Wireless Networks

UAE-based operator du is boosting the speed and capacity of its 100G coherent optical transport network...

Qatar’s market leader has launched its LTE network, with 4G services now available via mifi and dongle devices...

The beehive of activity in large metropolitan cities like London or New York provides an obvious stage for network augmentation through innovations like small cells.

Vodacom has become the first network in South Africa to offer LTE services to all its customers, having been the first operator to launch commercial LTE services in South Africa in October last year...

The Bahamas are playing host to one of the region’s main athletics meetings over the Easter weekend, prompting one of the country’s major telecoms providers to enhance its mobile data network ahead of an expected surge in usage...

An Iraqi network operator is now providing international connectivity and local access to enterprise locations globally...

The leading telecommunications provider in Indonesia has entered into an agreement to build a content delivery network. 

While mobile operators worldwide race to rollout next-generation services, perhaps the greatest pace of change can be seen in Africa.  Africa already has about 644 million mobile subscribers (approximately 11% of the global total) and 4G deployments are quickly gaining momentum, with 11 million customers predicted by 2015...

The leading telecom operator in Kuwait is upgrading its network to meet growing demand for 3G services...

Soaring demand for mobile broadband in the Middle East has prompted a partnership between two specialists aimed at providing multi-gigabit backhaul to metro and dense urban areas...

One of the largest service providers across Latin America is extending its wireless backhaul program to Mexico following success in three other markets in the region...

A new nationwide DWDM network has been commissioned by a leading ISP in Iraq...

A major telecom provider in Bosnia and Herzegovina is upgrading its network to provide 3G mobile broadband access across the northern and eastern parts of the country...

Mobile backhaul ensures IP connectivity all the way through the network enabling continued running of 2G and 3G networks and future LTE services...

With a population of 67 million, Thailand has a mobile uptake rate of more than 120%, and on average its internet users are among the world’s youngest – almost half are between ages 15 and 24, and three-quarters are under 35...

A major Mongolian Internet service provider has launched the country’s largest Wi-Fi access network in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar...

Brazil’s first 100G network has gone live. Deployed by Telefonica’s Vivo, the country’s first active 100G network uses architecture from network specialist Ciena to connect native 100GbE channels to the DWDM system, providing unprecedented speeds for outbound international traffic...

Cellular phone usage has grown exponentially, and with the increased popularity of smartphones that can access the Internet and social media, which requires connectivity, mobile operators are finding themselves increasingly unable to cope with the sheer volumes of data traffic...

Thailand's third largest mobile operator by market share has announced it will bypass 3G and launch an LTE network by April 2013 in Bangkok...

Telecom Namibia Group has awarded a USD46million contract to the Chinese vendor ZTE to build a unified mobile network to provide 2G/3G/4G mobile services and converged IP fixed/mobile applications...

One of the largest telecom providers in the Philippines has modernised its wireline infrastructure in key central and southern regions of the country...

Latin America looks to be well on the way to joining the Asia-Pacific region in designating the 700MHz band as the standard for offering LTE services, with Brazil and Chile both opting to use the frequency...

Two rural Colombian networks will soon offer data, video and voice services via carrier-grade Wi-Fi...

The third largest operator in India has awarded two contracts, each worth $1 billion, to two of the world’s largest vendors...

The market-leading operator in the Czech Republic has selected the supplier for its LTE network...

Sixteen countries across West and Central Africa now have access to a range of broadband Internet service packages which are available everywhere - from the most densely-populated urban areas to the most sparsely-populated rural locations...

One of the leading operators in Malaysia is bringing 3G services to remote areas across the country...

Internet enabled devices are becoming more and more popular in all markets, but not all operators are seeing cellular data usage or revenues rise in line with this growth. Feature phones hide rarely used web technology, and smartphones are often used over WiFi networks only. As competition forces voice and SMS revenues to decline, smart operators are aware that a huge revenue stream is about to open up for them once they convince consumers to embrace mobile data...

Russia’s leading mobile operator is enabling 100G services with a new platform...

A major Mexican operator is optimising its 2G and 3G networks to improve the quality and capacity of its voice and data service...

One of the largest operators in Niger has installed a wireless ‘fronthaul’ solution, providing a connection between the base station and the network antenna through a wireless link...

Civil unrest following disputed presidential elections led to a contraction of Cote d'Ivoire's economy in 2011, but GDP growth is expected to rebound to 8% in 2012 with a stable outlook...

Rising smartphone ownership in Africa is driving demand for high-bandwidth mobile data services such as video calling and online gaming...