Nationwide ATM networks could soon be a reality in several African countries following the development of new high-speed satellite broadband solutions...

The government of Mexico has taken aim at the country’s dominant operator America Movil with new proposals to encourage competition in the telecoms sector...

The final session of MWC 2013 saw an executive level panel from the world's leading mobile money operators and vendors. MMU has been a great success over the past few years as it combines financial transactional services with existing basic mobile services to create financial inclusion to the unbanked...

A major mobile operator in Lebanon is overhauling its approach to customer experience with a new solution...

A major submarine cable network across the Southern and Eastern African coastlines is receiving a substantial overhaul...

Scandinavian operator Telenor has received assurance that it will retain its operating licence covering Bangladesh – against the recommendation of a government commission...

Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel’s mobile networks...

A major Mongolian Internet service provider has launched the country’s largest Wi-Fi access network in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar...

One of the most popular mobile services for high growth markets is launching in Kenya, one of Africa's largest economies...

With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment in Angola has multiplied and the mobile market has soared despite a continued duopoly between Unitel and Angola Telecom's Movicel...

Botswana is one of Africa's wealthiest nations, with a thriving economy mainly based on diamond mining and tourism which recovered quickly from a recession during the global financial crisis...

MTS India will cease operations in 10 of India’s telecom circles...

A major operator in Guinea has announced that it will introduce mobile data plans as well as mobile payments in the first quarter of 2013...

Brazil’s first 100G network has gone live. Deployed by Telefonica’s Vivo, the country’s first active 100G network uses architecture from network specialist Ciena to connect native 100GbE channels to the DWDM system, providing unprecedented speeds for outbound international traffic...

Internet service providers in India have been granted permission to use broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum to offer voice services by the country’s Telecom Commission.

Thousands of people in some of Ethiopia’s most remote villages now have access to 3G connectivity...

Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom has announced that the cost of transferring money through its M-PESA service will go up following changes in government taxes...

Telecom Namibia Group has awarded a USD46million contract to the Chinese vendor ZTE to build a unified mobile network to provide 2G/3G/4G mobile services and converged IP fixed/mobile applications...

The government of Mali has not let recent fighting within the country deter it from issuing a third mobile licence...

Latin America looks to be well on the way to joining the Asia-Pacific region in designating the 700MHz band as the standard for offering LTE services, with Brazil and Chile both opting to use the frequency...

A potential acquisition of the Indian operator Aircel by Sistema has been shelved following the Russian operator’s decision to reacquire the Indian licences that it held until last year...

Two rural Colombian networks will soon offer data, video and voice services via carrier-grade Wi-Fi...

The third largest operator in India has awarded two contracts, each worth $1 billion, to two of the world’s largest vendors...

Brazil’s number two operator, TIM Brazil, has outlined its plan to invest BRL10.7 billion ($5.4 billion) in the market by 2016...

The number three operator in Colombia is looking to merge with a smaller local provider to increase its presence in the market...

Sixteen countries across West and Central Africa now have access to a range of broadband Internet service packages which are available everywhere - from the most densely-populated urban areas to the most sparsely-populated rural locations...

Mali is the latest country to benefit from international remittance services via mobile...

The global business unit of Telefonica – Telefonica Digital – has acquired a controlling stake in a major Brazilian healthcare provider...

The first low-cost smartphone targeted specifically at the Africa region will launch in the first quarter of 2013...

Bangladesh’s largest mobile service provider has deployed a new solution to consolidate and transform its network inventory management systems and processes...

The CEO of Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera has resigned following an investigation into the firm’s dealings in Uzbekistan...

Demand for high-speed broadband access, IPTV services, mobile video and more is expanding dramatically in the UAE...

Nine African countries will be united by the continent’s largest single fibre network following a new acquisition...