At the end of March 2010 there were 53.3mn subscribers in the Saudi mobile market, according to market data published by the CITC...

As the debate between private and public clouds moves on to hybrid cloud adoption, a presumably more flexible form of cloud computing model, there is no denying that the fear of vendor lock-in persists, as most cloud services are still proprietary in nature.

In contrast, an open cloud provides the interoperability that will free companies from being locked in to a single cloud vendor. This in turn allows companies to select the vendor whose service level agreement matches most with their requirements...

Smartphone shipments reached a record 24 million units in China during the third quarter of 2011, surpassing the 23 million units shipped in the US...

A leading operator in Uganda is upgrading its messaging platforms with enhanced security to protect its subscribers from unsolicited spam messages...

Global mobile subscriptions will reach over six billion by the end of this year and the Asia-Pacific region will account for more than half of the worldwide figure in 2011...

Nigeria's mobile market saw a surprise contraction of the mobile subscriber base during the three months to June 30 2011...

The social, economic and environmental benefits of ICT are the subject of Ericsson and Arthur D. Little’s Networked Society Index, which ranks 25 of the world's largest cities according to their ability to implement ICTs to this end. Several BRIC cities are faring well, with Shanghai and Beijing ranking in the top 10...

South Africa will soon boast 600 more Wi-Fi hotspots following a new agreement between Wi-Fi provider Boingo and hotspot operator Skyrove...

Mobile financial services are big business in emerging markets, where mobile phone owners drastically outnumber those who have bank accounts. However, these services have typically been somewhat exclusive, operating on a ‘closed-loop’ system wherein the financial services network of one provider isn’t interoperable with wider global payment systems...

One of Russia’s leading operators is deploying a new Gateway solution to reduce content and web page download times and increase mobile Internet speed...

Boosted adoption rates have seen mobile subscriber numbers on the rise in Iraq...

Mobile health services will soon be made available in large sections of rural Africa following the announcement of an agreement between healthcare firm Sanlam Health and systems integrator GlobeTOM...

Although fixed-line is declining, Bangladesh’s burgeoning mobile market has witnessed healthy growth...

The Zimbabwean capital Harare will soon host a new 4G network being rolled out by one of the country’s leading wireless providers...

The telecom giant Orange is launching a new range of affordable devices featuring social networking integration. The handsets will be available in over 15 countries, including many emerging markets...

A major African ICT provider will soon be able to deliver advanced MFS and networking solutions across sub-Saharan Africa...

Developing Telecoms' Africa blogger Tom Makau takes a look at the measures African operators will need to adopt in order to cope with the widespread adoption of smartphones across the continent...

A leading technology firm has created a solution which allows an NFC card emulation solution to fit into a standard SIM card form factor and still achieve industry-standard four cm proximity transaction performance...

Poland’s market leading operator has implemented a platform of multi-threat network security appliances to help secure its internal networks against external threats...

The market-leading Angolan operator has seen a swift adoption of its new ring back tone service, with a service penetration rate of 8%...

Converged connectivity across 3G and Wi-Fi networks will soon be available to subscribers of the market leading wireless operator in the Philippines...

An initial batch of 250 diesel-powered base stations in Nigeria is being upgraded to a new green energy solution...

Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in India are gradually becoming more aware of and interested in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)...

One of China’s leading operators is expanding its broadband access network...

Subscribers of one of Gabon’s major operators are now able to access a top up service which allows the Gabonese community living or working abroad to directly recharge the prepaid mobiles of their families back home in Gabon...

Alvarion Ltd., a provider of optimised wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of public and private networks, has unveiled its new BreezeCOMPACT compact base station...

A Slovakian subsidiary of the Enel Group is enhancing the communications and emergency broadcast system at its nuclear power plant in Mochovce, Slovakia...

Orange won the “Best New Service” award at the AfricaCom Awards 2011...

Transition Networks Inc., the fibre access technology expert which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: JCS), is showcasing two of its next generation products at AfricaCom...

A first-of-its-kind Java application will enable a smartphone-style internet messaging experience on mid-range mobile handsets in Africa, giving users visually attractive access to Internet-free Facebook, email and online chat services...

Countrywide broadband connectivity is now available across Zambia...

A leading operator in Hungary has implemented a dynamic OSS solution to ensure smooth network evolution to LTE...

One of India’s major operators is deploying a new Customer Experience Management (CEM) platform across the country...

With a spate of recent LTE launches in the Middle East, the region is plunging headlong into the next generation – but what are the factors that have led to near-simultaneous launches across several territories? And what does the advent of LTE mean for consumers and operators in the region? DT editor James Barton spoke to Mohamed Abdulrahim, LTE specialist (Middle East) at Nokia Siemens Networks, to find out...