India’s government is looking to launch 5G services across the country by 2022, according to telecoms secretary Aruna Sundararajan.
MTN Group has seen its H1 net profit drop by 5% year-on-year despite growth in several of its African markets, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
Bulgarian operator Vivacom is extending its contract with Ericsson to deploy 4G Voice service and Wi-Fi calling.
NII Holdings’ impending sale of its Nextel Brazil unit has reportedly attracted the attention of some major Latin American players, including America Movil, Telecom Italia and Telefonica.
A mobile wallet pilot project is being launched in Colombia by a collaboration between state-run Banco Agrario, mobile operator Telefonica Colombia, and mobility firm Comviva.
MTN Group has signed an agreement with Flytxt to automate both inbound and outbound marketing across its entire network of more than 217 million subscribers.
With the continued evolution of satellite technology, the world is becoming an increasingly smaller place. Areas that were once impossible to reach – cargo ships in the middle of the Pacific or airplanes flying at 35,000 feet – can now stay connected 24/7.
The Kenyan regulator’s report into improving competition in Kenya has had its findings savaged by Bob Collymore, CEO of the market’s most dominant operator Safaricom.
The role that 5G technology will play in the Indian market is the subject of a new report from Research and Markets.
India’s Supreme Court has cleared Reliance Communications to sell off assets worth INR250 billion ($3.63 billion) after it resolved a legal spat with Ericsson with a settlement of INR5.5 billion ($80.06 million).
The government of Colombia is looking to sell its 32.5% stake in Telefonica’s local unit Coltel for COP2.3 trillion ($791 million).
Gilat Satellite Networks has partnered with satellite firm Hispasat to commercialise the latter’s Ka band satellite capacity over Brazil.
China Tower’s IPO has raised $6.9 billion, making it the most valuable offering globally since 2016.
Indian number three Idea Cellular has posted a profit for its fiscal Q1 despite falling revenue and ARPU.
Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has proposed making more than 8,500MHz of spectrum available across nine bands when the country holds its next spectrum auctions.
Huawei’s Q2 smartphone shipments increased by 41%, meaning that the Chinese device manufacturer has surpassed Apple to take second place in the global smartphone market with a share of 15.5%.
MTN has stalled its plans to invest $750 million in Iran in the face of possible US sanctions on the market.
The European Commission (EC) has approved the acquisition by the investment group PPF of four Telenor subsidiaries serving CEE (Central and Eastern Europe).
Russian operator MTS has taken legal action against the state of Turkmenistan in an attempt to recoup funds that it invested in the market prior to its “forced” suspension of operations last year.
Bharti Airtel saw its Q1 profits fall steeply following “sustained pricing pressure” in the Indian mobile market.
Millicom has headed off a legal challenge claiming that the operator was not the full owner of its subsidiary Tigo Tanzania.
ip.access has announced a collaboration with Blue Arcus Technologies to improve satellite backhaul for rural deployments.
Indian mobile wallet provider Paytm is at the heart of a fierce industry dispute after the country’s government considered revising its recent data storage regulations after being lobbied by US-based digital payment companies.
Sky and Space Global is holding discussions with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) about the use of its novel nano-satellite technology in the region.
P4 (Play) has selected Ericsson as an additional partner to expand its radio access network in Poland, based on Ericsson Radio System.
In an effort to combat the spread of fake news, WhatsApp is implementing restrictions on forwarding messages to groups.
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have completed a payment of INR73 billion ($1 billion) to the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which will enable the companies to complete their merger.
MTN Nigeria is using Nokia’s Customer Experience Management (CEM) solution to improve the overall experience of its 52 million customers.
Thailand’s CAT Telecom has selected Actility’s ThingPark Wireless LPWA connectivity platform to power a national IoT communication network rollout across the country.
Supported by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, the combined telecom and pay-TV service revenue in Malaysia is poised to grow at a CAGR of 2.4% over the forecast period 2017-2022.
Ten investors have pledged funding to the tune of $1.4 billion for China Tower as the infrastructure company lines up its listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Russian mobile operators could be forced to raise their tariffs by as much as 10% following the introduction of new legislation that requires them to store user data for up to six months.
Bank BRI, the state-owned largest bank in Indonesia, is deploying the Jupiter System from Hughes Network Systems via its satellite BRIsat, which covers Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Filipino operator Globe Telecom has partnered with Nuage Networks from Nokia to provide a nationwide SD-WAN service to both large enterprise customers and SMBs.
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