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Etisalat and Hutchison merging Sri Lankan units

Etisalat and Hutchison merging Sri Lankan units

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James Barton
Category: Operators
27 April 2018
9507 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Etisalat
  • Mergers
  • Sri Lanka
  • CK Hutchison

Etisalat and CK Hutchison are merging their operations in Sri Lanka to improve their services in the market.

Indus Towers merging with Airtel’s tower unit

Indus Towers merging with Airtel’s tower unit

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James Barton
Category: Operators
26 April 2018
9206 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Towers
  • India
  • Infrastructure
  • Mergers
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Bharti Infratel
  • Indus Towers

Bharti Airtel is set to combine its towers unit Bharti Infratel with the operations of Indus Towers.

America Movil Implements Flytxt Customer Engagement Solution in Six Lat Am Countries

America Movil Implements Flytxt Customer Engagement Solution in Six Lat Am Countries

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
26 April 2018
9353 views
  • Latin America
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Analytics
  • America Movil
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Flytxt

America Movil Group has gone live with Flytxt’s flagship analytics and marketing automation product in six markets in Central America.

Nokia, Ooredoo sign MoU to further enhance network quality and customer experience in Myanmar

Nokia, Ooredoo Enhance Network Quality in Myanmar

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
25 April 2018
10842 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Myanmar
  • Network Optimisation
  • Nokia
  • Customer Experience
  • Ooredoo Myanmar
  • Network Analytics

Nokia and Ooredoo Myanmar have expanded their five-year partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a program which will further enhance the quality of network experience for Ooredoo’s customers.

Airtel’s Telenor acquisition under threat from looming bankruptcy

Airtel’s Telenor acquisition under threat from looming bankruptcy

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James Barton
Category: Operators
24 April 2018
10516 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Acquisitions
  • Telenor
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Telenor India

Telenor India could be forced into bankruptcy, as it has amassed heavy losses while waiting for the long-delayed approvals that would enable it to be acquired by Bharti Airtel.

Xiaomi bags record 31% share of Indian smartphone market in Q1

Xiaomi bags record 31% share of Indian smartphone market in Q1

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
24 April 2018
6452 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Smartphones
  • Xiaomi
  • Canalys

Research firm Canalys reports that Xiaomi has seen its annual shipments grow by 155% in India, taking the lead in a smartphone market that is growing yet rapidly consolidating.

Limelight Networks Improving Content Delivery in South Africa with new Point-of-Presence at Teraco

Limelight Networks Improving Content Delivery in South Africa with new Point-of-Presence at Teraco

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James Barton
Category: Data Centres & Networks
24 April 2018
8485 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Data Centres
  • Teraco
  • Content Delivery

Limelight Networks is opening a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in South Africa to drive its commitment to building out infrastructure globally and create new industry partnerships in the region.

Vipnet selects Bulb Technologies for enhanced customer service in Croatia

Vipnet selects Bulb Technologies for enhanced customer service in Croatia

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
24 April 2018
6478 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Vipnet
  • Croatia
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer Service

Croatian operator Vipnet has selected Bulb Technologies’ CEMPRESSO Customer Care to automate its customer care service and enhance its network troubleshooting service.

MainOne’s West Africa expansion boosted by Cote d’Ivoire licence

MainOne’s West Africa expansion boosted by Cote d’Ivoire licence

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
23 April 2018
5686 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Licensing
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Submarine Cable
  • Transmission
  • MainOne

As part of its West Africa expansion, MainOne has secured a licence to expand national and international connectivity services in Cote d’Ivoire.

Moov Togo joins MFS Africa Hub

Moov Togo joins MFS Africa Hub

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
23 April 2018
11312 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Wallet
  • MFS Africa
  • Togo
  • Moov Togo

Flooz users in Togo can now send and receive money to and from mobile wallets and bank accounts across the region thanks to a new partnership announced between Moov Togo and MFS Africa.

Shareholder challenge stalls 9mobile acquisition

Shareholder challenge stalls 9mobile acquisition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 April 2018
7290 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Nigeria
  • 9mobile
  • Teleology

A Nigerian federal court has ruled that Teleology Holdings’ acquisition of the beleaguered operator 9mobile must be halted until a shareholder dispute has been settled.

Polaris Networks enables Globe Internet to deliver improved 4G-LTE services in Malawi

Polaris Networks enables Globe Internet to improve 4G-LTE in Malawi

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
19 April 2018
6495 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Malawi
  • 4G LTE
  • Packet Core

Polaris Networks has deployed its LTE packet core for Globe Internet, a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) in Malawi.

KaR-Tel Launches IoT Services throughout Kazakhstan with Cisco

KaR-Tel Launches IoT Services throughout Kazakhstan with Cisco

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
18 April 2018
7421 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Cisco
  • Kazakhstan
  • IoT
  • Cisco Jasper
  • KaR-Tel

Cisco and KaR-Tel, a leading mobile and network service provider in Kazakhstan, have announced the availability of the Cisco Jasper Control Centre automated IoT connectivity platform for all companies looking to deliver IoT services to their customers on KaR-Tel’s mobile network.

DTTech and Tata Comms launching virtual network for African IoT

DTTech and Tata Comms launching virtual network for African IoT

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
17 April 2018
6669 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tata Communications
  • Mobile Virtual Networks
  • IoT

Tata Communications and South African ICT services provider Dreamtime Technologies (DTTech) have joined forces to build a new cloud-based virtual mobile network to serve African mobile and IoT providers.

Russia implements ban on Telegram

Russia implements ban on Telegram

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
16 April 2018
8519 views
  • Regulation
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Messaging
  • Telegram
  • Privacy Protection

Russian operators have been ordered to block access to the secure messaging app Telegram from today (16th April).

Vodafone India denies that Idea merger will cause 5,000 layoffs

Vodafone India denies that Idea merger will cause 5,000 layoffs

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James Barton
Category: Operators
16 April 2018
7844 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mergers
  • Idea Cellular
  • Vodafone India
  • Redundancies

The imminent merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular could result in as many as 5,000 staff – nearly a quarter of the operators’ combined workers – being made redundant.

MNOs Must Engage and Graduate Their Prepaid Customer Bases

MNOs Must Engage and Graduate Their Prepaid Customer Bases

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Jacquie Amacher
Category: Customer Management
16 April 2018
11397 views
  • Global
  • Customer Retention
  • Prepaid
  • Churn
  • Smart Devices
  • Juvo

78% of the world’s mobile subscribers are prepaid – equating to billions of price-sensitive transient consumers. In emerging markets, where prepaid penetration is even higher, mobile network operators (MNOs) are fighting head-to-head to win them over.

Philippines Sets Up Committee for Transparency over Third Operator

Philippines Sets Up Committee for Transparency over Third Operator

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
13 April 2018
8425 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Telecom
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • Operators
  • Smart Telecom

The government of the Philippines has established an oversight committee to ensure that the introduction of a third player to the country’s mobile market is “undertaken in an integrated and transparent manner”.

Teleology Under Pressure to Pay Balance for 9mobile Bid

Teleology Under Pressure to Pay Balance for 9mobile Bid

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James Barton
Category: Operators
13 April 2018
9120 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Nigeria
  • Smile Telecoms
  • NCC
  • 9mobile
  • Teleology

Teleology’s acquisition of Nigerian operator 9mobile could fall through if it does not pay the remaining $450 million fee within 90 days.

Nokia CEO Reckons Indian Appetite for Data Will Precipitate 5G Launches

Nokia CEO: Indian Data Appetite Will Speed 5G Launch

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
13 April 2018
8379 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Nokia
  • Data
  • 5G

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has said in an interview that he expects India to be one of the first countries to see 5G rollouts as the “explosion of data is massive” in the market.

GSMA Launches Global Mobile Money Certification Scheme

GSMA Launches Global Mobile Money Certification Scheme

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
13 April 2018
7916 views
  • Global
  • Mobile Money
  • GSMA
  • Certification

The GSMA is launching a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world.

Telkom Kenya keen for Airtel takeover

Telkom Kenya keen for Airtel takeover

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James Barton
Category: Operators
11 April 2018
6644 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Mergers
  • Telkom Kenya
  • Airtel
  • Airtel Kenya

Telkom Kenya is reportedly interested in taking over Airtel Kenya’s operations, and is considering merging some of its operations with the Indian firm’s Kenya units as a preliminary step towards this.

Ecobank Group partners with MTN to deepen financial inclusion across Africa

Ecobank Group partners with MTN to deepen financial inclusion across Africa

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
11 April 2018
8049 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Mobile Banking
  • MTN
  • Ecobank

MTN and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) are collaborating to leverage each other’s assets in order to offer more value to their respective customers across the continent.

America Movil appeals against forced split of fixed-line units

America Movil appeals against forced split of fixed-line units

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James Barton
Category: Operators
10 April 2018
10590 views
  • Regulation
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil
  • Fixed-line
  • Telmex
  • IFT
  • Telnor

A Mexican federal judge has agreed to review America Movil’s legal challenge against the regulator’s demand for the operator to spin off its fixed-line unit.

Vodacom Business Nigeria and Intelsat Expand Broadband Connectivity throughout West Africa

Vodacom Business Nigeria and Intelsat Expand Broadband Connectivity throughout West Africa

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
10 April 2018
5256 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Enterprise
  • Nigeria
  • Satellite Broadband
  • Intelsat SA
  • Vodacom Business Nigeria

Intelsat S.A. and Vodacom Business Nigeria have signed an agreement for satellite services that will see the latter expand its enterprise broadband networks and enable new and enhanced services throughout West Africa.

NBTC scraps plan to relax 4G licence payment terms for AIS and True

NBTC scraps plan to relax 4G licence payment terms for AIS and True

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
10 April 2018
11127 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Licensing
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • NBTC
  • True Move
  • 4G Licensing
  • Spectrum Fees

Thai regulator NBTC’s 2015 proposal to relax the payback terms for the 4G licences issued to Thailand’s two largest operators - AIS and True Move – is being abandoned after it drew strong criticism.

PayPal, Safaricom and TransferTo Announce Collaboration in Kenya

PayPal, Safaricom and TransferTo Announce Collaboration in Kenya

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
10 April 2018
12449 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • M-Pesa
  • PayPal
  • Safaricom
  • Mobile Wallet
  • TransferTo
  • Digital Payments

PayPal and Safaricom have formed a partnership that enables Kenyans to seamlessly move money between their M-PESA and PayPal accounts.

Indonesia cracks down on unregistered prepaid SIMs

Indonesia cracks down on unregistered prepaid SIMs

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
09 April 2018
9895 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Prepaid
  • SIM Cards
  • SIM Registration

Almost 101 million prepaid SIM cards were blocked by the Indonesian government during March as a result of users neglecting to re-register their prepaid numbers using a valid form of identity.

Russia files legal challenge against Telegram

Russia files legal challenge against Telegram

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
06 April 2018
10321 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Messaging
  • Telegram
  • Privacy Protection

Russia’s regulator Roskomnadzor has begun legal action to block Telegram, the secure messaging app, following its repeated refusal to allow the government access to user data.

RCom cleared to sell assets to Jio by Supreme Court

RCom Cleared to Sell Assets to Jio by Supreme Court

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 April 2018
9408 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Acquisitions
  • Ericsson
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • RCom
  • Reliance Communications

India’s Supreme Court has cleared the partial sale of debt-laden Reliance Communications (RCom)’s wireless assets to Reliance Jio.

Indian Market Leaders Preparing War Chests for Final Stretch of Price War

Indian Market Leaders Preparing War Chests for Final Stretch of Price War

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 April 2018
6409 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • RCom
  • Vodafone India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Funding

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel and its rival Reliance Jio Infocomm are separately attempting to generate funds via bond sales, seemingly with the goal of ending the price war that has been waging in the country since Jio entered the market in 2016.

Etisalat Selects NEC and Netcracker as Prime Integrator for its NFV Infrastructure Platform

Etisalat Selects Netcracker for NFV Infrastructure Platform

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
05 April 2018
8433 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Etisalat
  • Cloud
  • UAE
  • SDN
  • Network Virtualisation
  • NEC Netcracker

Etisalat has selected NEC/Netcracker as the prime solution provider for its multivendor telecom cloud program.

Thailand’s True Corporation chooses Comarch Loyalty Management

Thailand’s True Corporation chooses Comarch Loyalty Management

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
04 April 2018
9259 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • True Corp
  • Thailand
  • Comarch
  • Loyalty Management
  • True Move

Comarch and True Corporation have formed a partnership to implement Comarch Loyalty Management services, replacing the operator’s existing in-house application True You.

Ecobank mobile app reaches 4 million users milestone in Africa

Ecobank Mobile App Reaches 4 Million Users Milestone in Africa

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
04 April 2018
5645 views
  • Apps
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Banking
  • Ecobank

The upgraded version of Ecobank’s mobile app has attracted 3 million new customers in just 6 months, taking the total number of users to 4 million.

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