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4G LTE services are to be deployed in three African countries following the extension of an agreement between Smile Telecoms and Alcatel-Lucent...

A major Jordanian operator is rolling out a cloud back-up service to its three million subscribers...

The latest model of Apple’s iPhone will be available through two of China’s largest operators by the end of the year...

A major carrier in Mozambique is expanding its microwave network...

A major operating group in Afghanistan is upgrading the quality of its network with a new managed service solution...

The world’s first free intercontinental incoming roaming service has been launched by Bharti Airtel across its African and South Asian operations...

A major wireless broadband provider in Zimbabwe has completed the deployment of its wireless broadband network...

Satellite service providers, carrier and Internet service providers across Africa will soon be able to provide connectivity through the continent’s first vendor-neutral satellite earth station...

South Africa’s market-leading operator has adopted a new solution as a service to maximise the optimisation of its growing 2G and 3G networks...

Subscribers of one the largest mobile operators in the Philippines will be able to access free mobile Internet following a new agreement...

It doesn’t matter if a provider is offering 3G or 4G – whatever device is being used, it needs to be able to connect to the network. As the demand for smartphones increases in developing markets, picking up a connection has become increasingly difficult...

One of Mexico’s largest operators is deploying an LTE network across the country...

One of Uganda’s leading operators is introducing a new Voice SMS service to the country...

A new bandwidth agreement will provide for high speed Internet connectivity to five of the islands in the southern group of the Cook Islands archipelago.

Russian operator MTS has announced a partnership with Microsoft to promote innovative mobile solutions...

South African operator Vodacom has tripled the number of LTE-enabled base stations in its network from just under 70 at launch a month ago to over 200 in Johannesburg...

Indian mobile users will soon have access to the country’s first ever mobile signature solution for legally binding digital transactions...

A leading Kuwaiti operator is migrating from manual billing to a new solution that will allow for wholesale billing management...

Mobile operators across the globe are being squeezed by decreasing revenues per user, and a seemingly insatiable demand by users for more data. To efficiently manage the rapidly growing increase in data traffic in their networks, mobile operators need to build and improve their infrastructure in a much smarter way than they have hitherto done. Telecoms expert Peter Karaszi take a look at some new infrastructural solutions that can help mobile operators do just that...

The global cost of copper has increased by nearly 285 per cent over the last nine years from £1260 a metric tonne in 2003 to around £4843 a metric tonne today. It’s a trend that looks set to continue, with global demand expected to rise by more than 40 per cent by 2020. Such hefty prices have become a perpetual concern for the global telecommunications industry, which traditionally uses copper wire and cabling for network grounding and transmission lines...

A new cloud-based mobile portal is being launched by a major Mexican operator...

Cloud computing offers many benefits for the Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise (SMME), including the ability to access the latest technology to optimise business efficiency, improved scalability and flexibility. On top of these is the advantage of moving this technology from a capital expense to an operational expense with a monthly bill for services instead of a large investment for technology infrastructure and software...

Operators across the Middle East and North Africa will be able to offer seamless LTE roaming services via an extension of IP exchange (IPX) services...

One of Russia’s largest operators has announced its plans to acquire a stake of over 25% in one of the country’s leading banks...

Mobile money transfers to Africa are to be facilitated by new remittance corridors into the region...

China Mobile has detailed its NFC rollout plans, with the launch scheduled for 2013 following an ongoing trial of the technology...

The term ‘cellular backhaul’ covers more now than it did two or three years ago, encompassing a far broader range of technologies  that have become more widespread, including internet services offered by digital devices as well as remote or maritime communications facilitated by small cells...

Kenya’s market-leading operator is overhauling its data traffic management with a new solution...

Two major Brazilian operators have selected the vendors that will provide equipment for their LTE networks...

In an industry that’s always looking forward to the newest developments, saying that a technology is ‘mature’ could be considered a slight. However, far from being outdated, some technologies simply need a bit of time to grow before they can flourish, and the prevalence of carrier Ethernet services shows that this technology has well and truly arrived. With an established set of standards and a raft of benefits to operators, Ethernet services are an increasingly attractive prospect for players in emerging markets...

South Africa’s first commercial 4G LTE services are now live...

Uganda was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to gain full internet connectivity...

A new fibre optic backbone network will aid Ghana’s Ministry of Communications administrating rural regions of the country...