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International mobile payment network TerraPay has obtained regulatory approval from the Bank of Tanzania to launch International Money transfer services to mobile wallets in the country.

Indonesian operator Smartfren is using Bango’s platform to launch one-click carrier billing payment for Google Play customers.

XL Axiata will provide satellite broadband services throughout Indonesia following a new agreement between Axiata Business Services and Thaicom subsidiary IPSTAR.

Solar solutions company BBOXX has partnered with IoT specialist Aeris to deliver clean energy to millions of people living in off-grid communities in the developing world.

Bangladeshi operator Banglalink has contracted ZTE to build what will be the world’s largest virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform.

Egyptian fixed incumbent Telecom Egypt has signed a national roaming agreement with Orange Egypt as it readies its mobile launch.

T-Systems and Huawei are bringing Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to South Africa.

Vodafone Egypt has tapped Procera Networks to enhance the subscriber experience for its fixed and mobile subscribers.

Intelsat S.A. has signed a new agreement with Liquid Telecom that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the pan-African group’s network.

ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.

Telefónica is deploying dedicated Service Operations Centres (SOC) in Argentina and Chile for the intelligent management of its networks.

Vietnam’s Mobifone is launching carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.

Orange Egypt has deployed Openet’s Real-Time Offer Manager (RTOM) solution plus reporting tools to improve subscriber experience and increase data revenues.

Singaporean ride-sharing platform Grab is acquiring Indonesian online payments provider Kudo.

The partnership between Ericsson and Cisco has secured its first agreement in Brazil, with the two companies working together to supply and install IP routers for Nextel.

Avanti Communications has partnered with Millicom to bring broadband connectivity to consumer, enterprise and government applications.

Digicel is using equipment from ZTE to expand its 4G LTE networks across its 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America.

Russian CSP TransTeleCom has shifted all its international backbone traffic to a Long Haul DWDM network.

The Philippines’ Smart – the wireless unit of PLDT - is speeding up the deployment of its 4G network upgrade with the goal of providing coverage in 785 municipalities by the end of this year.

China saw a surge in mobile payments across 2016, with transactions up by 86% over the year to 25.7 billion.

MTN Group has chosen PeerApp's local content delivery solution for its operations in various geographic regions.

Pan-African communications service provider Internet Solutions Kenya has tapped Telco Systems to upgrade its entire fibre network infrastructure to 10GB.

Reliance Jio has deployed Ciena’s multi-terabit converged packet-optical technology to power its pan-India 4G network core and help unleash digital revolution in India.

Afghan CDMA operator Wasel Telecom has partnered with SpeedCast International to connect residents in remote villages in Afghanistan.