Weather Investments is suing the government of Algeria for US$5 billion, claiming that the state was responsible for damages to the firm’s holding in Orascom Telecom Algérie (branded as Djezzy)...

The ICT subsidiary of Hungary’s incumbent telecom provider has forged a strategic alliance to resell cloud solutions under its branding...

4G LTE services are to be deployed in three African countries following the extension of an agreement between Smile Telecoms and Alcatel-Lucent...

Scandinavian operator Telenor reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian market by spending more than any of its competitors in the country’s 2G auctions...

A major Jordanian operator is rolling out a cloud back-up service to its three million subscribers...

The latest model of Apple’s iPhone will be available through two of China’s largest operators by the end of the year...

A major carrier in Mozambique is expanding its microwave network...

A major operating group in Afghanistan is upgrading the quality of its network with a new managed service solution...

The world’s first free intercontinental incoming roaming service has been launched by Bharti Airtel across its African and South Asian operations...

A major wireless broadband provider in Zimbabwe has completed the deployment of its wireless broadband network...

Satellite service providers, carrier and Internet service providers across Africa will soon be able to provide connectivity through the continent’s first vendor-neutral satellite earth station...

South Africa’s market-leading operator has adopted a new solution as a service to maximise the optimisation of its growing 2G and 3G networks...

Following a successful appeal, the Uzkbek government must relinquish control of local operator Uzdonrobita to its owner, Russian firm MTS...

Subscribers of one the largest mobile operators in the Philippines will be able to access free mobile Internet following a new agreement...

It doesn’t matter if a provider is offering 3G or 4G – whatever device is being used, it needs to be able to connect to the network. As the demand for smartphones increases in developing markets, picking up a connection has become increasingly difficult...

One of Mexico’s largest operators is deploying an LTE network across the country...

One of Uganda’s leading operators is introducing a new Voice SMS service to the country...

A new bandwidth agreement will provide for high speed Internet connectivity to five of the islands in the southern group of the Cook Islands archipelago.

Chip manufacturer Qualcomm has cited emerging markets as the main driver behind the revenue and profit that it reported in Q4 2012...

Russian operator MTS has announced a partnership with Microsoft to promote innovative mobile solutions...

South African operator Vodacom has tripled the number of LTE-enabled base stations in its network from just under 70 at launch a month ago to over 200 in Johannesburg...

Operators in India will be able to keep 2.5MHz of higher-quality 900MHz spectrum after the country switches to the 1800MHz band...

Indian mobile users will soon have access to the country’s first ever mobile signature solution for legally binding digital transactions...

A leading Kuwaiti operator is migrating from manual billing to a new solution that will allow for wholesale billing management...

One of India’s major operators has reportedly pulled out of the country’s impending spectrum auctions, meaning that there are now no participants bidding on CDMA frequencies...

Mobile operators across the globe are being squeezed by decreasing revenues per user, and a seemingly insatiable demand by users for more data. To efficiently manage the rapidly growing increase in data traffic in their networks, mobile operators need to build and improve their infrastructure in a much smarter way than they have hitherto done. Telecoms expert Peter Karaszi take a look at some new infrastructural solutions that can help mobile operators do just that...

Virgin chief Richard Branson has revealed that Virgin Mobile is currently holding discussions with Russian mobile operators with a view to launching an MVNO in the country...

The Croatian arm of Austrian operator Vipnet has procured 20MHz of spectrum in the 800MHz frequency band, which can be used to provide LTE services...

The global cost of copper has increased by nearly 285 per cent over the last nine years from £1260 a metric tonne in 2003 to around £4843 a metric tonne today. It’s a trend that looks set to continue, with global demand expected to rise by more than 40 per cent by 2020. Such hefty prices have become a perpetual concern for the global telecommunications industry, which traditionally uses copper wire and cabling for network grounding and transmission lines...

A new cloud-based mobile portal is being launched by a major Mexican operator...

Cloud computing offers many benefits for the Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise (SMME), including the ability to access the latest technology to optimise business efficiency, improved scalability and flexibility. On top of these is the advantage of moving this technology from a capital expense to an operational expense with a monthly bill for services instead of a large investment for technology infrastructure and software...

Operators across the Middle East and North Africa will be able to offer seamless LTE roaming services via an extension of IP exchange (IPX) services...

The Scandinavian operator Telenor has revealed its new Indian partner, following its confirmation that it would continue to have a presence in the country...

One of Russia’s largest operators has announced its plans to acquire a stake of over 25% in one of the country’s leading banks...