In partnership with Google, Mara Corporation is to release the Mara X for the African market in the second quarter of 2018.

Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Ericsson have rolled out South Asia’s first commercial massive IoT network.

Digitally ambitious enterprises across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are betting big on IoT solutions.

Ooredoo Group is scaling up real-time and one-stop shop solutions stretching from the Maldives and Oman.

UAE telco du is working with Nokia to trial 3GPP standardised 5G New Radio non-standalone technology.

Ericsson and MTS have agreed to establish a 5G research centre in Innopolis, a new Russian high-tech city.

ZTE teams with MTN for MEA 5G commercialisation

Internet test and analytics firm Ookla Company has presented an award to MegaFon for “The Fastest Mobile Network”.

AdaptiveMobile Security has announced a new agreement with an African operator group.

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 5G communication systems and networks.

Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, has opened its first Point of Presence (PoP) at Sitel’s Bratislava data center.

CEVA has announced that Ceragon Networks has licensed the CEVA-X2 and CEVA-XC4500 DSPs.

China Telecom has selected the Ayla PaaS IoT platform as the basis for an ambitious IoT initiative.

Mobile and fixed line operator Sudatel Telecom Group and Liquid Telecom are to build new FTTH networks across Sudan.

Ericsson has signed a contract with Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd (Jazz) for the optimisation and performance management of its complete radio network.

IoT specialist Kerlink and chip company Semtech Corp have mounted an urban geolocation live-test in Aguascalientes City, Mexico.

Ericsson and Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecom operator in Taiwan, have signed a cooperation memorandum for a joint 5G pilot project.

Businesses throughout Peru will be able to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver new revenue-generating services to their customers.

Peter-Service, the largest Russian developer of billing systems, is rebranding as nexign.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 5G.

According to the latest research from Dataxis, 34 LatAm mobile operators have already deployed OTT as an added value product for their clients.

Ooredoo has announced that it has strengthened its 5G framework agreement with Nokia.

India’s Reliance JIO and Cisco are continuing to collaborate on solutions to deal with the growth in video traffic in mobile networks.

Ericsson has been chosen by Far EasTone (FET) to enable it to offer Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services globally to enterprises.

Although IoT-driven mobile-first solutions are starting to dominate the enterprise sector, South African businesses could do better.

AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO, and Orange have jointly announced the creation of the ORAN Alliance.

Teleste Corporation is delivering optical headend products to Türksat to strengthen the operator’s position in broadband markets.

Mobile business specialist DOCOMO Digital has announced its integration with Zain Group’s Application Program Interface (API) Platform.

Amdocs has signed a multi-year services contract with Globe Telecom for continuous enhancement of the service provider’s operations.

Remote communication and IT Speedcast International Ltd has won a contract to provide satellite cellular backhaul services to Alpha Télécommunication Mali (ATEL).

New South African mobile operator Rain is using products supplied by business support solutions provider CSG.

Apigate and Orange’s new hub, Bizao, will draw on their respective geographical strengths across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, to deliver a suite of APIs to businesses, providing a streamlined and efficient method of accessing customers via a single entry point across regions.

Netcracker Technology has unveiled its 5G Monetization solution to help service providers accelerate the commercialization of new 5G-enabled services.

Leman Micro Devices (LMD) has announced that its V-Sensor and App, integrated with next-generation smartphones, will significantly assist diagnosis by physicians.