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Cloud services firm acens has partnered with BaseKit to deploy the latter’s website building platform in Brazil.

T-Mobile Poland is increasing network visibility and performance with Accedian’s V-NID Performance Platform.

BelCash Technology Solution PLC has partnered with two banks to launch HelloCash mobile money services in Ethiopia.

Astellia is implementing its managed services platform for the Filipino operator Smart.

China Telecom’s cloud branch CTCC will implement Nuage Networks’ SDN technology into its public cloud services for the Chinese market.

A new service will enable customers of Orange and the pan-African banking group Ecobank to transfer money between their respective accounts.

Vietnamese market leader Vinaphone is launching a new cloud-based voice messaging solution with CT-IN and Nuance Communications.

South African operator Vodacom is upgrading its billing system to Redknee’s Unified platform.

Bharti Airtel has commissioned Nokia Networks to expand its 4G presence to a further 6 of India’s 22 telecom circles.

Spectra Wireless and Microsoft 4Afrika have launched Africa’s first commercial service network utilising TV white spaces in Ghana.

Ethiopia’s sole service provider Ethio Telecom is introducing an electronic recharge solution.

Market-leading South African operator Vodacom has commissioned Alcatel-Lucent to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand into the enterprise and residential markets.

Facebook has launched a simplified version of its Android app for lower-end devices in emerging markets.

African carrier Wananchi Telecom has partnered with Epsilon for the delivery of outsourced network services to support the growth of its wholesale telecommunications business.

Kenyan market leader Safaricom is launching the country’s first LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network in partnership with Nokia Networks.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) have five renewable energy projects in developing countries.

MENA Cable System has deployed Infinera’s DTN-X platform across its trans-Egypt terrestrial network.

Gilat Satellite Networks is providing a Ku-band SkyEdge II VSAT network for the Filipino market leader PLDT.

Russian operator MTS and Netherlands-based VimpelCom have agreed to collaborate on their LTE deployments in the Russia and CIS region.

Google is expanding its Android One programme into Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Zambian airtime distributor StreetCred has partnered with Nomanini, a South African-based mobile point of sale service that specialises in facilitating cash transactions in informal markets.

Telefónica Peru and Ericsson are jointly implementing a project to provide internet access via 4G/LTE to governmental entities, such as schools and healthcare centres, in the Peruvian Amazon during 2015.

Indosat has successfully completed the first Indonesian trial of Mobile Connect - the GSMA standard for mobile identity services - in partnership with the GSMA and Ericsson.

Astellia has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Indian operator Aircel to optimise its 2G and 3G radio access and core network resources.

The Angolan Investment Bank (BAI) has launched a new mobile payment service called e-Kwanza.

Messaging firm Tanla Solutions has deployed its Fast Track platform for Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging with Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India.

Indonesian operator Indosat has launched carrier billing for Google Play, providing one-click payments to customers.

Chilean operator Entel has completed Latin America’s first successful test of APT700 (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 700MHz) spectrum in cooperation with Ericsson.

Polish operator P4 is launching LTE roaming over its network through BICS’ IPX platform.