Nothing, it seems, can stop the onward march of data centres in developing markets – as recent news from Brazil, India and South Africa indicates.
Belarusian market leader A1 together with ZTE has launched a standalone (SA) test 5G network across the country.
Latvia is expected to be one of the first countries to launch a smartphone app using a new toolkit created by Apple and Alphabet’s Google to help trace coronavirus infections.
Intelsat and Andesat are partnering to bring end-to-end mobile broadband (3G) service to remote communities across Peru.
Operator MTN Zambia has selected Vanu, a provider of equipment, tools and services that allow mobile network operators to profit by serving off-grid communities, to supply equipment and services for as many as 300 mobile network sites throughout the country.
Nigerian financial services firm Carbon is enabling its customers to access its offering from within whichever app they are using.
The Niger government’s response to the coronavirus is being supported with satellite capacity and equipment after a recent agreement with a leading provider of satellite technology.
As 5G, cloud, and AI pick up pace, amid their pursuit for digital transformation enterprises of all sizes are confronting once-in-a-generation challenges.
Press outlets in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have reported that PNG DataCo, a telecommunications carrier established by the PNG government, along with its partners, has landed the Kumul submarine cable in Kokopo, the capital of East New Britain.
WhatsApp’s plans to launch a mobile payments service in India may have been derailed yet again after it emerged that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is investigating the company for abusing its market dominance.
China Telecom Global (CTG) has selected Angola Cables as its preferred carrier to bolster its long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latin America.
A number of recent stories relating to meeting end user demand have emerged from Peru in the course of the week: two relate to congestion, while a third involves providing services where none may have previously been available.
A number of telecommunications-led initiatives in India are offering the country new ways to manage the coronavirus threat.
This week has seen the announcement of a potentially highly significant addition to the growing number of subsea cable networks serving Africa. In fact the partnership announcing it claims that it will be the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region.
Following the announcement that it has permission to operate in Kenya, Loon has said that it is expanding its footprint in Africa.
Poland is still optimistic that 5G spectrum will be sold at auction this year even though it has delayed the sale of 3.4GHz-3.8GHz licences.
Emergent Telecommunications has selected du and Batelco’s joint venture Arc as the lead consultant for the Orient Express submarine cable system.
Airtel Uganda and Avaya are teaming up to facilitate remote working and learning for organisations across Uganda in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus).
Kazakhstan’s three main operators have agreed to collaborate on a shared network to boost mobile broadband coverage in remote regions.
Azercosmos, a major satellite operator in the South Caucasus, has signed a partnership agreement with TheAngle, a company that provides satellite network services in the Middle East.
Polkomtel, a leading telecommunications operator in Poland, which provides services under the Plus brand, has announced the launch of the country’s first commercial 5G network.
Vodafone Cook Islands and Avaroa Cable have announced that they are working together to prepare for the Manatua Cable going live later this year.
Recent announcements from Italian service provider and global operator Sparkle include a Pacific cable enhancement and a new point of presence in Morocco.
A flurry of recent announcements from Poland, Vietnam, South Africa and Thailand underlines the continuing growth of data centres and cloud services in diverse locations around the world.
Service provider IENTC Telecomunicaciones has selected Telia Carrier’s IP Transit backbone services to provide low latency, high capacity services to its consumer and enterprise customers.
5G may be a major talking point just about everywhere, but 4G migration is still underway in many markets. The board of state-owned Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has recently approved two vendors for a 4G migration project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mozambique’s TMcel has at long last begun conducting trials of its 4G network.
Kuwaiti operator Zain Kuwait has announced that it is deploying the full traffic management suite from Enea, a supplier of software components for telecommunications and cybersecurity, to amplify its 4G and 5G network deployments.
BHD Leon, a leading bank in the Dominican Republic, is implementing Temenos Transact as part of its digital transformation program.
With the Covid-19 pandemic infiltrating every aspect of life, the role of the telecommunications industry has never been more crucial in staying connected as we are forced apart from each other physically.
A fascinating side effect of the coronavirus-led lockdowns in multiple countries is their impact on payment methods – and notably payment methods in India, where a recent report says, digital payments are surging.
Veon’s JazzCash has partnered with Mastercard to strengthen the payments ecosystem for merchants and customers in Pakistan.
It may seem strange for a major operator to be launching a commercial 5G mobile network in the middle of a pandemic, but, it appears, that is what has just happened in South Africa.
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