Mobile financial services are a hot topic - and nowhere is this more apparent than Africa, a continent with millions of unbanked mobile phone users. However, massive growth potential could may not be enough for investors if the cost of implementation is too high. DT editor James Barton spoke to Peter de Villiers, co-founder of Clickatell, to find out how to stop expenses from escalating...

One of Malaysia’s leading broadband providers has completed an OSS transformation in order to boost customer services and maintain competitiveness...

An infrastructure supplier which provided telecommunications equipment to Libyan rebels in Benghazi and Misrata has revealed its involvement in the liberation effort to the press...

France Telecom has stated that it is keen to pursue partnerships in the Middle East and Africa as a means of strengthening its market presence in these regions...

Investors as well as local operators have been invited by the government of Kenya to take part in the construction of a wholesale LTE network...

With operators recording growth once again after a period of decline, now is the time for Kuwait to improve competition with the introduction of an independent regulatory body...

Jamaica’s Prime Minister has approved the acquisition of Claro’s Jamaican operations by Digicel...

One issue that affects telecom deployments all over the world is power, but the problem of unreliable power supplies is particularly prevalent in emerging markets. Challenging terrain and poor quality electricity grids have resulted in the spread of expensive and polluting diesel generators, but many emerging markets are now waking up to the possibilities of green power solutions. DT editor James Barton spoke to Nicholas Pocard, APAC Sales Director at Idatech, about how green power supplies can help the environment as well as save operators money – and how this could be the key to widespread adoption.

Disaster relief efforts through South and Southeast Asia will be augmented by a new partnership between Ericsson and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel)...

A new revelation has presented another setback to the group of Russian operators that have agreed to share LTE infrastructure...

Customers of Latvia’s largest mobile operator can now enjoy ultra-fast broadband with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for accessing services, including reliable video streaming, real-time gaming, and movies-on-demand...

Mobile broadband and 3G services continue to spread across several Central Asian countries, while the region itself has proved a notable testing ground for LTE deployments.

A high-speed wireless broadband network is launching in Nairobi, Kenya, in the city’s Junction Shopping Mall area...

New services based on femtocell technology are launching across the North-Western region of Russia...

The number three operator in China has reported a significant boost in 3G adoption across the first half of 2011...

One of Panama’s key operators is upgrading its mobile network to fourth generation technology (4G) in a bid to meet the country’s growing demand for mobile data...

Technology giant Apple could be looking to make headway into emerging markets, with reports indicating that the firm could be prepping a low-cost iPhone 4 for launch in Asia...

With increased growth in the African telecommunications market, competition has intensified. The market is nearing saturation and margins are increasingly coming under pressure. As a result, CEOs have to start considering rejecting strategies aimed at subscriber acquisition...

Pakistan’s leading WiMAX operator has signed a contract for the provision of high-gain modems in order to capture the country’s underserved personal broadband market...

Kenya is reportedly considering employing a wholesale model for LTE rather than inviting operators to bid for their own spectrum licences...

With a large population and a low penetration rate, Bangladesh’s mobile market offers significant growth potential...

Iraq’s largest private telecoms firm is rolling out mobile voice, broadband and SMS services across remote communities in the Middle Eastern country...

One of Saudi Arabia’s largest operators is implementing a new mobile backhaul solution in response to a sharp increase in bandwidth requirements...

With security concerns and bandwidth limitations now being overcome, Paul McKibbin,  Divisional CEO at Jasco Carrier Networks, looks at how South Africa is warming up to cloud computing...

Up to 30% of Indian mobile subscriptions are technically inactive according to new analysis from Wireless Intelligence, making the country’s mobile market substantially smaller than previously believed...

In this bylined article, Bob Drummond, Vice-President of Asia-Pacific at OpenCloud, discusses an open and flexible framework for service development and delivery, to improve the customer experience and bolster new revenues. Observations are based on the innovative approaches employed in the Asia-Pacific region...

With a high penetration rate, mobile subscriber numbers in Ghana are set to remain fairly constant but 3G is on the rise...

The growing uptake of smartphones and new social networking approaches to handling voicemail and SMS could help MNOs complete more calls and boost ARPUs, says Einar Lindquist, CEO of Teligent Telecom, in this bylined article...

The Malaysian operator Maxis Berhad is overhauling its core transmission network with the deployment of a 100 gigabit per second (100G) optical coherent network solution, provided by Alcatel-Lucent...

The success of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service has been underlined by the revelation that the service is now the country’s single largest source of revenue for its owner, Vodafone...

A Lebanese Internet service provider is deploying a new solution in an attempt to circumvent the region’s high bandwidth costs...

A new payment solution which allows customers to purchase SIM cards, top up pre-paid phones and pay bills is launching across the Middle East and Africa...

The acquisition of Motorola by Google took the tech industry by surprise, and the deal’s ramifications will doubtless be felt going forward. Already, theories are flying round regarding the motivation behind the deal, and the steps that competitors may take to accommodate the acquisition...

A new player could be entering the Hungarian mobile market, as the country’s Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority is auctioning 10.8MHz of spectrum in the 900MHz band...