Two major operators have formed a consortium in order to bid for a mobile licence in Myanmar...

Providing high-quality broadband to consumer and enterprise customers is a key issue in Africa that affects both fixed and mobile operators. Broadband will be the major growth area in Africa over the next five years – it is the fastest-growing segment in the region. Most of the growth will come from mobile broadband, as this is the major channel through which customers can access the Internet...

More and more people worldwide have access to high-speed Internet and devices capable of streaming videos; mobile phones have made it possible for consumers to access content wherever they go. With OTT streaming more popular than ever, the market is competitive...

Privately-run MVNOs have been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

One of the largest operators in India has seen a marked rise in data usage since joining forces with an over-the-top messaging provider...

Vodacom has become the first network in South Africa to offer LTE services to all its customers, having been the first operator to launch commercial LTE services in South Africa in October last year...

One of Kyrgyzstan’s leading commercial banks has signed a mobile banking deal with MFS specialist Mahindra Comviva...

The GSMA’s director general Anne Bouverot has stated that the Indian government should lower the reserve prices for spectrum blocks, suggesting that the auctions should not be viewed solely as “a means to raise short-term revenues”...

Over-the-top messaging and VoIP apps have been targeted by the Saudi Arabian regulator due to concerns that they are too difficult to monitor...

Subscribers of Brazilian operator Vivo will soon have access to a mobile payment solution that allows prepaid customers to top up their credit directly on their cellphone using PayPal...

The Bahamas are playing host to one of the region’s main athletics meetings over the Easter weekend, prompting one of the country’s major telecoms providers to enhance its mobile data network ahead of an expected surge in usage...

Off the back of last month’s Mobile World Congress, a key trend that I noticed emerging was the need for service providers to recognise that the client is becoming increasingly central to their operation...

In response to Chile's data traffic growth and increasing demand for mobile broadband coverage, a leading operator in the Latin American country has finalised its 4G supplier...

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has dealt a major blow to one of the country’s major operators, denying Vodafone permission to renew its 2G licences covering three major telecom circles...

The fog is lifting and the future of Cloud Computing for telecom companies is bright. And nowhere is Cloud’s potential impact on driving telecom business more relevant than in Africa...

An Iraqi network operator is now providing international connectivity and local access to enterprise locations globally...

Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill submitted by the country’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto, which outlines proposals for major reforms to Mexican telecom sector...

A Libyan operator is overhauling its operation and implementing a new revenue assurance system...

The leading telecommunications provider in Indonesia has entered into an agreement to build a content delivery network. 

The leading telecom provider in the Philippines has landed a 400-kilometre submarine fibre optic cable in the western island province of Palawan...

The largest ICT company in Pakistan has signed a deal with satellite provider O3b to provide a full suite of services in Pakistan...

The Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has been banned from providing 3G services in seven of the country’s 22 telecom circles...

While mobile operators worldwide race to rollout next-generation services, perhaps the greatest pace of change can be seen in Africa.  Africa already has about 644 million mobile subscribers (approximately 11% of the global total) and 4G deployments are quickly gaining momentum, with 11 million customers predicted by 2015...

Consumers in emerging markets are now able to roam internationally at local data rates rather than paying premium rates of their home operator...

The leading telecom operator in Kuwait is upgrading its network to meet growing demand for 3G services...

Soaring demand for mobile broadband in the Middle East has prompted a partnership between two specialists aimed at providing multi-gigabit backhaul to metro and dense urban areas...

A mobile operator based in Somalia has commissioned satellite communications backbone infrastructure...

An independent mobile financial services company in Pakistan is launching a new mobile money network across the country...

A major pan-African telecoms provider is boosting its service capacity by 40% to deliver communication access in some of Africa’s fastest growing markets...

One of the leading operators in India is upgrading its transatlantic submarine network to address growing bandwidth demand...

One of the largest service providers across Latin America is extending its wireless backhaul program to Mexico following success in three other markets in the region...

A new nationwide DWDM network has been commissioned by a leading ISP in Iraq...

The battle for the hearts and minds of mobile users has never been fiercer and much has been spoken of the benefits of Big Data as a panacea for all ills...

The only bidder for CDMA frequencies in India has unsurprisingly obtained spectrum in eight of the country’s 22 telecom circles...