Chinese vendor Huawei has refuted claims that it has accepted subsidies from the Chinese government which allowed it to sell equipment at substantially lower rates than foreign rivals...

The island nation of Mauritius sports some of the best telecommunication market indicators in Africa and has been the first with many innovations...

Developing Telecoms' Africa blogger Tom Makau takes a look at how African operators can curb their soaring operating costs...

The civil unrest in early 2011 following disputed presidential elections has led to a contraction of Cote d’Ivoire’s economy, but from 2012 onwards GDP growth is expected to return to around 6% per annum...

New statistics unveiled by a major broadband analyst have revealed that while many emerging markets are showing major growth, other have struggled to meet expectations. Comparing numbers from three years ago with current reports, Point Topic has released its results showing which emerging markets have weathered the broadband ‘crunch’...

Two months after launching operations in Rwanda, Bharti Airtel has declared its intention of investing US$100 million in the country...

Jordan is a standout country in Middle East region for its relatively well-developed telecoms and IT sector when one considers its lower GDP per capita...

Chinese authorities have cleared Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility...

Nigeria has overtaken South Africa to become the continent’s largest mobile market with now over 90 million subscribers, and yet market penetration stands at only around 60% in early 2012...

The long-rumoured deal between Qualcomm and Bharti Airtel is reportedly close to a conclusion...

Latin America’s burgeoning telecoms sector is outstripping Europe’s, according to the financial reports of two major groups with operations in both markets...

A major telecom player in Latin America is looking to increase its presence in Europe...

Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel has reported that its Q4 profit and revenue have fallen short of forecasts...

The Indian regulator’s plans to impose a high opening bid in the upcoming 2G spectrum auctions have drawn criticism from the GSMA...

Despite developing in leaps and bounds in post-war Iraq, the telecoms industry still holds much growth potential...

India continues to be one of the fastest growing major telecom markets in the world, as well as one of the largest. Sweeping reforms introduced by successive Indian governments over the last decade have dramatically changed the nature of telecommunications in the country...

VimpelCom is divesting its interest in the Vietnamese operator GTEL Mobile, selling its 49% holding to GTEL’s parent company...

The Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has advised that the country’s spectrum auctions be open to new operators as well as the existing providers which had their licences cancelled following a Supreme Court ruling in February...

In a boon to mobile virtual network operators in Romania, the country will soon see the launch of its first MVNE...

The Indian government may face legal arbitration from Vodafone if its proposed M&A tax is approved...

Iran's mobile market, by far the largest segment of the country's telecoms industry, exhibited considerably slower growth in 2011 compared with previous years...

After a well-documented series of delays, Thailand is finally holding auctions for 3G spectrum later this year...

The Internet Society has published the results of a study that demonstrates the far-reaching economic and societal benefits of establishing Internet Exchange Points (or IXPs) in emerging markets...

Despite excellent fibre optic connections, Djibouti’s telecoms sector is not growing as fast as it should – largely due to an overly-powerful nation telco...

Saudi Arabia possesses a steadily growing telecoms market. As with many telecoms markets in the region, lack of strong competition in the fixed-line market meant much of the growth has been underpinned by mobile...

Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Holding has confirmed that due to “unlawful actions taken since 2008 by the Algerian government against Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA)” it will take out a Notice of Arbitration against the relevant Algerian authorities...

Kenya's mobile market returned to strong subscriber growth in Q311 after a slowdown in H111, which can be attributed to the discounting of inactive SIMs and increasing mobile saturation in urban areas...

Bangladesh had an estimated 86.555mn mobile subscribers at the end of September 2011, which would represent a net addition of 4.728mn from the previous quarter...

Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published market data relating to the end of 2011 for fixed-line, mobile and internet sectors. A stronger than expected growth in the broadband sector suggests that the regulator's efforts at liberalising the internet market are driving growth in that sector...

India’s nationwide cancellation of 2G licences has been upheld by the country’s Supreme Court, which has rejected an appeal against the decision by a number of local operators...

The future of Russia’s second-largest operator MegaFon is currently under discussion by a number of firms, with Scandinavian group TeliaSonera the most recent party to confirm its involvement...

Although the mobile penetration rate in The Philippines is expected to breach the 100% mark by end- 2012, growth momentum is expected to be relatively strong in the next few years due to the prevalence of prepaid subscribers...

Sri Lankan operators have been actively searching for additional growth drivers to offset the declining subscriber growth opportunities...