Despite its constantly stymied 3G auctions, mobile penetration is high in Thailand, and broadband subscriptions are increasing faster than anticipated...

Significant transactions on both sides of the globe have been finalised by Vodafone, with the company confirming that it has settled its dispute with Essar in India as well as selling its stake in Polish operator Polkomtel...

A new agreement will see an expansion of research into wireless technologies in Russia...

African leaders have been advised to take social media, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, more seriously or potentially lose power...

Mobile subscriber numbers in Zimbabwe trebled from early 2009 to mid-2010, whereas fixed line subscriptions remained stagnant. With demand for voice services increasingly met, future growth is predicted to occur around mobile Internet and broadband provision...

Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has entered into a new Cooperation Protocol with Vodafone Egypt to provide agricultural guidance services via mobile. The initiative will also launch a call centre for Egyptian farmers...

The Indian telecom market has seen an average growth rate of 30% for the past many years, and today the number of mobile phone subscribers in the country stands at almost 600 million. This means that nearly half of the country’s population subscribes to cellular services...

New reports have arisen suggesting that the Polish operator Polkomtel is likely to be acquired by a fellow Pole, the billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, who is thought to be the nation’s second most wealthy man...

Latin America outperformed other regions in mobile revenue growth for the period 1Q 2010 to 1Q 2011...

With more than 42 million refugees in the world, many affected by political conflict and natural disasters, the added desperation of being separated from their family and friends without feasible means of tracing them can only compound their suffering...

The sale of the Nigerian firm Multi-Links has been scrapped by the former’s owner, the South African operator Telkom, due to an ongoing legal challenge from the infrastructure provider Helios Towers...

The Indian telecom industry has undergone a revolutionary change during the past few years to become one of the leading telecom markets on the global map...

The mobile financial services specialist Fundamo has been acquired by Visa for around $110 million, indicating that the global payments giant is looking to strengthen its operations in emerging markets by capitalising on Fundamo’s experience in this area...

With demand for internet access constantly rising in India, the ISP market is witnessing tremendous growth in subscriber numbers, and as a result the demand for the network equipment and consumer premise equipments bought by ISPs is growing...

New MVNO services will launch throughout Latin America via a partnership between MVNO specialist Tribe Mobile and Virgin Group, which operates a mobile virtual network in the UK...

South Africa’s Deputy Communications Minister Obed Bapela has called for the widespread adoption of mobile health services across the country...

The founder and CEO of the Indian telecom giant Bharti Group, Sunil Mittal, has announced that the firm will provide a cash injection of US$1 billion this year for its upcoming mobile operations in Africa...

The prolific Latin American operator America Movil’s shares hit their lowest point for a year last week, apparently in reaction to comments from Mexico’s regulators suggesting that legislation aimed at increasing the operator’s competition could be implemented this month...

A major power crisis could be underway in Nigeria, as the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) is generating insufficient power despite the country’s increasingly dependency on diesel generated power as its primary source of energy...

Governments around the world need to rapidly formulate and implement national multi-sectoral broadband plans – or risk being seriously disadvantaged in today’s increasingly high-speed digital environment, according to a new report from the Broadband Commission for Digital Development...

The state-owned Indian operator BSNL will this month offer a new tender to increase the capacity for 15 million GSM lines, after revoking its previous tender for 5.5 million lines...

India’s Department of Telecoms could introduce new legislation relaxing the pricing structures for the country’s operators, according to Telecoms Minister Kapil Sibal...

The Lebanese telecommunications market has suffered for many years from a lack of political will to make the changes necessary to free up the market in order for it to reach its potential...

According to reports, Telecom Egypt is aiming to resume negotiations with Vodafone over a potential takeover of the UK-based firm’s Egyptian operations...

One of India’s state-owned operators has sought professional advice in establishing a new business strategy for its broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum...

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has completed a study to help improve the use of mobile telephony for international development...

Telkom South Africa’s attempt to sell its CDMA operations in Nigeria could be derailed by a legal injunction filed by the infrastructure supplier Helios Towers...

One of Indonesia’s largest operators, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, is aiming to reacquire a 35% stake in its mobile operations from the Singaporean operator SingTel...

The first quarter of 2011 saw koryolink – Orascom’s North Korean operations – pass the half-million customer milestone with a year-on-year growth rate of 420%...

Although LTE licences were awarded to seven Vietnamese operators in Q3 2010, five of these operators have thus far made no attempt to launch 4G services...

Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the introduction of new competition...

Thailand’s strong mobile market presents a complex commercial environment, with its mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces...