Wireless Networks

Three Baltic countries will soon have access to high quality mobile broadband, boasting superior data speeds and improved coverage...

Croatia’s first commercial LTE services are now available to subscribers in the cities of Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek and Split...

Thailand’s state-owned operator TOT is upgrading its 3G networks to HSPA+, which will improve mobile broadband services for its 7.2 million subscribers...

The volume of traffic traversing networks today is rising faster than revenues, sending operators’ revenue per bit spiraling downward. The really bad news, however, is that it doesn’t look like the situation is going to improve anytime soon...

India’s first 4G network is scheduled to go live later this month, with the market-leading operator Bharti Airtel launching services in Kolkata...

Remote and rural areas of the Congo will soon have access to GSM mobile and fixed telephony services via a new partnership. The pan-African satellite operator RascomStar QAF will deliver the services via its VSAT terminals in conjunction with IPX Extenso...

Kenyan market leader Safaricom is threatening to discontinue its involvement in the construction of an LTE network if the country’s government insists that the deployment uses the 2.6GHz frequency band...

South Africa’s first open and public peering facility with a national presence is now live, running from data centres in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban...

Mobile broadband boasting speeds of up to 100Mbps will soon be available in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is upgrading its nationwide GSM and 3G networks, as well as expanding its commercial 4G network...

A major Nigerian operator is deploying backhaul solutions across its network as part of a major expansion...

A new 3G mobile broadband network is launching in Ecuador to meet the rising demand for mobile broadband connectivity across the country...

A leading operator in Kenya is launching the country’s fastest mobile Internet network...

One of Kyrgyzstan’s leading operators is augmenting its 4G/LTE offering, allowing subscribers to broaden the use of their connections...

Movicel, Angola’s second largest mobile network operator with an estimated 2.5 million subscribers has announced it is launching Africa’s first commercial LTE network...

One of Latin America’s largest broadband access networks is launching in Mexico...

Rural regions in emerging markets have been predicted as the source of the next billion mobile connections...

A new collaboration is set to deliver superior broadband to several emerging markets including Pakistan, Jordan and the Philippines...

It’s obvious that operators would constantly be on the lookout for ways of increasing the fidelity of their coverage – but it’s equally obvious that the best coverage in the world couldn’t justify an enormous increase in expenditure. So, how to solve this conundrum? DT editor James Barton spoke to Frank Oehler of Ubidyne, who believes that the solution to the dilemma may lie in active antennae...

A new high-speed Wi-Fi service is launching in Burkina Faso...

Hungary’s first 4G-LTE mobile broadband service has launched in Budapest...

 The ongoing volatility of copper pricing has created a major concern for the telecommunications industry, in which telecoms operators traditionally use copper ground wire for network grounding and bonding. Rising copper prices negatively impact operating costs by increasing the price of wire and maintenance costs, as copper wire becomes an attractive target for thieves intent on stealing it for sale to recyclers, particularly in emerging markets...

Customers of Russia’s leading operator will soon enjoy new services, faster, more reliable connections and improved coverage with better network performance...

With the demand for data exploding across developed and emerging markets, operators need to find ways of facilitating delivery while keeping costs down. Content Delivery Networks are emerging as a viable means of doing this; with a correctly installed CDN, operators are able to increase access bandwidth in order to provide faster access to cached data...

A leading operator in Tanzania is modernising its GSM and 3G networks nationwide to improve performance and capacity, with the aim of providing more reliable, faster mobile broadband services...

Yota has launched the first commercial LTE network in Russia..

Poland’s leading mobile operator has improved its mobile broadband services with better indoor coverage and wider reach beyond the nation’s larger cities...

The Samoan Islands have passed a milestone with the launch of their first commercial 4G services...

 A new residential broadband service capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second has launched in Jamaica...

Connecting rural communities is a particular challenge in emerging markets, as infrastructure frequently does not extend into the more remote corners of the landscape. However, advances in backhauling mean that operators are now able to extend coverage to remote regions more efficiently and cost-effectively. DT editor James Barton spoke to Richard Beckley of hosted networks specialist Globecomm to find out how this change is coming about...

Wireless broadband services using 4G technology are now available in Brazil...

 Latin America’s first commercial 4G/LTE wireless network will be deployed in Uruguay...

One of the leading operators in Saudi Arabia is extending its LTE coverage to a further 5 cities across the Kingdom...

Telecom companies Yota and MegaFon have agreed on joint development of fourth generation LTE networks in Russia...