Huawei’s RuralStar self-contained cell-site solution expands cellular coverage to areas where it was previously uneconomical.

LTE roaming in Africa took off in 2017, according to an authoritative new report from BICS.

Telecom operators in emerging markets have experienced major threats from OTTs to their traditional services such as voice, SMS and data for a few years now.

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Recent pricing wars have seen major telco operators rush toward offering more appealing “unlimited” data packages, demonstrating that mobile data is the most important revenue asset at telcos’ fingertips.

Chinese handset manufacturer Xiaomi has been confirmed by Google as a partner on its Android One programme.

Huawei has announced the first commercially available optical cross-connect optical transport network. Alec Barton from Developing Telecoms recently met Alex Duan, General Manager of the WDN business line to find out more.

ChatSim founder Manuel Zanella has founded a new venture known as Things Mobile which claims to be “the first global mobile operator dedicated to the Internet of Things”.

Most mobile operators in emerging countries suffer from retail stores congestion. SIM card renewal is known to be one of the reasons.

Internet access is becoming more and more available in even the most rural areas.

In just the last couple of years, VoLTE, or Voice over Long Term Evolution, has begun to revolutionize voice service for mobile communications, and 2017 promises to be the biggest year yet for VoLTE.

During 2016 we experienced a surge in demand for higher capacity networks, fuelled by an increased uptake of cloud services, smartphone proliferation and a drive for more unified communications.

The mobile messaging landscape saw some big changes in 2016 and this evolution looks set to continue over the next 12 months.

In 2017 in many developing and emerging markets, telcos and other service providers will be completing significant upgrades to their network architectures and infrastructures.

During 2017, the public safety industry will continue to work towards making LTE the long term answer for emergency services communication.

The telecom industry is at the forefront of leading the transformation the world is witnessing.

Everyone is talking about the mobile revolution in emerging markets, and for a good reason.

2016 proved to be a remarkable year for the telecoms industry.

In the past couple of years, three important factors have come together for FinTech: the rise of cloud computing, the ubiquity of smartphones and the ability to collect and analyse big data.

It used to be that writing a predictions piece was something of a retread of the previous year, with a few more advances.

Last Mile Connectivity is a vital challenge for telecom operators in emerging markets in densely populated urban areas as much as in rural and remote locations.

It is estimated that mobile operators will process $47 billion worth of payments by 2020, four times more than the current amount.

Emerging market consumers do not need “the next Facebook” or “the next Snapchat”, according to new research from mobile commerce accelerator Upstream.

Shipments of smartphones saw a 6% annual increase during Q3 2016, constituting the quickest industry growth over the past year.