A new agreement will allow subscribers across Airtel’s entire African operation to send and receive money transfers over its network...

A new alliance between a major Middle Eastern operator and a data centre firm will establish the first world-class, carrier-neutral hub in the region...

The Brazilian Minister of Communications, Paolo Bernado, has delivered a coruscating tirade against regulation over the deployment of mobile infrastructure, which he believes is stymieing mobile growth...

Bharti Airtel has announced an end-to-end network transformation program across its mobile operations in 16 African countries...

Coastguard services around St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been augmented by the introduction of a new Global Maritime Distress and Safety System...

Remote regions of Niger that were previously underserved by any form of telecommunications services will soon have access to mobile connectivity, following the completion of the first phase of a remote network rollout...

With the dust settling after the 2G spectrum auctions, the Indian market’s landscape could shift significantly through mergers and acquisitions...

Weather Investments is suing the government of Algeria for US$5 billion, claiming that the state was responsible for damages to the firm’s holding in Orascom Telecom Algérie (branded as Djezzy)...

4G LTE services are to be deployed in three African countries following the extension of an agreement between Smile Telecoms and Alcatel-Lucent...

Scandinavian operator Telenor reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian market by spending more than any of its competitors in the country’s 2G auctions...

A major Jordanian operator is rolling out a cloud back-up service to its three million subscribers...

A major carrier in Mozambique is expanding its microwave network...

A major operating group in Afghanistan is upgrading the quality of its network with a new managed service solution...

The world’s first free intercontinental incoming roaming service has been launched by Bharti Airtel across its African and South Asian operations...

A major wireless broadband provider in Zimbabwe has completed the deployment of its wireless broadband network...

Satellite service providers, carrier and Internet service providers across Africa will soon be able to provide connectivity through the continent’s first vendor-neutral satellite earth station...

South Africa’s market-leading operator has adopted a new solution as a service to maximise the optimisation of its growing 2G and 3G networks...

Following a successful appeal, the Uzkbek government must relinquish control of local operator Uzdonrobita to its owner, Russian firm MTS...

One of Mexico’s largest operators is deploying an LTE network across the country...

One of Uganda’s leading operators is introducing a new Voice SMS service to the country...

South African operator Vodacom has tripled the number of LTE-enabled base stations in its network from just under 70 at launch a month ago to over 200 in Johannesburg...

Operators in India will be able to keep 2.5MHz of higher-quality 900MHz spectrum after the country switches to the 1800MHz band...

Indian mobile users will soon have access to the country’s first ever mobile signature solution for legally binding digital transactions...

A leading Kuwaiti operator is migrating from manual billing to a new solution that will allow for wholesale billing management...

One of India’s major operators has reportedly pulled out of the country’s impending spectrum auctions, meaning that there are now no participants bidding on CDMA frequencies...

A new cloud-based mobile portal is being launched by a major Mexican operator...

Operators across the Middle East and North Africa will be able to offer seamless LTE roaming services via an extension of IP exchange (IPX) services...

The Scandinavian operator Telenor has revealed its new Indian partner, following its confirmation that it would continue to have a presence in the country...

Mobile money transfers to Africa are to be facilitated by new remittance corridors into the region...

The Bangladeshi telecommunications market harbours significant growth potential in light of the low penetration rates...

Now that the deadline for submissions has passed, operators have confirmed their involvement – or otherwise – in India’s 2G spectrum auctions...

Three Nigerian CDMA operators have requested that the country’s regulator grant them permission to merge...

Qatar's two principal telecommunications operators reported better results than had been expected in the first quarter of 2012, following a relatively poor performance in the fourth quarter of 2011...