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The growing uptake of smartphones and new social networking approaches to handling voicemail and SMS could help MNOs complete more calls and boost ARPUs, says Einar Lindquist, CEO of Teligent Telecom, in this bylined article...

The Malaysian operator Maxis Berhad is overhauling its core transmission network with the deployment of a 100 gigabit per second (100G) optical coherent network solution, provided by Alcatel-Lucent...

The success of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service has been underlined by the revelation that the service is now the country’s single largest source of revenue for its owner, Vodafone...

A Lebanese Internet service provider is deploying a new solution in an attempt to circumvent the region’s high bandwidth costs...

A new payment solution which allows customers to purchase SIM cards, top up pre-paid phones and pay bills is launching across the Middle East and Africa...

The acquisition of Motorola by Google took the tech industry by surprise, and the deal’s ramifications will doubtless be felt going forward. Already, theories are flying round regarding the motivation behind the deal, and the steps that competitors may take to accommodate the acquisition...

The first cable network to provide service to North Africa using 40G technology has gone live...

A new device launching across South Africa will provide users with high speed mobile internet without the need for an inflexible contract...

One of Vietnam’s leading mobile operators is optimising its mobile broadband traffic via a new solution provided by Ericsson...

Tunisia’s largest operator is implementing a new solution to reduce costs, boost revenues and optimise cash flow...

DT editor James Barton recently spoke to Charles Green, CEO of Helios Towers Africa, about starting out providing infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially a hostile environment, the infrastructure market is undergoing massive growth, with more investment likely in the near future...

The Indian regulator TRAI has unveiled a consultation document focused on the country’s VAS market, acknowledging that mobile phone services “have moved beyond their fundamental role of voice communications to a range of value added services"...

Payment services based on near field communication (NFC) technology will be made available in Hungary via an agreement between the country’s three mobile operators, who will work together to develop NFC infrastructure...

A leading Vietnamese operator has deployed a distributed antenna system to provide mobile services in Ho Chi Minh City...

A new joint venture has been created by two Polish operators as a means of sharing their radio access networks. PTK Centertel (owned by Orange) and PTC (T-Mobile) will each hold 50% of the new operation, NetWorkS!

A new agreement between solutions providers and music labels in Bangladesh will initiate a new wave of mobile content across the country...

Preparations for the upcoming launch of the Arabsat 5C satellite have been finalised by Central European Telecom Services (CETel Group)...

Devices supporting China Unicom’s Wophone platform are reportedly ready for launch...

Several major music labels have pledged their support for a new mobile music download service launching in South Africa...

The solutions provider Turkcell Technology – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkish market leader Turkcell – is launching a new solution which enables mobile network operators to identify and predict real-time business opportunities and improve customer satisfaction with new and innovative location-based services...

Nigeria’s first open access fibre optic backbone network will consist of 14,000km of fibre optic network linked through regional network owners to enable advanced communications to all regions of the country...

A leading Filipino operator has is set to transition its international interconnects from circuit-switched to IP connections...

A new joint venture has been announced by the Japanese operator NTT Docomo and the Chinese search engine provider Baidu...

Latin America’s fastest broadband network is being launched by the Chilean market leader Entel. Based on HSPA Evolution technology from Ericsson, the network will allow peak data rates of 42Mbps...

Subscribers in six Chinese provinces will soon have access to a number of multimedia services, including IP-based voice, video and web services...

Unconnected areas of China will soon be served by an ambitious state of the art fibre optic broadband access network...

A Bulgarian Internet Service Provider is now offering its customers higher bandwidth along with high-quality data services such as IPTV...

TD-LTE (4G) trial networks are currently being tested in China by Nokia Siemens Networks for the market leader China Mobile...

Rumours have resurfaced that the Chinese search engine provider Baidu is preparing to launch an Android-based mobile platform...

Latin American operator Telefonica is launching its mobile financial services offering – and has declared that it will avoid the pitfalls that affected early mobile money deployments in Africa and Asia...

A mobile number portability trial in China has seen disappointing results, with just 50,000 subscribers switching successfully between operators during the six-month pilot scheme...

A new centre dedicated to renewable energy is to be built in South Africa by Vodacom, a subsidiary of Vodafone...

Since its launch in April 2008, handset provider Mi-Fone has been catering to mass market sectors in emerging markets, providing affordable handsets with in-demand functionality – and all the while making sure to invest back into the markets that have made it profitable. Developing Telecoms editor James Barton recently had the opportunity to catch up with Alpesh Patel, founder and CEO of Mi-Fone...