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...

Myanmar’s national mobile licences have roused the interest of four international operators after the country’s government made them available to foreign firms in a bid to encourage investment from overseas...

Bangladesh’s largest mobile service provider has deployed a new solution to consolidate and transform its network inventory management systems and processes...

Internet enabled devices are becoming more and more popular in all markets, but not all operators are seeing cellular data usage or revenues rise in line with this growth. Feature phones hide rarely used web technology, and smartphones are often used over WiFi networks only. As competition forces voice and SMS revenues to decline, smart operators are aware that a huge revenue stream is about to open up for them once they convince consumers to embrace mobile data...

The CEO of Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera has resigned following an investigation into the firm’s dealings in Uzbekistan...

Relations between China and the European Commission have hit a new stumbling block, with officials in the Asian nation reacting negatively to an offer made by the European trade commissioner aimed at safeguarding European interests...

Demand for high-speed broadband access, IPTV services, mobile video and more is expanding dramatically in the UAE...

The CEO of China Mobile Li Yue has confirmed that the operator will use the FDD LTE strand in addition to the TDD strand...

Nine African countries will be united by the continent’s largest single fibre network following a new acquisition...

Russia’s leading mobile operator is enabling 100G services with a new platform...

Developing Telecoms annual survey of telecom trends in emerging markets is now complete. We contacted senior executives at over 700 companies - vendors, network operators and mobile service providers - known to be active in emerging markets.

So what are the top telecoms trends for 2013 in emerging markets?

2013 will prove to be another interesting year for the sector...

As 2013 gets underway, we will see a shift towards a truly digital society...