Brazil’s largest operator, the Telefonica subsidiary Vivo, has selected Ceragon as its wireless backhaul partner for the next phase of its nationwide LTE network...
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A new deal in India will facilitate mobile payments services for customers of the country’s largest private sector bank...
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The future of network validation and optimisation is in the lab. Think about the plane industry: 100 years ago no one was using flight simulators to build and fly planes. Try for a minute to imagine the A380 being commercialised without going through intensive flight simulation. Would you board that plane?
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Indonesian enterprise service provider Lintasarta has selected Adtran’s broadband platform for a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service rollout which will reach most of the businesses in the country.
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A significant infrastructure deal has been agreed in Tanzania between the national subsidiaries of independent telecom towers company Helios Towers Africa and operator Vodacom...
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Only three regions—Latin America, Middle East, and Africa—will see a mobile internet service revenue double-digit CAGR between 2013 and 2018, according to ABI Research. This is underpinned by the strong per subscription data consumption increasing at CAGRs of 45-49%.
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are one of the most widely used enterprise software solutions in the world, and in recent years vendors have developed scalable solutions for the mid-market as well as for Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), which have become known as ‘flavours’ of ERP. ERP solutions are undoubtedly powerful and include a host of features and functionality, and yet many organisations fail to leverage significant business value from their investment.
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Tier one mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) Sisteer has launched a new MVNO named Buzz Me on Malaysia’s U Mobile network...
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T-Mobile Poland is introducing cloud services across the country using a software package provided by Comarch...
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Chinese number two China Unicom has confirmed a partnership to promote an OTT messaging app...
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An experimental cellular network has been successfully deployed in Southern Zambia by Range Networks...
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A leading operator in Iraq is preparing to launch high-speed mobile broadband via a network expansion which will also improve coverage and call quality...
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The cost of powering infrastructure is perhaps the biggest bugbear of every telecoms provider. Green energy is an attractive alternative as it provides huge savings on fuel – but the actual practicalities of installation and maintenance often deter operators.
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It is well known that mobile networks are ‘leapfrogging’ established networks in emerging markets. Take-up of mobile voice and, more recently, mobile broadband quickly overtook that of fixed services among citizens of most emerging countries because of the added convenience, and lower deployment costs, of mobile networks.
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The Philippines’ market leader PLDT has deployed solutions from network specialist Ciena across its global network footprint...
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The two operators that won telecom licences in Myanmar have unveiled their pricing plans and deployment goals for the near-term future...
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Gilat Satcom has revealed a raft of new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa...
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The market for enterprise M2M solutions is growing, supported by rapid global adoption of mobile broadband needed for wireless M2M applications...
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Orange is launching a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called "Orange Money International Transfer". The offer is available between Mali, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire...
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Internet Solutions (IS) has boosted its capabilities and reach into West Africa by connecting Namibia (through its local implementation partner, ITN) and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS)...
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A major Central European operator has selected Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions to upgrade its international network to 100G...
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The Long Term Evolution (LTE) market continues to grow rapidly. Analyst IHS iSuppli is predicting that the number of LTE users worldwide will hit 198.1 million in 2013 before surging to 1 billion users in 2016.
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Alcatel-Lucent and Surfline Communications Ltd today announced the first commercial deployment of a 4G LTE network in Ghana and, more generally, in Western and Central Africa...
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China Unicom has signed up to the Ubuntu Carrier Advisor Group, providing a welcome lift to the nascent platform. Unicom is China’s number two operator with over 250 million subscribers...
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Emerging markets have long been pioneers in terms of mobile money. While adoption has more widespread in certain markets, across the sector there is a lot of interest in mobile money offerings from operators, financial institutions and regulators.
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O3b Networks and RCS Communication have agreed a long-term capacity deal which will see O3b providing high-speed, low-latency capacity in the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan...
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A NFC-based mobile payments system will be launched in Hungary in early 2014 by all three of the country’s major mobile operators...
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High speed mobile data services are now available for the first time in St. Lucia via Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) subsidiary LIME St. Lucia...
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South African local Internet Service Provider (ISP) XDSL has secured a direct link to the West African Cable System (WACS) via Telehouse in London...
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The leading telecoms provider in the Philippines has signed a global IP transit service agreement with TeliaSonera International Carrier...
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Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy FDD LTE for Russian operator MTS during the third quarter of 2013...
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Nokia has released three new high-performing handsets which are being pitched as the firm’s most affordable 3G devices yet...
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African wholesale carrier Liquid Telecom has selected optical transport equipment vendor Ekinops to supply long-haul DWDM technology for its network across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia...
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The SJC Parties have announced that the Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system is now operational...

