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OTT messaging partnership boosts data usage for Aircel

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
02 April 2013
8597 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Aircel
  • OTT Messaging
  • Data Usage

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 extends LTE service to Prepaid and Top Up in South Africa

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
29 March 2013
10639 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • LTE
  • South Africa
  • Vodacom

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...

Kyrgyz bank moves into mobile finance

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
29 March 2013
8704 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Remittance

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

India should lower spectrum reserve prices, says GSMA

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
29 March 2013
9610 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum
  • GSMA
  • Reserve Prices

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”...

Saudi Arabia threatens to block OTT apps

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
28 March 2013
12640 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Viber
  • Skype
  • WhatsApp

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...

Prepaid top-up via PayPal launching in Brazil

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
28 March 2013
8935 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Mobile top-up
  • Vivo
  • PayPal
  • Giesecke Devrient

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...

CWC enhances mobile data for the Bahamas ahead of regional games

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
28 March 2013
10484 views
  • Latin America
  • Mobile Data
  • Cable and Wireless Communications
  • Caribbean
  • Bahamas Telecommunications Company
  • Bahamas
  • Sport

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...

Real-time monitoring will increase data usage in emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
28 March 2013
10619 views
  • Global
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Intersec
  • Convergys
  • Customer Experience Management
  • The Now Factory

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...

Ericsson extends partnership with Entel in Chile

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
27 March 2013
11229 views
  • Latin America
  • LTE
  • 4G
  • Ericsson
  • Chile
  • Entel

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...

Vodafone wrong-footed in India over 2G licence extension

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
27 March 2013
9555 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Vodafone
  • Licensing
  • 2G

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...

Exploring Telecom Growth in the Cloud over Africa

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Kedrick Brown, IBM
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
26 March 2013
8248 views
  • Revenue
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cloud Computing
  • IBM
  • Airtel
  • Safaricom
  • Movirtu

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...

FastIraq Selects Epsilon for Last Mile Connectivity

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
26 March 2013
11997 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Iraq
  • Epsilon

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

Mexican reform bill approved by lower house of Congress

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
26 March 2013
10338 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil
  • Telecom Reform
  • Legislation

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...

Almadar implements revenue assurance in Libya

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
26 March 2013
9231 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Revenue Assurance
  • Subex
  • Libya
  • Almadar

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

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EdgeCast and TELIN Partner on Indonesian Content Delivery

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
25 March 2013
10092 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Content Delivery Networks
  • TELIN

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

Globe gets Palawan-Coron Submarine Fibre Optic Cable system underway

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
25 March 2013
7645 views
  • Cable
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Philippines
  • Fibre Optic Cable
  • Globe Telecom

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

O3b Networks and Interactive E Solutions Ink $100m Broadband Deal for Pakistan

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
25 March 2013
7464 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Pakistan
  • O3b
  • Cellular Backhaul
  • e-Governance

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

Bharti Airtel slapped with 3G ban and fine

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
22 March 2013
11056 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • 3G
  • India
  • Vodafone
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum
  • Idea Cellular
  • Bharti Airtel

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

Why the African economy is 4Ging ahead

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Leslie Ferry,VP Marketing at BroadSoft
Category: Wireless Networks
22 March 2013
9201 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 4G
  • Infrastructure
  • Broadsoft

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...

Local Data Roaming targets emerging markets

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Shardul Shrimani
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 March 2013
8860 views
  • Global
  • Data Roaming
  • Moov

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

Wataniya upgrades Kuwait network for high speed mobile broadband

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
22 March 2013
10344 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • 3G
  • Kuwait
  • Ericsson
  • Wataniya
  • Radio Access Networks

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

Point-to-multipoint agreement bringing mobile broadband to Middle East

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
22 March 2013
7617 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Bluwan
  • Giza Systems

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...

Talia and Newtec Power GSM and Mobile Payments Network for Somalia

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
21 March 2013
7354 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Newtec
  • Talia
  • Satellite Backbone
  • Somalia

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

Mobile money network targets Pakistan’s unbanked

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
21 March 2013
7990 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Warid Telecom
  • Pakistan
  • Fundamo
  • Monet
  • MFS

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

VoIP services expanding to remote regions of Africa

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
21 March 2013
4784 views

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...

Transatlantic cable system upgraded to support OTN services and 100G

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
20 March 2013
7091 views
  • Cable
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Ciena
  • Bandwidth
  • Reliance Globalcom
  • OTN

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

Major Lat Am provider expands high-capacity backhaul network to Mexico

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
20 March 2013
9936 views
  • Backhaul
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Telefonica
  • Ceragon
  • Wireless

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...

Iraqi ISP orders up DWDM network

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
20 March 2013
9662 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Iraq
  • DWDM
  • IQ Networks

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

How can operators harness Big Data to improve Customer Value Management?

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Yann Chevalier, CEO, Intersec
Category: Service Management
19 March 2013
11056 views
  • Global
  • Big Data
  • Intersec
  • Customer Value Management

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...

Sistema becomes the only operator in India with CDMA spectrum

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 March 2013
9386 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Licensing
  • CDMA
  • Sistema
  • Sistema Shyam TeleServices

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

LTE auction stopped by Czech regulator due to high bids

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 March 2013
10954 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4G
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum
  • Czech Republic
  • CTU

The Czech Republic’s 4G spectrum auctions have been suspended by the country’s regulator, CTU, due to concerns that bids were spiralling out of control...

Mobile banking and payment services reach Gabon

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
18 March 2013
13331 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Payments
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Gabon Telecom
  • USSD
  • Gabon

The largest telecom provider in Gabon has entered into a new partnership to provide mobile money services...

Indian telco giant implements solutions for smooth operation

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
18 March 2013
7382 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Network Management
  • Vodafone India
  • Mycom

One of India’s largest operators has selected a new performance management solution for various domains of its network...

Network overhaul for mobile broadband in Bosnia & Herzengovina

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
15 March 2013
9108 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Mobile Broadband
  • BH Telecom

A major telecom provider in Bosnia and Herzegovina is upgrading its network to provide 3G mobile broadband access across the northern and eastern parts of the country...

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