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Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) in India and SAP have announced a plan to develop a mobile app to deliver a range of services to the local population.

Vodafone India is launching a new prepaid charging system across seven calling circles, offering self-service functionality for half of its national prepaid customer base.

Orange Niger is utilizing capacity from satellite services provider Intelsat to expand its cellular network coverage in rural regions of Niger.

Russian mobile operator MegaFon and Ericsson have signed a seven year agreement to jointly develop MegaFon's infrastructure

Algerian VSAT operator Divona has selected Eutelsat Communications to consolidate its network connectivity offer to mobile telecom operators and enterprises.

NTT Group’s ICT branch NTT Comm has partnered with Filipino operator PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company) which will bring NTT Comm’s enterprise-grade infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution to PLDT’s enterprise customers.

Mobile solutions provider SLA Mobile has partnered with Telly, a firm which uses social media to provide users with video-on-demand recommendations.

Tigo Bolivia has launched a 4G high-speed internet service offering users up to 100 Mbps.

Claro’s Costa Rican unit has chosen Ericsson to supply its LTE network.

Mobile payments company Bango has launched one-click Direct Operator Billing for Samsung Galaxy Apps with Etisalat.

Algerie Telecom, Algeria’s state-owned operator, has appointed Nokia Networks to upgrade its transport network sites.

Big DataAnalytics solution provider Flyxt has announced a strategic tie up with Vodacom, Mozambique’s leading mobile network.

Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, has partnered with Finish smartphone company Jolla to launch a smartphone running Sailfish OS, an open source operating system formerly developed by Nokia as Meego.

Millicom has launched a low-cost mobile English language learning course called EduMe English in Rwanda.

Samsung Electronics West Africa is launching Celltick’s ‘Start’ based technology across its complete range of Android phones via the Samsung Apps Store.

Yemeni operator TeleYemen is expanding its agreement with Intelsat to provide additional support for its VSAT network within Yemen.

Romanian operators Romtelecom and Cosmote have signed a seven-year managed services agreement with Ericsson.

Zimbabwean operator Telecel has commenced laying its own optical fibre cable to provide more high capacity data provisioning for the network nationwide.

China Mobile’s subsidiary CMRI (China Mobile Research Institute) is collaborating with Agilent Technologies for the development of 5G wireless communication systems.

Filipino operator Globe Telecom is rolling out fuel cell systems that can provide back-up power solution in cell sites identified as most critical to ensure delivery of telecommunication services during crisis situations – particularly natural calamities.

Zain Saudi Arabia is upgrading and expanding its networks with agreements worth SAR (US $1.2 billion), as part of its Reload project.

The mobile payments company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor Pakistan are launching direct carrier billing in Pakistan.

Beeline Kazakhstan is upgrading its messaging infrastructure with the implementation of iAX Anti-Spam, Tango Telecom’s advanced messaging threat protection solution.

The Romanian and Slovakian units of Deutsche Telekom – Cosmote Romania and Slovak Telekom – have rolled out Jibe Mobile’s joyn service.

Malaysian infrastructure provider Sacofa is implementing Packet Transport Networking (PTN) solutions from Tejas Networks in Sarawak.

Zain Kuwait is transforming its operations support systems (OSS) to become more customer-centric.

Caribbean operator Wind Telecom has awarded ZTE a contract to build the Dominican Republic’s first 4G TD-LTE network.