Vodafone Idea is shuttering both its m-Pesa operation and the Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank as it looks to forge partnerships in the financial technology sector.
For many developing countries, a lack of legacy architecture has proven to be a bonus rather than a disadvantage in terms of closing the digital gap. As the digital economy accelerates across much of Africa, investment is ploughed into fibre and mobile – but data centres can be overlooked, according to First Brick Holdings.
fonYou has launched a white-label solution for mobile carriers in Latin America to interact with and sell products to customers via Facebook Messenger.
In a surprise about-face, India’s Digital Communications Commission (DCC) has confirmed its support for the fines issued to Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea by the regulator TRAI.
Vodafone Idea has sustained a net loss for the third consecutive quarter following its fiscal Q1 for 2020.
Gilat Satellite Networks has gained approval to enter the operational phase of a three-region telecom project in Peru.
State-owned Russian vendor Rostec has begun developing 5G equipment and is seeking to commence production domestically via international partnerships.
Huawei’s H1 revenue growth has exceeded expectations given that the Chinese vendor was placed on a US trade blacklist in May.
CenturyLink and CBNL have partnered to extend the former’s global fibre footprint by making the latter’s portfolio of network services and managed solutions available to businesses across South America.
In a bid to reduce operating expenditure, TIM Brasil and Telefonica’s local unit Vivo are holding talks over a potential 2G & 4G infrastructure sharing agreement.
G-Core Labs is expanding its infrastructure in the Middle East by opening a new point of presence for its content delivery network in Tel Aviv.
Huawei has come under renewed scrutiny after The Washington Post reported that the company had a role in deploying and running a 3G network in North Korea, which would contravene US export restrictions.
BSS and IoT provider Nexign has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with Cairo-based, systems integrator Giza Systems.
Vodafone Ghana and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) have partnered with the GSMA to support the deployment of innovative mobile internet connectivity solutions for unconnected rural communities.
FVC has partnered with Avaya Holdings to help businesses across North, West, East, Central Africa and Egypt (NWECA) deliver customer experiences with UCC and cloud solutions.
Rwanda’s mobile industry has joined forces with the GSMA to drive mobile internet adoption and increase digital literacy in the country.
Tata Communications subsidiary TCTS (Tata Communications Transformation Services) has partnered with the Smart Africa Alliance to launch its pioneering Skill Africa Program.
Telenor has warned that an accounting error at its Bangladeshi unit Grameenphone has had a one-off but substantial impact on its Q2 earnings.
Israel’s Ministry of Communications has officially begun tendering 5G-ready spectrum, with a raft of incentives to encourage operators to bid.
CenturyLink has collaborated with Alphabet's Loon to deliver internet connectivity to tens of thousands of people cut off by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Peru.
Kyrgyzstan had implemented full competition across all segments of its telecoms sector over a decade ago, reports Research & Markets.
The INR30.5 billion ($445 million) penalty that TRAI has levied against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will not be reduced in size, the Indian regulator has confirmed.
Following the recent inauguration of their advanced Tier III AngoNAP data centre facility in Fortaleza, Brazil, Angola Cables has announced that it has launched Angola Cables Cloud Service to the African market.
Hot on the heels of Shanghai, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced that it aims to accelerate the pace of 5G deployment by rolling out 65,000 base stations by 2021.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened a public consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum in the in the 700MHz, 2300MHz and 2600MHz bands.
The most recent Mobile Number Portability (MNP) chart released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows 9mobile as gaining the highest ports-in consistently over the past year.
Telecom Cambodia has signed an infrastructure-sharing agreement with Viettel’s local unit Metfone that will see the operators start jointly trialling 5G this month.
Georgian telecoms provider MagtiCom has chosen Sicap's Cloud-based Device Management Centre (DMC) to replace its existing platform.
The island nation of Mauritius has long been a pioneer in the telecom sector, reports Research & Markets.
Shareholders in the Bulgarian operator Vivacom have confirmed that the unit is to be put up for sale.
Indonesian number three Indosat Ooredoo is looking to sell off 3000 towers in order to raise funds as it prepares for a pronounced increase in its capital expenditure.
Bhutan has long been isolated from the rest of the world - both in terms of its government and geography and particularly with regard to its telecommunications, reports Research & Markets.
Tuvalu Telecom has selected Cataleya to deliver cost-efficient, leading edge voice solutions to its widely dispersed customer base.
Huawei is reportedly prepared to invest as much as PLN3 billion ($789 million) into Poland across the next five years if it is able to provide 5G equipment without restrictions.
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