Indonesia’s government has made a commitment to ensure telecommunications and broadband access for the country’s fast growing population of 267 million people.
The four mobile operators active in Myanmar are launching a collaborative campaign to raise awareness of possible pitfalls related to data usage.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has shut down almost 10,000 social media accounts for “spreading politically harmful information”.
Vodacom Mozambique has signed an agreement with Intelsat SA for a satellite solution to deliver 3G services to meet the growing data demand generated by the country’s tourism sector.
Ooredoo Myanmar and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have entered a two-year partnership undertaking joint activities to unlock the potential of digital technologies for the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on women and youth.
African tech player Mara has announced their newest product, the Maraphone – the first made-in-Africa, full-scale smartphone, soon to be manufactured in plants across Africa.
As Cape Town gears up to host AfricaCom 2018, here’s a quick reminder of what’s on offer and what you’ll be missing out on, if you have not yet registered to attend Africa’s leading technology, media and telecommunications event, taking place at the CTICC, Cape Town, 13 – 15 November 2018.
The annual AfricaCom Awards shortlist was released today. With an overwhelming number of excellent entries, the selection process has been even more challenging than previous years.
Thailand’s second largest operator group True Corp has extended its strategic convergence transformation engagement with Amdocs for ongoing development and support until end of 2021.
Emerging markets now make up the majority of the world's top ten smartphone markets.
In a recent financial stability review, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) noted that the $10 billion debt which Nigeria claims to be owed by MTN represents a risk to South Africa’s economy.
Tata Sons has stepped up to pay the lion’s share of Tata Teleservices INR100 billion ($1.4 billion) debt to the Indian government, despite Bharti Airtel being formally obliged to do so.
The Philippines is a step closer to a third operator after a consortium of four companies cleared the first stage of the selection process.
Nokia has signed three separate frame agreements worth a combined value of more than EUR 2 billion with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
CETel is set to deliver fibre-like connectivity into Africa via the medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation O3b.
Vodafone Romania has selected mobile carrier payment solutions provider RGK Mobile to deliver carrier billing services for its customers.
Orange has ramped up its legal action against local shareholders in Iraq Telecom, the joint venture that it set up in 2011 together with Kuwaiti conglomerate Agility.
According to recent statistics, over 4 billion people still lack internet access, or at best, a sufficiently reliable connection.
EdgeConneX has acquired the Linxdatacenter facility in Warsaw, Poland.
The government of Tanzania has claimed that Bharti Airtel’s proposed IPO of its African operations would be illegal as it was not consulted on the matter despite holding a 40% stake in Airtel Tanzania.
Hutchison 3 Indonesia has implemented Nokia's Spectral Performance Management solution to increase its network efficiency and boost customer experience.
Parallel Wireless has partnered with Ghana’s LTE network Telesol to connect citizens and businesses in Ghana with 4G wireless services.
After participating in Thailand’s latest 900MHz spectrum auction as the sole bidder, dtac has obtained a 10MHz block for THB38.06 billion ($1.15 billion).
MDXI has partnered with global IXP platform provider Asteroid to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for West Africa.
Bharti Airtel’s profit and revenue declined for another consecutive quarter in Q2, with its Indian sales and subscriber numbers falling.
Despite the various issues it faces in the country, Nigeria was a high earning market for MTN Group in its latest quarterly report.
Huawei has selected Zain Group as a strategic partner in deploying its cloud services in Kuwait and across the Middle East and North Africa region.
Indian state-owned operator BSNL has selected Nokia to support the transformation of cities through intelligent infrastructure.
Megaport and Orixcom have partnered to enable enterprises and carriers with facilities in the Middle East with direct access to leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).
In an effort to drum up greater interest in its upcoming 4G auction, Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) could significantly extend the payment period for winning bidders.
Six companies have pledged investment into Airtel Africa in a funding round which raised $1.25 billion for the operator.
SDN/NFV-as-a-Service aims to accelerate time to market for next-gen B2B services.
Research and Markets’ latest reports examine the Indian subcontinent, with India and Pakistan’s telecom industries in the spotlight.
Angola Cables has entered into a strategic business partnership with Silica Networks in Argentina and Silica Networks in Chile to connect their terrestrial fibre networks to the recently commissioned South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).
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