All Tech News

Brazilian infrastructure firm Telebras has ordered Ka-Band hub facilities from Advantech Wireless as part of the Programa Nacional de Banda Larga (PNBL), Brazil’s national broadband access initiative.

A new partnership between Seacom and network provider Ciena will deliver increased reached and enhanced capacity to African ISPs.

Polish operator Play (P4) has implemented Callup’s remote SIM management system, SIM OTA.

Satellite CSP SpeedCast has signed an agreement with O3b Networks to deliver state-of-the-art O3b satellite connectivity in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Millicom’s Tigo Paraguay has commissioned a new data centre from Flexenclosure to be built in Paraguay.

Russian operator MegaFon has partnered with China Unicom on its DREAM project.

Indonesia’s Biznet has deployed solutions from Ciena on its 100G fibre-optic terrestrial and submarine networks.

Indonesian operator 3 PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia (H3I) has partnered with net mobile AG to enable direct carrier billing for Windows apps purchases.

Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania has announced its seventh quarterly payment in a row of US$ 2.1 million to its 4.6 million Tigo Pesa users.

The Polish city of Rzeszow has launched an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) to enhance smart city capabilities...

Ocean Networks has appointed Natixis to act as exclusive equity and debt advisor for the South America Pacific Link (SAPL) fibre optic cable system project currently under way.

Seaborn Networks has raised the US$500 million financing for its Seabras-1 direct point-to-point submarine cable connection between New York and São Paulo.

International communications provider Ooredoo has announced the launch of its mobile money service, AsiaHawala, in Iraq, claiming to be the first mobile money provider to launch in the country.

Millicom has announced Tigo Paraguay is set to launch 4G/LTE commercial services and high speed internet on all enabled smartphones in March.

A legal suit brought by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) against the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licence awarded to Equity Bank in 2014 has been dismissed.

There is a “sweeping trend” across the world towards OTT television consumption on mobile devices, which are now the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content.

Lebanese market leader Touch has expanded its use of Astellia’s 2G and 3G monitoring solution to its 4G network.

Using G.fast technology, Cable & Wireless Panama in partnership with Huawei have successfully trialled the fastest copper-based broadband service in Latin America.

Indian operator Tata Docomo has partnered with Syniverse to enable subscribers to manage their mobile expenses.

ABnote and MeaWallet have expanded their strategic partnership to cover Mexico, Central America and South America.

China Unicom has formed a joint venture with Telefonica to offer big data services in its home market.

Telekom Srbija is deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile device management technology to improve its customer experience.

Leading Omani operator Omantel has selected Teoco to provide multiyear managed services that cover RAN planning and optimisation.

MoneyGram has extended its Nigerian remittance service to customers in several European markets.

Ooredoo has selected GoSwiff as its partner for the implementation of its international mPOS (mobile point of sale) platform.

Eastern African connectivity provider SimbaNET has collaborated with Tata Communications on enterprise ICT in the region.

Syniverse has announced a new agreement to enable Ooredoo Oman to extend its LTE roaming reach.

Peruvian investment fund Fitel has awarded a regional telecommunications infrastructure project to satellite operator Gilat Satellite Networks.

Ooredoo Maldives has partnered with Huawei Marine for a $25 Million Project to deploy a nationwide fibre optic submarine cable.

SES Techcom Services and Solarkiosk AG have formed a two-year partnership to deliver high-quality connectivity to communities worldwide.