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MTN Uganda looks to boost local shareholding in the face of executive arrests

MTN Uganda looks to boost local shareholding after arrests

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James Barton
Category: Operators
25 January 2019
7552 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Uganda
  • MTN
  • MTN Uganda
  • Shareholding
  • Local Ownership

MTN Uganda is considering selling an undisclosed amount of shares to the country’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) as part of a drive to increase local ownership.

Digicel taps Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration for CEM

Digicel taps Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration for CEM

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
24 January 2019
5989 views
  • Latin America
  • Caribbean
  • Customer Experience
  • Digicel
  • Incognito Systems

Digicel Group is leveraging the Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration solution to automate the provisioning, activation, and diagnostics of multi-play fibre services.

Thailand refuses to delay 700MHz auctions

Thailand refuses to delay 700MHz auctions

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
24 January 2019
6441 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • NBTC
  • True Move
  • 700MHz Spectrum

Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has shot down a proposal to reschedule its upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction from May to December.

Tanzanian regulator receives control of monitoring system from Global Voice Group

Tanzanian regulator receives control of monitoring system from Global Voice Group

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
24 January 2019
7028 views
  • Regulation
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Traffic Monitoring
  • Global Voice Group

Global Voice Group has transferred its Telecom Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS) to the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority in an official ceremony.

Liberty Latin America abandons acquisition talks with Millicom

Liberty Latin America abandons acquisition talks with Millicom

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James Barton
Category: Operators
23 January 2019
9433 views
  • Latin America
  • Acquisitions
  • Millicom
  • Liberty Latin America

Liberty Latin America has walked away from its discussions with Millicom over a possible acquisition.

Vodafone Idea looks to extend spectrum payment deadline as Jio reports profits

Vodafone Idea seeks payment moratorium as Jio reports profits

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James Barton
Category: Operators
23 January 2019
6650 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Quarterly Earnings
  • Spectrum Fees
  • Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea is looking to procure a two-year moratorium to pay off its spectrum fees as it faces mounting debt and falling profits.

US to file extradition request for Huawei CFO before deadline

US to file extradition request for Huawei CFO before deadline

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
23 January 2019
6264 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Iran
  • Trade Sanctions
  • Extradition

The government of the US is set to launch a formal request to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou from Canada.

PLDT lends support to Philippines infrastructure deployment plan

PLDT lends support to Philippines infrastructure deployment plan

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James Barton
Category: Operators
23 January 2019
6912 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Towers
  • Infrastructure
  • PLDT
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • Smart Communications
  • Edotco

PLDT has stated that it would support a government plan to open the Philippines’ telecoms sector up to independent companies in order to increase the spread of base stations.

Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled that the country’s mobile operators must restore internet services following a week-long nationwide shutdown ordered by the government.

Zimbabwe High Court orders resumption of internet services

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James Barton
Category: Operators
23 January 2019
6114 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Social Media
  • Zimbabwe
  • Telecel
  • Econet Wireless
  • Internet Access
  • NetOne
  • Service Outages

Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled that the country’s mobile operators must restore internet services following a week-long nationwide shutdown ordered by the government.

Vodafone Idea hit with bill for cutting tower tenancies

Vodafone Idea hit with bill for cutting tower tenancies

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James Barton
Category: Operators
21 January 2019
6505 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Towers
  • India
  • Bharti Infratel
  • Indus Towers
  • Vodafone Idea

Indian tower firms Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers claim that Vodafone Idea owes them INR45 billion ($632 million) for vacating slots on their towers before its lease had expired.

Tongan fibre-optic cable outage relieved by satellite

Tongan fibre-optic cable outage relieved by satellite

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
21 January 2019
6091 views
  • Satellite
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Submarine Cable
  • Satellite Broadband
  • Tonga
  • Kacific
  • Tonga Cable

Since 8:30pm yesterday evening (Sunday 20th January) Tonga Cable has been suffering an outage in the submarine cable network that connects the island nation to the outside world, plunging the island nation into digital isolation.

OTE on track to sell up in Albania and Romania

OTE on track to sell up in Albania and Romania

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James Barton
Category: Operators
18 January 2019
11474 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Acquisitions
  • OTE
  • Romania
  • Albania

Hot on the heels of reaching a deal to sell its Albanian operations, OTE Group is reportedly now discussing a sale of its majority stake in Telekom Romania to a consortium of investors.

IX Reach partners with AMS-IX for broader connectivity in India

IX Reach partners with AMS-IX for broader connectivity in India

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James Barton
Category: Data Centres & Networks
18 January 2019
5971 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • IP Exchange
  • Peering
  • AMS-IX
  • IX Reach

IX Reach is expanding its partnership with AMS-IX into India to bring robust and resilient connectivity into AMS-IX’s Internet Exchange in Mumbai.

US launches fresh Huawei investigation over trade secrets

US launches fresh Huawei investigation over trade secrets

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
17 January 2019
6604 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • ZTE
  • Huawei
  • Trade Sanctions
  • Embargoes

Huawei faces renewed pressure from the US after prosecutors opened another investigation against the vendor alleging that it stole trade secrets from other companies.

Telefonica looking to sell Central American stakes for €530 million

Telefonica looking to sell Central American stakes for €530 million

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James Barton
Category: Operators
17 January 2019
10374 views
  • Latin America
  • Telefonica
  • Acquisitions
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • America Movil
  • Movistar

Telefonica is seeking to bring in as much as €530 million by selling off majority stakes in two of its Movistar units in Central America.

True Move opts out of 700MHz auction

True Move opts out of 700MHz auction

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James Barton
Category: Operators
17 January 2019
7607 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • NBTC
  • True Move
  • 5G
  • 700MHz Spectrum

Thailand’s True Move has stated that it does not intend to bid in this year’s upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction.

Ooredoo Palestine extends support deal with Optiva

Ooredoo Palestine extends support deal with Optiva

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
16 January 2019
10309 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Palestine

Ooredoo Palestine has upgraded and expanded its multi-year software and support agreement with Optiva Inc.

Liberty Latin America proposes Millicom acquisition

Liberty Latin America proposes Millicom acquisition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
16 January 2019
10847 views
  • Latin America
  • Acquisitions
  • Caribbean
  • Millicom
  • Subsea Cable
  • Liberty Latin America

Liberty Latin America is currently in discussions over a possible acquisition of Millicom, which has extensive operations in the region.

Konnect Africa bringing High-Speed Satellite Internet to Côte d'Ivoire

Konnect Africa bringing High-Speed Satellite Internet to Côte d'Ivoire

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
16 January 2019
6793 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Satellite Broadband
  • Eutelsat
  • Konnect Africa

Eutelsat initiative Konnect Africa has launched Internet access offers in Côte d'Ivoire.

Helios Towers and Vulatel partner for 5G in South Africa

Helios Towers and Vulatel partner for 5G in South Africa

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
16 January 2019
7084 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • South Africa
  • Helios Towers
  • 5G

Helios Towers is preparing for the advent of 5G in South Africa by partnering with local networks specialist Vulatel to deploy open access wireless and fixed line infrastructure across the country.

Samsung looks to reassert itself in India with affordable smartphones

Samsung looks to reassert itself in India with affordable smartphones

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
15 January 2019
6336 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Smartphones
  • Xiaomi
  • Samsung

Samsung is looking to regain the ground it has lost in India to Chinese device makers with a range of low-cost smartphones.

NCC enacting 9mobile damage control

NCC enacting 9mobile damage control

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James Barton
Category: Operators
15 January 2019
6810 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Nigeria
  • NCC
  • 9mobile
  • Teleology Holdings

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun implementing measures to prevent service disruption of 9mobile amid reports that Teleology Holdings could abandon its acquisition deal of the beleaguered operator.

Versa Networks and BringCom deploying SD-WAN Services in East and West Africa

Versa Networks and BringCom deploying SD-WAN Services in East and West Africa

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
15 January 2019
5735 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cloud
  • BringCom
  • SD-WAN
  • Versa Networks

Versa Networks and BringCom Incorporated are deploying a joint solution to deliver Versa’s best-in-class SD-WAN capabilities to BringCom’s telecom managed service providers and SaaS platform operators in East and West Africa.

Huawei founder briefs press over security concerns

Huawei founder briefs press over security concerns

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
15 January 2019
6186 views
  • Security
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • 5G

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has taken the uncommon step of briefing the media in response to the recent focus on the security of the company’s products and its relationship with the Chinese government.

Bharti to boost government’s stake in Airtel Tanzania

Bharti to boost government’s stake in Airtel Tanzania

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James Barton
Category: Operators
15 January 2019
8541 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Telkom Kenya
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Airtel Tanzania
  • Ownership Structures

Bharti Airtel will sell some of its shares in its Tanzanian business to the country’s government to settle an ownership dispute and pave the way for a potential merger with Telkom Kenya.

Dtac and CAT settle majority of concession disputes

Dtac and CAT settle majority of concession disputes

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James Barton
Category: Operators
14 January 2019
8062 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • CAT Telecom
  • Thailand
  • DTAC
  • Interconnection Charges
  • Concessions

Thai operator dtac will pay state-owned CAT Telecom THB9.51 billion ($296 million) in a settlement that resolves most of the legal disputes that arose during their 27-year concession arrangement.

Huawei employee arrested in Poland over alleged spying

Huawei sacks employee arrested in Poland over alleged spying

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
14 January 2019
10875 views
  • Security
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Huawei
  • Poland
  • Reuters
  • Espionage
  • Orange Polska

A Huawei employee arrested by Polish security services - together with a Polish security official - over allegations of spying has been fired by the Chinese vendor.

Oi settles legal dispute with Pharol

Oi settles legal dispute with Pharol

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James Barton
Category: Operators
10 January 2019
9097 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Oi
  • Restructuring
  • Bankruptcy

Brazil’s Oi has resolved its legal clash with shareholder Bratel and will now look to restructure, having initially requested bankruptcy protection in June 2016.

Telekom Srbija stake sale off the agenda for 2019

Telekom Srbija stake sale off the agenda for 2019

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James Barton
Category: Operators
10 January 2019
7957 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Acquisitions
  • Serbia
  • Telekom Srbija

Telekom Srbija is unlikely to be privatised in 2019 despite investors registering their interest, according to Serbia’s minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.

Following the arrest of Huawei’s CFO in Canada last month, new documents released by Reuters indicate that the Chinese vendor has closer ties than previously thought with two companies under investigation by the US Department of Justice.

Huawei accused of Iran ties in newly surfaced documents

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
10 January 2019
10239 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Iran
  • Reuters
  • Skycom Tech

Following the arrest of Huawei’s CFO in Canada last month, new documents released by Reuters indicate that the Chinese vendor has closer ties than previously thought with two companies under investigation by the US Department of Justice.

Teleology may scrap 9mobile acquisition amid board bust-up

Teleology may scrap 9mobile acquisition amid board bust-up

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James Barton
Category: Operators
09 January 2019
8552 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Nigeria
  • Smile Telecoms
  • NCC
  • 9mobile
  • Central Bank of Nigeria
  • Teleology Holdings

Teleology Holdings could yet abandon its hard-won acquisition of Nigeria’s 9mobile following reports that the operator’s management has shot down the buyer’s turnaround plan.

RCom pays Ericsson $18.6M upfront ahead of settlement

RCom pays Ericsson $18.6M upfront ahead of settlement

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James Barton
Category: Operators
08 January 2019
9327 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Ericsson
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • RCom
  • Reliance Communications
  • Spectrum Charges

Reliance Communications (RCom) has paid Ericsson INR1.31 billion ($18.6 million) in what will doubtless be seen as an attempt to placate the Swedish vendor in the face of renewed legal action against RCom chairman Anil Ambani.

Philippines confirms private interest in tower venture

Philippines confirms private interest in tower venture

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
08 January 2019
6775 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Towers
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • Smart Communications
  • Mislatel

The government of the Philippines has confirmed that at least four companies have expressed an interest in forming a tower sharing venture to boost base station deployment in the archipelago.

MTS begins dismantling Turkmenistan network

MTS begins dismantling Turkmenistan network

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James Barton
Category: Operators
07 January 2019
7307 views
  • Central South Asia
  • MTS
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turkmentelekom
  • TMCell

Russia’s MTS has begun the deconstruction of its network infrastructure in Turkmenistan after failing to reach a settlement with the country’s authorities.

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