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Indonesian telco Indosat has announced a partnership with e-book reading service Bookmate to launch a mass market mobile reading service under the Bookmate-Cipika Books brand.

Annual purchases made via mobiles, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion globally by 2018, fuelled by an increase in "commuter commerce", according to new data by Juniper Research.

Airtel, Vodafone, Aditya Birla Nuvo, and Tech Mahindra are among 11 applicants to have been granted "in principle" approval by the Reserve Bank of India to launch payments banks, in a bid to achieve universal access to financial services in the country.

Ecuadorian telecoms provider Telconet is deploying Ruckus Wireless’ Smart Wi-Fi products across the Latin American country, with over 4,000 ZoneFlex indoor and outdoor access points so far rolled out.

Fibre-optic (FTTH/B) connections in Latin America will hit 5.1 million connections by the end of 2015, according to Pyramid Research’s latest Fixed Communications Demand Forecast, with fixed lines reaching 163.8 million.

Google is relaunching its Android One project in order to strengthen its position in the Indian smartphone market.

Huawei has won a $300 million contract to extend and modernise the 2G network of Uninor, the Indian subsidiary of Telenor.

China Mobile has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s Rapport communications software to enable consolidation of video, voice and messaging services onto a single platform. 

Sri Lanka Telecom has deployed new revenue management, interconnect and mediation solutions from NetCracker.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is extending its 4G coverage in India from the current 45 cities to a further 296 urban areas across the next month.

The West Africa Cable System now uses 100G transmission technology following an upgrade by Huawei Marine Networks.

SLA Mobile has partnered with the Arabic App Store, GLWAN, to facilitate Carrier Billing with Middle Eastern Mobile Operators.

Astellia is extending its monitoring of Digicel Haiti’s 2G network to its 3G network to support the growth of mobile broadband.

Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) has completed the commissioning of the Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS).

Online payment service provider PayFort has announced the launch of its installments service in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Tanzanian market leader TTCL has launched 100% national broadband coverage.

Airtel Gabon has selected Ericsson as its sole supplier for the deployment of a new LTE network.

Project Loon has signed an agreement to provide internet coverage in Sri Lanka, marking the first formal agreement between the Google initiative and a national government.

UAE headquartered Etisalat are extending their M2M and IoT services for enterprise customers throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia in a new partnership with Oberthur Technologies.

Line Corporation has released a lightweight version of its popular LINE chat and messaging app for emerging markets that utilizes less storage space and data.

Bangladeshi operator Grameenphone has selected solutions from Anite for the collection and analysis of wireless voice quality and broadband network data. 

Finnish mobile manufacturer Jolla has announced that the first licensing partner for its Sailfish OS is Intex Technologies, the second largest smartphone maker in India.

Synchronoss Technologies is set to launch its personal cloud and network activation services solutions in Vietnam.

Robi Axiata has launched new integrated rating, billing, care, settlement and credit control solutions from NetCracker.