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Kazakhstani operator Transtelecom JSC has deployed 100G DWDM optical transport equipment from Ekinops across its country-wide optical network and to the border of China.

NTT Communications Corporation now holds a National Long Distance licence in India via its newly-established subsidiary, NTT Communications India Network Services.

Indian state-owned operator BSNL is implementing Syniverse’s GRX Network Solution, INPack, to expand its global data roaming capability.

Russia’s MTS is launching a new app offering several communications services across Moscow.

Vietnamese operator MobiFone has become the first operator in the country to launch a Wi-Fi calling service.

Brunei’s leading mobile operator Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru) has selected Aptilo Networks to enable carrier Wi-Fi for its Nationwide Wi-Fi service.

Ooredoo Kuwait has tapped Mahindra Comviva to manage its end-to-end VAS business.

Afghan market leader Roshan has signed a multiyear agreement with Syniverse for revenue assurance and fraud detection services.

Thai market leader AIS has formed a new partnership with BaseKit to offer the latter’s website building platform to SMB clients.

South African operator Neotel has deployed solutions from ADVA and Juniper to create a flexible, dynamic and integrated packet optical network architecture.

Satellite operator SES S.A. partnered with Burkina Faso’s electoral body CENI (Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante) to enable secure digital transmission of the country’s recent electoral results.

Intracom Telecom has announced it will supply the Warsaw Metropolitan Police (KSP Warsaw) with its OmniBAS platform.

Orange and French energy firm ENGIE have formed a partnership focused on delivering electricity to rural Africa.

International online money transfer service Continental Money is partnering with global remittance hub TransferTo to offer international mobile top-up to its customers.

MFS Africa has announced a group framework agreement with Vodafone, expanding the partnership between the multinational mobile operator and the pan-African Fintech firm globally.

Bharti Airtel Africa has tapped IMImobile to provide its mobile billing solution Tap2Bill for merchants and content providers across Africa.

Alcatel-Lucent is upgrading Orange Romania’s existing long-haul microwave transport network, allowing Orange to enhance its 4G network capacity and performance.

Yandex Data Factory, the big data analytics arm of Russian search engine provider Yandex, has announced a new partnership with VimpelCom subsidiary brand Beeline.

Global satellite operator Eutelsat and infrastructure provider Camusat have partnered to deliver turnkey connectivity solutions for mobile operators in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Intersat is expanding its internet service offerings to East Africa via  a new agreement with SES S.A.

UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat has announced partnerships with Hughes Networks Systems and iWayAfrica to support its African expansion.

Spacecom is cooperating with Cameroon ISP Ringo S.A. to deliver the region’s first large-scale cellular-satellite hybrid broadband Internet project.

Online money transfer service WorldRemit has launched instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda.

The ACE consortium has announced the start of the next phase of the ACE submarine cable system to expand broadband connectivity and digital services in Africa. 

Cable operator Seacom is augmenting the international connections of its new metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks in South Africa and East Africa with solutions from Infinera.

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a three-year frame agreement with Tanzanian operator TTCL to modernise the operator’s IP/MPLS and optical transport networks.

NTT’s data and IP services unit NTT Communications Corporation is partnering with Workonline Communications to provide enhanced IP network connectivity services in Africa.

Alcatel-Lucent is to provide the government of Burkina Faso with cloud networking technology that will enable it to develop new digital public services.

Apple has established a new unit in Vietnam to facilitate imports and distribution in the market, which is seeing a huge increase in demand for smartphones.