Huawei’s H1 revenue growth has exceeded expectations given that the Chinese vendor was placed on a US trade blacklist in May.
Huawei’s H1 revenue growth has exceeded expectations given that the Chinese vendor was placed on a US trade blacklist in May.
In a bid to reduce operating expenditure, TIM Brasil and Telefonica’s local unit Vivo are holding talks over a potential 2G & 4G infrastructure sharing agreement.
Huawei has come under renewed scrutiny after The Washington Post reported that the company had a role in deploying and running a 3G network in North Korea, which would contravene US export restrictions.
Rwanda’s mobile industry has joined forces with the GSMA to drive mobile internet adoption and increase digital literacy in the country.
Tata Communications subsidiary TCTS (Tata Communications Transformation Services) has partnered with the Smart Africa Alliance to launch its pioneering Skill Africa Program.
Telenor has warned that an accounting error at its Bangladeshi unit Grameenphone has had a one-off but substantial impact on its Q2 earnings.
Israel’s Ministry of Communications has officially begun tendering 5G-ready spectrum, with a raft of incentives to encourage operators to bid.
CenturyLink has collaborated with Alphabet's Loon to deliver internet connectivity to tens of thousands of people cut off by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Peru.
Kyrgyzstan had implemented full competition across all segments of its telecoms sector over a decade ago, reports Research & Markets.
The INR30.5 billion ($445 million) penalty that TRAI has levied against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will not be reduced in size, the Indian regulator has confirmed.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened a public consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum in the in the 700MHz, 2300MHz and 2600MHz bands.
The most recent Mobile Number Portability (MNP) chart released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows 9mobile as gaining the highest ports-in consistently over the past year.
The island nation of Mauritius has long been a pioneer in the telecom sector, reports Research & Markets.
Shareholders in the Bulgarian operator Vivacom have confirmed that the unit is to be put up for sale.
Indonesian number three Indosat Ooredoo is looking to sell off 3000 towers in order to raise funds as it prepares for a pronounced increase in its capital expenditure.
Bhutan has long been isolated from the rest of the world - both in terms of its government and geography and particularly with regard to its telecommunications, reports Research & Markets.
Huawei is reportedly prepared to invest as much as PLN3 billion ($789 million) into Poland across the next five years if it is able to provide 5G equipment without restrictions.
Although delayed by the long civil war which ended in 1992, Mozambique was one of the first countries in the region to embark upon telecom reform, reports Research & Markets.
After more than a decade of civil war which destroyed much of its infrastructure, Liberia became a prime example of an almost entirely wireless telecommunications market, reports Research & Markets.
Research & Markets’ latest report notes that Mali has a challenging geography for the provision of telecommunication services, with large tracts of the country consisting of sparsely populated desert.
The government of Ethiopia has announced plans to award mobile licences to two new players in the first quarter of 2020, bringing an end to the long-running monopoly of state-owned Ethio Telecom.
Libya's civil war has crippled the country's economy and disrupted its telecommunications sector. Much of the telecom infrastructure has been destroyed or stolen, including about a quarter of the country's mobile tower sites, according to Research & Markets’ latest report.
Armenian continues to attempt to put an effective national telecommunications service in place, reports Research & Markets.
Cameroon’s Telecommunications Regulatory Agency has fined the local operations of MTN, Orange and Viettel a collective XAF3.5 billion ($6 million).
Given its high population density and the low penetration rates across all telecom sectors, Burundi remains potentially one of the most attractive telecom markets in Africa for investors, according to Research & Markets’ latest report.
Bharti Airtel has now fully acquired Tata Teleservices’ consumer mobile unit, providing the operator with access to three different 4G spectrum bands.
Mauritania's small population and low economic output has limited the country's ability to develop sustained growth, reports Research & Markets.
Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei appeared unruffled by the USA’s apparent reversal of its block on US firms supplying the Chinese vendor with equipment.
Effective regulatory reform has made Botswana's telecom market one of the most liberalised in the region, reports Research & Markets.
OTE Group is looking to conclude deals to sell off three separate units of Telekom Romania within the next four months.
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has passed away after succumbing to acute myeloid leukaemia.
A series of relief measures has been proposed for India’s telecom sector but there have also been calls for the revocation of bankrupt operators’ spectrum licences.
Recent media reports from MWC Asia 19 in Shanghai underline the continuing interest from China’s big names in the Indian telecommunications market.
Bahraini operator VIVA Bahrain has not only announced the launch of its home broadband 5G network, VIVA 5G, but is helping to bring 5G to a new 46-storey building.
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