South Africans have long held the perception that overseas is better, when it comes to goods, services, even qualifications. This, along with the attractive pricing structures offered by destinations such as India, led to a trend of outsourcing to global companies or offshoring services to foreign destinations. However, recently this trend has begun to reverse, and companies are once again bringing their outsourced services back to local shores...

A major operator in Senegal has resolved its legal dispute with the West African country’s new government...

The development of the telecoms sector in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is seriously impeded by the country's parlous economic state and the regime's general repression of communications...

It has long been reported in that Somalia plays host to a highly competitive mobile telecoms market...

With the current mobile messaging landscape developing at an impressive rate, remaining relevant in this fast paced environment is becoming an increasing challenge for all industry players, particularly as handsets evolve, networks mature and new services continue to launch in the market. However, while relevancy is of primary focus for mobile operators globally, when developing their future strategies one thing is certain, new services must evolve in line with technical innovation and be tailored to meet consumers’ expectation and demand...

Indian small and medium businesses are gradually moving up the technology ladder in a bid to improve business process efficiency and emulate their larger counterparts in terms of technology adoption...

Since the Mongolian Government's telecommunications reform program in the mid-1990s, there has been effective liberalisation of all market segments, partial privatisation of the fixed-line incumbent operator, Mongolia Telecom, and establishment of an independent regulator...

Russian owned operator, MTS has released its Q2 report with heavy losses in Uzbekistan.

Research and Markets have found that mobile services have become the driver for growth in the wider Pakistan telecom market.

Energy is perhaps the biggest headache for operators in emerging markets. The magnitude of the problem has been constant, but in a market which is essentially experiencing growth of 100% year-on-year, there are many equally pressing areas which can consume time and attention...

Research and Markets has released a report into China’s three major telecoms operators.

Bharti Airtel has partnered with Microsoft to deliver its Office 365 cloud services to Indian businesses.

India's Supreme Court has granted the Government more time to carry out the auction for 2G spectrum but threatened contempt proceedings if there are any more delays.

Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with Sproxil to combat the counterfeit drug market in Africa.

America Movil may be seeking to increase its presence in Europe, the Polish Paper Puls Biznesu has indicated.

According to an Infonetics Research report this month, Cisco remains ahead of Chinese firms ZTE and Huawei in the world market for Ethernet and IP routers.

Industry sources have told Bloomberg that Vodafone is in the final stages of agreeing on a partnership with Kuwaiti operator Zain.

The government of Kyrgyzstan has failed to sell a 25% stake in its operator, Kyrgyz Mobile Company.

Mobile data traffic increased by 54% in India between December 2011 and June 2012...

The next step up from 3G, LTE is much needed in South Africa as the uptake of bandwidth-hungry smart devices  grows and the backhaul capabilities of the networks  become increasingly stressed...

China Telecom, the smallest of China’s three major carriers, is purchasing the CDMA network of its state owned-owned parent, China Telecom Corp...

Etisalat have announced that they have successfully implemented Oracle Communications’ Data Model.

Norwegian operator, Telenor, has paid US$1.8 billion to creditors of its Indian joint venture, Uninor.

Cable & Wireless Seychelles has announced the completion of a nationwide Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) network, which will be supported by the country’s first subsea cable network...

Georgia is continuing to build itself into a modern economy despite the troubled times it has had with its neighbour Russia...

The Philippines’ market leader has announced it will switch on its new LTE service on 25 August...

Malaysia has been working towards a clear national objective to see it ranked as a fully developed nation by the year 2020. This Vision 2020 was a concept introduced by the former Prime Minister Mr Mahathir in 1991 when he launched the Sixth Malaysia Plan...

ANCOM, the Romanian regulator, has received 5 applications for an upcoming spectrum auction...

Virgin Mobile (VMLA) has announced a debt funding agreement to fund its virtual operator Virgin Mobile Chile with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group...

In the run-up to annual bi-lateral trade talks, the USA has warned the government of Uzbekistan of “deterioration in bilateral ties” and a “chilling effect on foreign investment”...

Research and Markets have reported that Ghana remains a vibrant mobile phone market, and an exciting emerging market place for mobile services. Ghana is attractive to operators because of strong demand and fast paced infrastructural improvements.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has moved to buy out minority stakes in Kuwaiti operator group Wataniya Telecom.

A new agreement will see the development of new online sector franchises for launch in Latin America and Africa...

The Indian government’s ambitious plan to provide a mobile phone to every family below the poverty line will be opposed by the country’s finance ministry, it has emerged...