Turk Telekom and Juniper Research struck a partnership agreement to develop Open RAN 5G technologies, a move to accelerate innovations and ecosystems in the technology.
For the second time this week comes news of an offering of streamed film entertainment aimed at a mobile-centric market. This time the market is India.
Lightstorm Telecom Ventures (LTV) has deployed Ciena’s coherent optics, network management and advanced automation software to serve OTT, data centre and cloud providers across India.
Molotov, an OTT distribution platform that can be made available on all screens and connected devices, is making a major push into French-speaking Africa, adjusting its offering to the needs of a heavily mobile phone-dependent viewership.
SKY Brasil, the largest satellite pay TV operator in Brazil, and Viasat Inc, a global communications company, have announced a partnership to increase the availability of fast, reliable satellite internet across Brazil.
The founder of Indian messaging app Hike has called on users to shun services from Facebook and opt instead for privacy-focused apps such as Telegram and Signal as his company exits the messaging market.
With two days to go until its presidential election, Uganda has imposed a blanket ban on all social media and messaging apps.
Plans to increase fibre production are often noteworthy, but the announcement by HFCL Limited, one of India's largest optic fibre manufacturers, that it is planning to increase fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) cable production by 33 percent at its Hyderabad facility could be very significant.
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has suggested that economic uncertainty is set to shape the 2021 cybercrime agenda in Africa.
The Turkish communications satellite Turksat 5A launched in the US last week, bringing with it, potentially, a new source of satellite-borne services to the aviation and maritime markets.
Philippines-based mobile wallet platform GCash gained an investment of over $175 million from private equity company Bow Wave Capital Management (Bow Wave) and shareholders, as part of the financial growth plans of Globe Telecom.
The advance of Sigfox in the IoT space continues: the global 0G network and cloud provider for industrial data has announced the addition of Ukraine to its coverage area.
A pilot project, recently launched in Uganda, aims to demonstrate more cost-efficient ways in which both electricity and ICT can be brought to rural areas. It comes at a time of renewed growth for the country’s telecoms sector.
Tele2 has selected Nokia to deploy its Standalone (SA) 5G Core and Voice over 5G (Vo5G) to enhance its cloud infrastructure and improve data and voice connectivity for subscribers in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Claro Brasil has selected Ribbon’s SBC Software Edition to expand and secure their extensive Voice over IP network.
In another example of how operator business models are changing as we approach wide-scale 5G rollout, Vodafone Romania has transferred its passive infrastructure to another Vodafone company.
SAP, a leading cloud company with 200 million users worldwide, has announced a major investment in the Indian market.
A new fibre optic deployment in Bolivia has brought broadband connectivity to residents of the highest city in the world.
Given the reported uncertainty surrounding spectrum availability, the news that Iran will see the launch of 5G this year may come as a surprise to some readers.
There’s been a boost for the relatively underpenetrated fintech services market in the Middle East with the award to operator Zain’s subsidiary Tamam of a Saudi microfinance licence.
Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, has announced an agreement with Google.
Ooredoo Group, an international telecommunications company headquartered in Qatar, and Ericsson have announced the signing of a five-year strategic 5G agreement.
Saudi Arabia-based operator STC launched three “mega data centres” in Riyadh, Jeddah and Madina with an investment of SAR1 billion ($266 million) pledged for the project, as part of the country’s digital transformation programme.
Zain Saudi Arabia’s early move into 5G has transformed its market position in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from last to first.
The Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) has been analyzing the energy consumption of the ICT industry since 2007. CEO Luis Neves was a panelist at Developing Telecoms’ recent panel discussion, Making 5G Sustainable.
Analyst and consultancy firm Omdia recently conducted a number of surveys into broadband trends and opportunities. In this article, Ian Redpath – Practice Leader for Omdia’s components, transport and routing practice – explains how the guaranteed reliable bandwidth experience will enable new monetization opportunities for carriers.
Caroline Gabriel of Analysys Mason has called for the telecoms industry to accept that while 5G will use a large amount of energy, what matters is how we justify this.
Carrier ICT convergence transformation has become an inevitable trend in the 5G and Cloud era, as Tolulope Williams, senior manager of transmission core planning at MTN Nigeria explains.
Measures to ease access to mobile money in Kenya are about to come to an end, but they appear to have been a success.
Last week saw the opening of the Chile Cloud Region, computer technology corporation Oracle’s 29th cloud region worldwide. Latin American customers and partners will now have regional access to many of Oracle’s cloud services.
Ooredoo has launched commercial 5G services in the Maldives, with the initial rollout covering a large percentage of the capital city of Malé, including key business hubs, hospitals and public spaces.
Ukrainian operator Kyivstar has announced plans to launch voice over LTE (VoLTE) on its network by 2021.
CETIN, which owns and operates the largest electronic communications network in the Czech Republic, covering 99.6 percent of the population, has entered into a co-investment agreement with T-Mobile on the deployment of an FTTH network.
The US government warned Pacific island nations that discounted subsea cables from Chinese companies pose a security threat, as an international project is underway in the region.
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