As a means of reducing its debt, Telefonica is reportedly aiming to sell a minority stake in its Colombian unit, with the IPO possibly on course for this year...

A major participant in the bidding race for Morocco’s market leader has dropped out...

Mobile use in South Africa has boomed in recent years— research from Nielsen showed that about 29 million South Africans are using mobile phones, compared to just five million people who use landlines. That growth is only expected to continue, which means that there’s a big opportunity for communications service providers hoping to break new ground and build relationships with new customers...

Joseph George, Director, Revenue Protection and Interconnect, MACH, explains why operators in emerging markets are increasingly opting for a managed service approach to interconnect billing...

After cancelling the auctions of wireless frequencies due to concerns that competition was too fierce, the Czech regulator CTU has revised the terms of the licensing process...

Mali became the first African nation to announce it will give its domains for free...

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.

Two major operators have formed a consortium in order to bid for a mobile licence in Myanmar...

Providing high-quality broadband to consumer and enterprise customers is a key issue in Africa that affects both fixed and mobile operators. Broadband will be the major growth area in Africa over the next five years – it is the fastest-growing segment in the region. Most of the growth will come from mobile broadband, as this is the major channel through which customers can access the Internet...

More and more people worldwide have access to high-speed Internet and devices capable of streaming videos; mobile phones have made it possible for consumers to access content wherever they go. With OTT streaming more popular than ever, the market is competitive...

Privately-run MVNOs have been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

One of the largest operators in India has seen a marked rise in data usage since joining forces with an over-the-top messaging provider...

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...

One of Kyrgyzstan’s leading commercial banks has signed a mobile banking deal with MFS specialist Mahindra Comviva...

The GSMA’s director general Anne Bouverot has stated that the Indian government should lower the reserve prices for spectrum blocks, suggesting that the auctions should not be viewed solely as “a means to raise short-term revenues”...

Over-the-top messaging and VoIP apps have been targeted by the Saudi Arabian regulator due to concerns that they are too difficult to monitor...

Subscribers of Brazilian operator Vivo will soon have access to a mobile payment solution that allows prepaid customers to top up their credit directly on their cellphone using PayPal...

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...

Off the back of last month’s Mobile World Congress, a key trend that I noticed emerging was the need for service providers to recognise that the client is becoming increasingly central to their operation...

In response to Chile's data traffic growth and increasing demand for mobile broadband coverage, a leading operator in the Latin American country has finalised its 4G supplier...

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has dealt a major blow to one of the country’s major operators, denying Vodafone permission to renew its 2G licences covering three major telecom circles...

The fog is lifting and the future of Cloud Computing for telecom companies is bright. And nowhere is Cloud’s potential impact on driving telecom business more relevant than in Africa...

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

Mexico’s lower house of Congress has approved a bill submitted by the country’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto, which outlines proposals for major reforms to Mexican telecom sector...

A Libyan operator is overhauling its operation and implementing a new revenue assurance system...

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

The leading telecom provider in the Philippines has landed a 400-kilometre submarine fibre optic cable in the western island province of Palawan...

The largest ICT company in Pakistan has signed a deal with satellite provider O3b to provide a full suite of services in Pakistan...

The Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has been banned from providing 3G services in seven of the country’s 22 telecom circles...

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...

Consumers in emerging markets are now able to roam internationally at local data rates rather than paying premium rates of their home operator...

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...

A mobile operator based in Somalia has commissioned satellite communications backbone infrastructure...