LTE test networks will be launched in Russia by the end of this year by both the mobile operator MegaFon and the WiMAX provider Yota...

The Indian government has apparently banned the purchase of telecoms equipment from Chinese suppliers, in a move likely to unsettle many Chinese operators with an interest in the Indian market...

Growth of broadband in Africa and the Middle East will be driven by mobile broadband, due largely to poor wireline services and conscientious branding from mobile operators...

Following the arrival of three fibre optic international submarine cables in Kenya across 2009 and 2010 (Seacom, TEAMS and EASSy), Kenya’s telecommunications and broadband markets are no longer dependent on limited and expensive satellite bandwidth...

The ongoing saga of Thailand’s 3G auctions may finally be drawing to a conclusion, as the final draft of the licensing process has been approved by the country’s regulator...

The ITU is leading an internation effort to speed up reconstruction of Haiti’s crucial telecommunications and ICT infrastructure destroyed in the earthquake of 12 January this year...

Following the publication of data by all key mobile network operators in Bangladesh, a new report has found that the country’s telecoms industry saw a slight decline in growth between 2009 and 2008...

One of the largest submarine cable networks in the Asia-Pacific region, the APCN2 (Asia Pacific Cable Network 2), is set to receive a major overhaul...

 Si.mobil, a major Slovenian mobile operator, is expanding its network capacity to allow its subscribers improved access to high-speed data services...

Despite underdeveloped services, Turkmenistan's telecoms sector has been steadfastly expanding in recent years, with a new report from Research & Markets showing that the country's teledensity rate doubled between Q108 and Q109...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia have jointly conducted the world’s first end-to-end LTE data call with Nokia Siemens Networks’ commercial equipment on the 800 MHz frequency band...

The fourth quarter of 2009 saw Tanzania’s mobile market continuing the growth of Q309, demonstrating a convincing return to healthy growth after a notable slip in the first half of the year...

Prepaid.com, an online service for recharging the airtime of prepaid mobile phones, now allows anyone, anywhere in the world, to purchase minutes and other prepaid services for any of the more than 70 million Mexican prepaid mobile phone users...

The South African government, business and consumer sectors will soon have greater access to mobile satellite services following Iridium’s founding of a South Africa branch...

Mobile money is a highly topical - and highly successful - area of interest for the emerging telecom regions. As our report shows, mobile money can function in even the most inhospitable conditions. Michael Schwartz looks at some recent trends which can themselves be adopted by entrants to m-banking...

In the aftermath of January’s devastating earthquake, texting traffic in Haiti has greatly increased. Now one of the country’s leading wireless providers, Voilà, has announced that it will upgrade its Business Support System solution and text messaging capabilities so as to better accommodate this increased volume of traffic...

Global economic downturn has not affected the smartphone market, which is experiencing robust growth...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting international cooperation on cybersecurity has been signed between the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and the Malaysia-based International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT)...

Pankaj Agrawal, Associate Director of Analysys Mason, weighs up the options available to operators for sustaining growth in emerging markets...

Kenyan customers of Vodafone are now able to use their mobiles to link to an interest-bearing savings account, as well as buy insurance, with Vodafone’s new money transfer technology, M-PESA...

Türk Telekom subsidiary TTNET, the leading broadband internet service provider in Turkey, has launched a new Web TV service across the country...

Bangladesh is set to extend ICT facilities to its rural populace as part of the government’s ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiative. Before the year is out, the initiative hopes to provide such facilities to over 2000 unions...

The Philippines’ fastest growing mobile network provider, Digitel Mobile, will invest a further $9 million in mobile backhaul network equipment as part of an ongoing expansion of its 2G and 3G services. The equipment will be provided by Ceragon Networks, a long-time client of Digitel...

Revenue from mobile broadband in the MENA region is likely to quadruple by 2014, according to a new report from Onda Analytics. Although handset-based revenue is expected to be slow, mobile broadband will have a major impact on operators’ financials with over 20 million subscribers in the region forecast by 2014...

Vodafone Egypt’s 24.6 million subscribers are set to benefit from e-recharge services which will allow them to top-up their talk time with any value, anytime and anywhere...

Having accumulated over four years’ experience of operating in the region, the internet and software provider Volantis Systems has opened a new office in Pune, India. The company’s expansion into India reflects the growing opportunities in this market following an increase in mobile internet development throughout the region...

Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, much has been written about the Apple smartphone, its features and its overwhelming success in the market. But, a little known fact is that the original iPhone and its predecessors have created a huge grey market, where iPhones are bought and sold in bulk internationally outside of official distribution channels...

Columbus Communications Inc., a Curacao-based Cable MSO, has recruited Cerillion Technologies to support its operations across several countries, predominantly in the CALA region...

As part of its C-series range, Nokia has released four new low-cost handsets which are being targeted at emerging markets...

Acer has unveiled two new handsets in its beTouch line which are compatible with the Android operating system. The Acer beTouch E120 and beTouch E130 are fully-featured smartphones claimed to be ideal for newcomers to the world of intelligent phones, and offered at an affordable price...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Cisco have joined forces to address an issue increasingly affecting mobile operators across the world – the capacity demands of smart devices...

Expand Networks have announced a new pricing structure for their WAN optimization solution which is designed to mirror service provider revenue models...