Indonesian operator 3 PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia (H3I) has partnered with net mobile AG to enable direct carrier billing for Windows apps purchases.
MTN Nigeria has acquired the CDMA operator Visafone after a protracted negotiation period.
China Unicom and China Telecom have signed a cooperation agreement to compete more effectively against market leader China Mobile.
So far, the digital economy has not been adequately monetised, says CSG’s Ian Watterson – but this has to change in 2016…
Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania has announced its seventh quarterly payment in a row of US$ 2.1 million to its 4.6 million Tigo Pesa users.
Airtel Kenya has announced a partnership with the National Bank of Kenya to roll out the bank’s mobile banking service via the Airtel Money service.
The Polish city of Rzeszow has launched an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) to enhance smart city capabilities...
Transmission for small cell access points and virtualisation in preparation for IoT will be high on the agenda in 2016, according to Intracom Telecom’s Alexandros Tarnaris…
The biggest game-changer for 2016? That’ll be NFV, according to Overture’s Prayson Pate…
Ifetel, the new Mexican telecoms regulator that replaced CoFeTel in 2015, will on January 29 launch a tender for a carrier's carrier LTE network.
Ocean Networks has appointed Natixis to act as exclusive equity and debt advisor for the South America Pacific Link (SAPL) fibre optic cable system project currently under way.
Seaborn Networks has raised the US$500 million financing for its Seabras-1 direct point-to-point submarine cable connection between New York and São Paulo.
International communications provider Ooredoo has announced the launch of its mobile money service, AsiaHawala, in Iraq, claiming to be the first mobile money provider to launch in the country.
2015 was a landmark year for mobile financial services. Throughout the year, we witnessed unprecedented growth in all areas of MFS...
A successful 2015 in the satellite communications (satcomms) world heralded hopes for further growth in areas where terrestrial networks – heavily reliant on cable and second-generation mobile – have been unable to keep pace with the population’s appetite.
Hard on the heals of its deal to acquire Cellcom Liberia, Orange is further strengthening its African portfolio by buying Airtel's operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.
The second-hand smartphone market will hit a value of US$17 billion worldwide, while one quarter of smartphone users will no longer make a traditional phone call in a given week, according to Deloitte.
Millicom has announced Tigo Paraguay is set to launch 4G/LTE commercial services and high speed internet on all enabled smartphones in March.
The customer experience is central to mobile networks, and throughout 2016 operators will continue to optimise their networks to meet this need, according to CellMining’s Assaf Aloni…
Orange has announced it has entered into an agreement with Cellcom Telecommunications Limited to acquire, through its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Cellcom Liberia, the leading mobile operator in the West African country.
A legal suit brought by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) against the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licence awarded to Equity Bank in 2014 has been dismissed.
Cloud traffic in the Middle East and Africa will quadruple by 2019, according to the Cisco Cloud Index. Personal cloud storage, public cloud services, denser private cloud workloads and the Internet of Everything (IoE) are among the key drivers of growth.
Plugging gaps in connectivity to connect the unconnected has long been a challenge for emerging markets. WTL’s Simon Pearson suggests how this might be addressed in 2016…
2016 might be the year that Big Data gets smaller – and smarter, according to Tecnotree’s Timo Ahomäki...
West Africa’s leading telecoms and network services provider MainOne has announced the completion and launch of the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) connecting Lagos, Nigeria and Kribi, Cameroun.
There is a “sweeping trend” across the world towards OTT television consumption on mobile devices, which are now the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content.
The unstoppable march of smartphone adoption will lead to massive increases in data traffic in 2016. Nokia's Aji Ed explains which technologies will help to address this issue...
With competition set to increase in 2016 across many emerging markets, differentiating offerings via customer experience and billing will become ever more important, as LogNet’s Kirill Rechter notes…
Lebanese market leader Touch has expanded its use of Astellia’s 2G and 3G monitoring solution to its 4G network.
A major trend in emerging markets is the transfer of tower assets from leading mobile operators to independent tower companies. TowerXchange’s Kieron Osmotherly explains how this will continue in 2016…
Using G.fast technology, Cable & Wireless Panama in partnership with Huawei have successfully trialled the fastest copper-based broadband service in Latin America.
The advent of cross-border remittance services demonstrates that mobile money will continue to play a crucial role in emerging markets in 2016, according to WorldRemit...
Indian operator Tata Docomo has partnered with Syniverse to enable subscribers to manage their mobile expenses.
According to WIT Software, rich communications systems are set to gain traction in emerging markets in 2016 – and Google’s entry into the space will be a major factor...
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