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Are Chinese vendors entrenching themselves in Africa?

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Raushan Sagalbayeva, Lead Consultant, Analysys Mason
Category: Investment
02 November 2011
12106 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • China
  • ZTE
  • Huawei

In the last two years, Huawei and ZTE secured a total of at least USD55 billion in credit facility from Chinese policy banks to support their expansion into overseas markets...

China Mobile calls for iPhone 5 to support TDD-LTE

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
01 November 2011
10766 views
  • Devices
  • Asia-Pacific
  • LTE
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • TDD
  • Apple
  • iPhone 5
  • FDD

One of China Mobile’s general managers has stated his belief that the next iPhone will not only support LTE tech, but could potentially provide services over both the unpaired TDD and the paired FDD versions of LTE spectrum...

Mozambican capital gets 3G network overhaul

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
01 November 2011
10181 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 3G
  • Ericsson
  • Mozambique
  • mcel

A leading Mozambican operator is upgrading its 3G radio network in the country’s capital city of Maputo...

ITU Telecom World 2011 sets new paradigm?

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Alec Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
01 November 2011
11102 views
  • Global
  • ITU
  • ITU Telecom World

“ITU Telecom World 2011 sets new paradigm for top-level networking and knowledge-sharing”. So said the announcement at the end of ITU Telecom World 2011 – but does it really? And what exactly was new about the paradigm for top level networking and knowledge sharing in Geneva?

New operating JV to bring TD-LTE to China

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
31 October 2011
9965 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • China
  • TD LTE

A TD-LTE network will soon be launching in China following the announcement of a new joint venture...

France-Telecom Orange acquires Congolese operator

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James Barton
Category: Investment
31 October 2011
10084 views
  • Service Providers
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • France Telecom-Orange
  • Democratic Republic of Congo

Reports that France Telecom-Orange could be expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo via a takeover of Congo Chine Telecom have proven to be true...

Sony acquires Ericsson’s stake in handset joint venture

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
28 October 2011
11358 views
  • Global
  • Acquisitions
  • Ericsson
  • Handsets
  • Sony

Ericsson and Sony have announced that Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson, making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony...

LTE makes its debut in Puerto Rico

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
28 October 2011
9833 views
  • Latin America
  • Ericsson
  • Caribbean
  • Puerto Rico
  • 4G LTE
  • Open Mobile

Mobile users in Puerto Rico will soon be able to enjoy a superior experience in data applications - including internet surfing, online gaming, social media and video conferencing – following the announcement of a new deal between the island’s leading operator and Ericsson...

Deaf Support Initiative underway in Kenya

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
27 October 2011
11133 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cisco
  • Kenya
  • Safaricom
  • Deaf Aid

A new eHealth initiative has been piloted in Kenya. The Def Aid Mobile Hearing Clinic, situated in Nairobi’s Kawangware slum, has implemented Cisco’s care-at-a distance technology in conjunction with Deaf Aid and Safaricom, with support from Nairobi’s Menelik Hospital...

Cutting customer costs in Costa Rica

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
27 October 2011
7450 views
  • Latin America
  • Costa Rica
  • Device Management
  • Tweakker

A Costa Rican MVNO has implemented a device management system to lower its customer care costs...

Cloud Security Services Launching in Saudi Arabia

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
27 October 2011
8765 views
  • Security
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Cloud
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Zservices

Saudi Arabian subscribers will soon be able to benefit from cloud security services as a result of a new partnership...

BSNL refuses to reinstate connections with rivals

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James Barton
Category: Operators
26 October 2011
11420 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Vodafone
  • Idea Cellular
  • Airtel
  • BSNL
  • TRAI
  • Interconnection Charges

The Indian state-owned operator BSNL has shunned calls from the regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) to restore connections that it has deliberately disrupted...

Rural a major growth area for India’s telecoms sector

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
26 October 2011
7808 views
  • Rural
  • Central South Asia
  • India

The development of India’s telecom sector has witnessed a major process of transformation in terms of growth, technological content, and market structure in the last decade through policy reforms introduced by the Indian Government...

Roaming solution targets bill shock in Malaysia

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
26 October 2011
7365 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Malaysia
  • Maxis
  • Bill Shock
  • Roamware

One of Malaysia’s major service providers has deployed a roaming solution to reduce bill shock...

Indonesian LTE trial a success

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
25 October 2011
10560 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • LTE
  • Indonesia
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Indosat
  • Trials

Indonesia’s first successful LTE field trial in the 1800 MHz band has been completed by the country’s market leader...

First top up service launched for Zambian communities living abroad

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
25 October 2011
9513 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zambia
  • MTN Zambia

A new top up service has been launched in Zambia which allows Zambian nationals living abroad to recharge prepaid mobiles of family and friends in their homeland...

Windows Phone online store coming to Middle East and Africa

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
24 October 2011
8258 views
  • Devices
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Microsoft
  • Windows Phone

Windows Phone devices will soon be launching across the Middle East and Africa following the announcement of a partnership between Microsoft Middle East & Africa and wireless distributor Brightpoint...

Preparing for the Unified Communications Boom

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Manu Bonnassie, Brocade Communications
Category: Blogs & Opinion
24 October 2011
9823 views
  • Global
  • Unified Communications

Adoption of Unified Communications technology is reaching critical mass, corroborated by a report from In-Stat earlier this year that predicted small office spending on IP telephony would grow by 83 per cent in 2011...

China Mobile posts solid results in the face of future challenges

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James Barton
Category: Investment
21 October 2011
9343 views
  • Service Providers
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • Market Saturation

Although the first three quarters of 2011 have been stable for China Mobile, a statement from the world’s largest operator acknowledge that there were still many factors which “posed challenges to the group” going forward, such as market saturation in China and the advent of new technologies...

New agreement to bring sustainable mobile broadband to UAE

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
21 October 2011
9398 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Etisalat
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • UAE

As global demand for Internet on-the-move services grows dramatically, together with the adoption of the latest smartphones and tablet devices, the need for operators to extend their wireless network coverage and capacity is also growing exponentially to cope with this demand...

A new era of converged communications

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Paul McKibbin, Divisional Managing Director, Jasco Carrier Networks
Category: Trends & Forecasts
21 October 2011
11397 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • ICT
  • Converged Communications

Information and communication are at the heart of any modern business, and thanks to advances in technology these two previously disparate areas have begun to blur into one, creating what has become known as Information Communication Technology...

Bharti overhauling data services and connectivity in Africa

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
20 October 2011
7621 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Device Management

Customers in 16 African countries will soon have access to seamless internet connectivity and simpler mobile data services...

Security as a service launching via cloud in Kuwait

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
20 October 2011
7700 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Kuwait
  • Zajil
  • Cloud Security
  • Zservices

Kuwaiti internet service provider Zajil will soon offer its customers cloud-delivered web security as value-added service...

Next-gen backhaul solution for Indian mobile operator

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
19 October 2011
9274 views
  • Central South Asia
  • NEC
  • Tata Teleservices

major Indian operator is set to upgrade its backhaul mobile transport network...

Incoming cables will break Côte d’Ivoire’s broadband monopoly

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
19 October 2011
8837 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Submarine Cable

Political upheavals notwithstanding, Côte d’Ivoire has benefited from sophisticated developments in its telecom sector - and a short-term misstep is unlikely to upset a long term trend towards growth...

Sudanese operator augments VAS offering

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 October 2011
9584 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zain
  • Sudan
  • Jinny Software

Subscribers of Zain Sudan will soon have access to an expanded suite of VAS solutions...

Indian government lays down the gauntlet for Chinese vendors

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 October 2011
6804 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • BSNL

India’s Department of Telecoms (DoT) has previously cautioned local operators against importing telecoms equipment, both for security reasons and as a means of securing business for Indian vendors...

Mexico pioneers LatAm mobile banking joint venture

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
17 October 2011
8441 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil
  • Mobile Banking
  • Citigroup

Mobile banking services could be set to take off in Latin America following the announcement of a joint venture between the region’s most prolific operator, America Movil, and the US bank Citigroup...

Indian spectrum-sharing pacts ruled illegal

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
17 October 2011
8807 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Spectrum-Sharing
  • Vodafone Essar

Three of India’s leading operators may be fined by the country’s Department of Telecoms after an agreement between them was ruled illegal...

Can Cloud Security Work in Emerging Markets?

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
14 October 2011
8614 views
  • Security
  • Global
  • Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a seemingly unstoppable force, with its popularity increasing steadily across the world as its applications become more apparent. However, while many consumers can see the advantage of cloud storage, there are still many reservations about cloud service provision, with security a particular area of concern. DT editor James Barton spoke to Blue Coat’s Nigel Hawthorn about the reliability of a cloud security solution, and whether the introduction of such services is currently an option for emerging markets...

India outlines proposed changes to regulation

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
14 October 2011
8628 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Consolidation
  • Spectrum Licensing
  • Mobile Number Portability

India’s government has detailed the much-anticipated changes to be made to the country’s telecoms regulation...

South Africa pulls itself out of a market slump

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
14 October 2011
9625 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Mobile Penetration
  • BMI

South Africa's mobile market leaders, Vodacom and MTN, are experiencing an impressive comeback following a massive loss of mobile customers in H209 and H110...

Indian 4G provider lining up 2012 network launch

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
13 October 2011
12430 views
  • Central South Asia
  • 4G
  • India
  • TD LTE
  • Ericsson
  • Augere

Indian consumers will soon have access to 4G services via TD-LTE technology being deployed by Augere...

Chinese operator integrates planning tools into network

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
13 October 2011
7057 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • Aircom

A subsidiary of China Mobile is deploying new planning tools throughout its network....

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