The Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is opening an investigation into Veon – formerly VimpelCom – regarding alleged roaming violations.
Fortumo and Apigate, a subsidiary of Axiata Digital, are launching content services in Cambodia via Smart Axiata’s Direct Carrier Billing API.
Smile Telecoms has stated that it is still keen to acquire Nigeria’s 9mobile if Teleology Holdings fails to meet the deadline for its initial payment at the end of this week.
India’s National Company Law Tribunal has ordered Reliance Communications (RCom) and Ericsson to settle an INR11.5 billion ($177 million) insolvency case within the next week.
Avanti Communications and Globecomm have announced a Master Services Agreement.
Two years after axing its mobile money offering in South Africa, MTN is looking to make another push into financial services in its home market.
Thailand’s regulator the NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has again pushed back the sale of spectrum in the 850MHz and 1.8GHz bands.
Two consortia of five companies have put in bids for 4G spectrum licences in Kenya.
Taking dead aim at rival Reliance Jio Bharti Airtel is launching LTE (VoLTE) services in Kolkata.
Telefonica Business Solutions and Huawei have signed a global alliance for the development of new comms solutions for enterprises.
The pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has selected Metaswitch technology as the basis for its ambitious expansion plans.
A new satellite-based service will enable rural communities in Thailand to enjoy reliable broadband services.
Following the auction of LTE spectrum in the Ukraine Kyivstar has emerged as the biggest winner.
The Indian Government has introduced measures to improve the financial health of the country’s troubled mobile sector.
ITC Global has been awarded a three-year contract renewal by Plan International for service to 24 sites across western and central Africa.
Etisalat Misr and Huawei have completed the world’s first verification of the latter’s spectrum dynamic sharing solution.
Burundian mobile operator Lumitel is extending its 4G service to the entire country.
Globe Telecom has partnered with Huawei to commence the trial of the world's first FDD Massive MIMO commercial product.
Bharti Airtel is to acquire the Indian leg of Gulf Bridge International's subsea data cabling network.
Nokia and Orange Middle East & Africa have unveiled what is billed as one of Africa’s largest 4G rollouts.
Subtel, the Chilean telecommunications regulator, has issued two calls for tenders for extensions to its southern fibre network.
Right across Africa, municipalities and national governments are looking to transform major urban areas into smart cities.
Working with WOICC Epsilon is to deploy its Infiny platform in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
UAE-telco du, from the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has extended its existing partnership agreement with Epsilon.
Axiata Digital is partnering with RGK Mobile to help integrate two of its major carriers in the Asia Pacific region.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected Ericsson for a major nationwide expansion of its 4G network in Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of LTE Advanced and Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Radio Access Network.
Telefónica and China Unicom have signed an agreement in the field of Internet of Things (IoT).
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, has agreed with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain a high speed submarine cable connecting the Indian Ocean Islands of Rodrigues and Mauritius which will vastly improve connectivity for Rodrigues.
Indian ISP Spectra has selected Nokia's IP/MPLS routing and GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) fiber solutions to build out its network.
Thailand’s telecom service revenues are set to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2017-22 driven by increased mobile and fixed broadband adoption.
The GSMA has published a global report that examines whether mobile phones make people happy: it finds, with caveats, that they do.
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) launched its joint ‘Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation’ (M4H) programme at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
UAE-based telco du is collaborating with Cisco to build a future-proof network.
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