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Counterfeit Drugs Targetted by Mobile Initiative

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Category: Humanitarian Comms
28 August 2012
8671 views
  • SMS
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Africa

Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with Sproxil to combat the counterfeit drug market in Africa.

Local Speculation Indicates America Movil may buy Polish operator, Play

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Category: Investment
24 August 2012
9791 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • America Movil

America Movil may be seeking to increase its presence in Europe, the Polish Paper Puls Biznesu has indicated.

Cisco Retains Lead in World Router Market amid Increasing Competition

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Category: Vendors
24 August 2012
10487 views
  • China
  • Cisco
  • ZTE
  • Huawei
  • Routers

According to an Infonetics Research report this month, Cisco remains ahead of Chinese firms ZTE and Huawei in the world market for Ethernet and IP routers.

Vodafone Eyeing Middle East Deal, Sources Say

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Category: Investment
24 August 2012
9156 views
  • Service Providers
  • Vodafone
  • Zain
  • Middle East

Industry sources have told Bloomberg that Vodafone is in the final stages of agreeing on a partnership with Kuwaiti operator Zain.

Kyrgyz Mobile Company fails to attract Buyer for Stake

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Category: Operators
23 August 2012
10591 views
  • Service Providers
  • 3G
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Operators
  • WCDMA

The government of Kyrgyzstan has failed to sell a 25% stake in its operator, Kyrgyz Mobile Company.

Mobile data traffic in India grows more than 50% in first half of 2012

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
23 August 2012
9560 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mobile Data
  • Nokia Siemens Networks

Mobile data traffic increased by 54% in India between December 2011 and June 2012...

China Telecom confirms purchase of infrastructure from parent company

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James Barton
Category: Operators
22 August 2012
10605 views
  • Service Providers
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Infrastructure
  • China Telecom
  • CDMA

China Telecom, the smallest of China’s three major carriers, is purchasing the CDMA network of its state owned-owned parent, China Telecom Corp...

Etisalat goes for Personalised Services in Nigeria

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Category: Operators
22 August 2012
9466 views
  • Service Providers
  • Etisalat
  • Nigeria
  • Data
  • Oracle Communications
  • Personalised Services

Etisalat have announced that they have successfully implemented Oracle Communications’ Data Model.

Telenor Pays Uninor’s Debts

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Category: Investment
21 August 2012
9877 views
  • Service Providers
  • India
  • Telenor
  • 2G
  • Unitech
  • Uninor

Norwegian operator, Telenor, has paid US$1.8 billion to creditors of its Indian joint venture, Uninor.

Strong growth in Georgia’s telecom sector despite uncertainties

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
21 August 2012
9449 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Mobile Penetration
  • Georgia
  • Economic Growth

Georgia is continuing to build itself into a modern economy despite the troubled times it has had with its neighbour Russia...

Malaysia’s development goals are on track with nationwide broadband network

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
20 August 2012
9334 views
  • Investment
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Broadband
  • Malaysia

Malaysia has been working towards a clear national objective to see it ranked as a fully developed nation by the year 2020. This Vision 2020 was a concept introduced by the former Prime Minister Mr Mahathir in 1991 when he launched the Sixth Malaysia Plan...

5 Applications Submitted for Romanian Spectrum Auction

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
17 August 2012
10643 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Romania
  • ANCOM
  • Spectrum Licensing

ANCOM, the Romanian regulator, has received 5 applications for an upcoming spectrum auction...

Virgin Mobile Borrow Money from IFC for Chilean Investment

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James Barton
Category: Investment
17 August 2012
10880 views
  • Latin America
  • Virgin Mobile
  • Chile
  • IFC

Virgin Mobile (VMLA) has announced a debt funding agreement to fund its virtual operator Virgin Mobile Chile with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group...

USA wades into MTS - Uzbekistan dispute

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James Barton
Category: Investment
17 August 2012
10786 views
  • Central South Asia
  • MTS
  • Uzbekistan
  • USA

In the run-up to annual bi-lateral trade talks, the USA has warned the government of Uzbekistan of “deterioration in bilateral ties” and a “chilling effect on foreign investment”...

Strong Growth in Ghanaian Mobile Markets

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
17 August 2012
10648 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 3G
  • Ghana
  • Fibre
  • MTN
  • Africa
  • Globacom
  • WiMAX
  • HSPA

Research and Markets have reported that Ghana remains a vibrant mobile phone market, and an exciting emerging market place for mobile services. Ghana is attractive to operators because of strong demand and fast paced infrastructural improvements.

Qtel Approaches Wataniya to buy Outstanding Shares

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Category: Investment
16 August 2012
10093 views
  • Service Providers
  • Kuwait
  • Qatar
  • Wataniya
  • QTel
  • Middle East
  • MENA

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has moved to buy out minority stakes in Kuwaiti operator group Wataniya Telecom.

Indian ‘free mobile’ scheme comes under fire

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James Barton
Category: Operators
16 August 2012
9247 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mobile
  • Government

The Indian government’s ambitious plan to provide a mobile phone to every family below the poverty line will be opposed by the country’s finance ministry, it has emerged...

VimpelCom see Profits Almost Double in Q2 Report

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Category: Investment
15 August 2012
10039 views
  • Service Providers
  • LTE
  • Russia
  • VimpelCom
  • Telenor
  • Africa
  • Wind Telecom
  • Asia

The Russian Operator Group, VimpelCom has reported a near doubling of profits in its Q2 report.

TeliaSonera Makes Big Play in Kazakhstan Mobile Internet Market

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Category: Operators
15 August 2012
9724 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • TeliaSonera
  • HSPA+
  • WiMAX
  • Kcell
  • Kazakhstan

TeliaSonera has agreements in place to buy significant fibre and WiMAX operations in Kazakhstan...

Boosting bandwidth for rural areas

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James Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
15 August 2012
14186 views
  • Backhaul
  • Latin America
  • Panama
  • Fibre
  • Small Cells
  • C&W

There has been a vast increase in data growth in most markets over the last few years, with rising mobile penetration in the rural regions of emerging markets often cited as a key driver for competitiveness.

This has lead to many discussions on how best to develop and promote mobile penetration in rural areas, with the most notable issues being those of infrastructure deployment and backhauling. Handling the boom in data-hungry services requires reliable networks that can offer increased capacity, but delivering such coverage to rural areas presents many challenges...

RCom Release Q1 Earnings Report

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Category: Investment
13 August 2012
8135 views
  • Service Providers
  • India
  • RCom

India's Reliance Communications has released its first quarterly earnings report for the year which shows that while in profit, the group has sustained another quarterly stand alone loss. Profits rose to INR 1.62 billion, underperforming predictions by Bloomberg analysis of INR 1.84 billion.

Mexican Government moves to reclaim 2.5GHz band for 4G

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Category: Regulation
10 August 2012
9668 views
  • Latin America
  • 4G
  • Mexico
  • Licensing
  • 2.5GHz spectrum

The Mexican Government has refused to renew existing 2.5GHz licenses, as it intends to re-auction the spectrum for 4G broadband services...

MTS’s License to Operate in Uzbekistan Suspended Further

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Category: Regulation
10 August 2012
8934 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Licensing
  • MTS
  • Uzbekistan

Uzbek regulators have suspended the license of Russian owned MTS’s subsidiary, Uzdunrobita, for a further 90 days...

Mobile Competition leads to price wars in Thailand

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James Barton
Category: Operators
10 August 2012
12072 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • Competition
  • DTAC

In the complex commercial environment of Thailand’s operator market, there is a mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces...

Philippine Operator Invests US $1.7 billion, on track for LTE says CEO

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Category: Operators
09 August 2012
7249 views
  • Service Providers

The leading Philippine operator, Smart has modernized its network in anticipation of 3G and 4G roll-out, its CEO Napoleon Nazareno has revealed.

Bharti Airtel Profits Fall for Tenth Straight Quarter

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Category: Investment
08 August 2012
6820 views
  • Service Providers

India and Africa operator Bharti Airtel saw profits fall during its first fiscal quarter.

Mobilis Contracts Acision for Personalised Messaging Service

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Category: Operators
08 August 2012
9096 views
  • Service Providers
  • SMS
  • Mobilis Algeria Telecom
  • Acision

Mobilis Algeria Telecom, one of the country’s leading operators with 30% market share is enhancing messaging services to attract new customers, boost user experience and improve quality of service.

Anatel Seeks new TIM Sales Ban

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Category: Regulation
08 August 2012
10046 views
  • Brazil
  • Telefonica
  • TIM
  • Anatel

The Brazilian Regulator, Anatel, is seeking a renewed ban on the sale of new payment plans by Telecom Italia-owned TIM Participaçoes.

Brazilian Regulator Lifts Sales Ban

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Category: Regulation
07 August 2012
6018 views

Anatel, Brazil’s telecoms regulator, has lifted a ban on the sale of new mobile phone plans by three of the country’s major operators plans that it put in place for three of the country’s major operators a couple of weeks ago.

China Telecom Moves to Purchase Assets from State-Owned Parent

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Category: Investment
07 August 2012
9159 views
  • Service Providers
  • 3G
  • China
  • China Telecom

China Telecom, the smallest of China’s three major carriers, is seeking to purchase 3G infrastructure from its state owned-owned parent, China Telecom Corp. The infrastructure is currently leased to China Telecom; the purchase is aimed at decreasing the operator’s long term costs.

199% Growth in Chinese Smartphone Market

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
07 August 2012
11170 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Smartphones
  • China
  • Android
  • Canalys

Canalys, the firm of analysts has reported a 199 percent growth, year-on-year, at the second quarter of this year and a 32 percent increase on last quarter’s numbers.

The Chinese market was responsible for over a quarter of global shipments of smartphones in 2012.

Indian Government Sets New 2G Prices, Seeks Extended Deadline

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Category: Regulation
07 August 2012
8009 views
  • India
  • 2G
  • Government
  • Supreme Court

The Indian Cabinet has followed the recommendations of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) government body in setting starting prices for the auction. A previous recommendation by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was rejected as too high.

Chilean Regulator Auctions 4G Spectrum

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Category: Regulation
06 August 2012
12288 views
  • 4G
  • Chile
  • Entel
  • Movistar
  • Claro
  • Subtel

In an auction on the 30th of July, Claro Chile, Entel PCS and Movistar Chile all bought blocks of Chile’s 4G spectrum. The auction for blocks of the 20mhz spectrum was conducted by the Chilean regulator, Subtel.

Uninor Self-Auction Plans Hampered by Legal Wrangling

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Category: Investment
06 August 2012
9160 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Telenor
  • Unitech
  • Uninor

Uninor, the Indian joint venture of the Norwegian operator Telenor and Indian real estate firm Unitech confirmed that it will auction its assets in anticipation of shutting its operations on the 7th of September...

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