operator in India has awarded two contracts, each worth $1 billion, to two of the world’s largest vendors...

The market-leading operator in the Czech Republic has selected the supplier for its LTE network...

By 2015 the volume of mobile money transactions will reach $1 trillion. Global companies must tackle five key challenges to make the most of this opportunity or wonder who moved their money...

Brazil’s number two operator, TIM Brazil, has outlined its plan to invest BRL10.7 billion ($5.4 billion) in the market by 2016...

The number three operator in Colombia is looking to merge with a smaller local provider to increase its presence in the market...

Sixteen countries across West and Central Africa now have access to a range of broadband Internet service packages which are available everywhere - from the most densely-populated urban areas to the most sparsely-populated rural locations...

Mali is the latest country to benefit from international remittance services via mobile...

One of the leading operators in Malaysia is bringing 3G services to remote areas across the country...

No other practice in the mobile telecom industry is more environmentally harmful than powering several hundred thousand of off-grid base stations by burning diesel fuel. One single diesel powered base station can consume around 20,000 litres of diesel per year, and spew 50 tonnes of carbon emission into the atmosphere...

The global business unit of Telefonica – Telefonica Digital – has acquired a controlling stake in a major Brazilian healthcare provider...

The first low-cost smartphone targeted specifically at the Africa region will launch in the first quarter of 2013...