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Hungary’s Konzum Nyrt eyeing Telenor unit

Hungary’s Konzum Nyrt eyeing Telenor unit

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 February 2018
12155 views
  • Investment
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Acquisitions
  • Telenor
  • Hungary
  • Telenor Hungary

Hungarian firm Konzum Nyrt has affirmed its interest in acquiring the local operations of Telenor if it makes them available for sale.

Nokia and Tele2 sign global IoT partnership

Nokia and Tele2 sign global IoT partnership

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
19 February 2018
6980 views
  • Global
  • Enterprise
  • Nokia
  • Tele2
  • IoT

Nokia and Tele2 IoT have signed a five-year agreement to enable the delivery of IoT services to Tele2 enterprise customers based on Nokia's worldwide IoT network grid (WING).

New interactive guide to UK Mobile Industry @ MWC 2018

New interactive guide to UK Mobile Industry @ MWC 2018

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
19 February 2018
6995 views
  • Apps
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Events
  • Publications
  • MWC 2018

Welcome to the fifth edition of UK Technology Today (UKT2), your interactive guide to the UK Mobile Industry at Mobile World Congress and & 4YFN 2018.

Garanti facing off for Turk Telekom stake

Garanti facing off for Turk Telekom stake

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 February 2018
7121 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Ooredoo
  • Turkey
  • Turk Telekom
  • STC
  • Otas

The chief executive of Turkey’s Garanti Bank has stated that several parties have expressed interest in obtaining a stake in Turk Telekom.

RCom closes in on asset sale to Jio

RCom closes in on asset sale to Jio

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 February 2018
10188 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Infrastructure
  • Asset Sale
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Reliance Communications
  • Consolidation
  • Reliance Industries

Shareholders in Reliance Communications (RCom) have given their support to the proposed sale of its wireless assets to Reliance Jio Infocomm.

GSMA’s Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets – the Shortlist

GSMA’s Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets – the Shortlist

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James Barton
Category: Blogs & Opinion
16 February 2018
16170 views
  • Global
  • GSMA
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Emerging Markets
  • Events
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards

The winners of the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards 2018 (GLOMO Awards) will be announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Paytm Financial Services and E-commerce Platform

Paytm Financial Services and E-commerce Platform

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
16 February 2018
12067 views
  • Mobile Finance
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Events
  • Digital Payments
  • Paytm
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards

Paytm bridges digital & financial inclusion to strengthen India’s Fintech economy and make transactions seamless.

KaiOS Emerging OS

KaiOS Emerging OS

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
16 February 2018
17272 views
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Operating Systems
  • Events
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards
  • KaiOS

KaiOS puts internet access and smartphone features within reach of a much larger group of people.

Juvo Identity Scoring

Juvo and Cable & Wireless Identity Scoring

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
16 February 2018
11992 views
  • Mobile Finance
  • Latin America
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Caribbean
  • Mobile World Congress
  • C&W
  • Events
  • Juvo
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards

Juvo partners with mobile operators to establish a financial identity and provide access to financial services for unbanked prepaid mobile users around the world.

Huawei RuralStar Self-Contained Cell Site

Huawei RuralStar Self-Contained Cell Site

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
16 February 2018
14282 views
  • Global
  • Huawei
  • Remote Coverage
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Events
  • Wireless Backhaul
  • RuralStar
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards
  • Cell Sites

Huawei’s RuralStar self-contained cell-site solution expands cellular coverage to areas where it was previously uneconomical.

BIMA Mobile Insurance and Health

BIMA Mobile Insurance and Health

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
16 February 2018
15171 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ghana
  • GSMA
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Insurance
  • Healthcare
  • Events
  • MWC 2018
  • GLOMO Awards

BIMA affordable insurance and health products address the very low rates of insurance penetration in African emerging markets.

Jio pushing for FTTH launch in March

Jio pushing for FTTH launch in March

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
14 February 2018
6367 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Broadband
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • FttH
  • Pay-TV

India’s Reliance Jio is reportedly gunning for the launch of FTTH (fibre to the home) broadband before the end of March.

China Mobile Selects Viavi to Launch 5G by 2019

China Mobile Selects Viavi to Launch 5G by 2019

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
14 February 2018
7109 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • 5G
  • Viavi

China Mobile has partnered with Viavi to introduce 5G services in China by the end of 2019, ahead of the 2020 launch that most of the country’s operators are targeting.

Standard Bank in talks to launch South Africa’s second MVNO

Standard Bank in talks to launch South Africa’s second MVNO

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
14 February 2018
7157 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • MVNOs
  • MTN
  • Cell C
  • Standard Bank
  • Virgin Mobile South Africa

South Africa’s Standard Bank is reportedly aiming to launch an MVNO.

UN Food Body And Telefónica Digitise Developing World Farmers

UN Food Body And Telefónica Digitise Developing World Farmers

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Category: Humanitarian Comms
14 February 2018
7021 views
  • Service Providers
  • Rural
  • Global
  • Telefonica

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Spain’s Telefonica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications groups, have agreed to work together to leverage the use of cutting-edge digital technologies for agricultural development, food security and nutrition in the developing world.

Indian regulator mulling another spectrum sale

Indian regulator mulling another spectrum sale

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
13 February 2018
6817 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • TRAI
  • coai

The government of India has announced plans to invite bids for 3,000MHz of spectrum across nine frequency bands, in what would be the country’s largest ever auction.

NEC makes XON into a Subsidiary for further African expansion

NEC makes XON into a Subsidiary for further African expansion

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James Barton
Category: Investment
12 February 2018
8754 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • NEC

NEC Corporation is increasing its investment in XON Holdings Proprietary Limited (XON), an ICT solutions company based in the Republic of South Africa, making it a subsidiary through NEC Europe Ltd.

Mexico invites all active operators to bid in spectrum auctions

Mexico invites all active operators to bid in spectrum auctions

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
12 February 2018
8557 views
  • Regulation
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Licensing
  • America Movil
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • IFT

Mexico’s regulator Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has said that its upcoming spectrum auctions will be open to all interested operators.

Ooredoo Myanmar boosts 4G coverage to 67% of towns

Ooredoo Myanmar boosts 4G coverage to 67% of towns

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
08 February 2018
7034 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Myanmar
  • 4G LTE
  • Ooredoo Myanmar

Ooredoo Myanmar has extended its 4G coverage to 200 townships, encompassing two-thirds of the country’s inhabited settlements.

MARA Systems Selects Mumbai-IX to Improve Internet Experience in India

MARA Systems Selects Mumbai-IX to Improve Internet Experience in India

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James Barton
Category: Data Centres & Networks
07 February 2018
3777 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Caching
  • Mumbai-IX

Network security and caching specialist MARA Systems has selected Mumbai-IX to provide its services to customers in India.

Indonesia’s Bolt Launches New LTE CPE Powered By Sequans

Indonesia’s Bolt Launches New LTE CPE Powered By Sequans

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
07 February 2018
7156 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • LTE
  • Indonesia
  • Sequans Communications
  • BOLT
  • Chipsets

LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications announced that its LTE chipset has been selected by Bolt, the 4G LTE service of PT Internux, to power an LTE outdoor unit (ODU) that is now available and shipping to customers in Indonesia.

Chinese operators renegotiate lease terms with China Tower

Chinese operators renegotiate lease terms with China Tower

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James Barton
Category: Operators
06 February 2018
6518 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Towers
  • Infrastructure Sharing
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • China Unicom
  • China Telecom
  • China Tower

After a steep increase in its leasing costs, China Tower has agreed to lower its rates for rental agreements following negotiations with the country’s three main operators, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.

China Unicom taps Nokia for cloud-native core network in China

China Unicom taps Nokia for cloud-native core network in China

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 February 2018
7215 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • China Unicom
  • Cloud
  • Nokia
  • VoLTE
  • Core Networks

Nokia and China Unicom are to deploy a cloud-native core network based on Nokia AirGile technology in seven Chinese provinces.

Orange and CNED partner for educational content in Africa

Orange and CNED partner for educational content in Africa

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Bridget Fishleigh
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
02 February 2018
5644 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Orange
  • Smartphones
  • Education

Orange and the CNED (National Distance Learning Centre) have partnered to facilitate access to educational content on smartphones in Africa.

Malaysian operators renew 2.1GHz licences

Malaysian operators renew 2.1GHz licences

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James Barton
Category: Operators
01 February 2018
7591 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Licensing
  • Malaysia
  • Maxis
  • DiGi
  • Celcom Axiata Berhad
  • 2.1GHz Spectrum

Malaysia’s three biggest mobile operators have all renewed their 2.1GHz spectrum licences for a fee of MYR118.4 million ($30.5 million) each.

India Drives APAC Pay-TV Growth

India Drives APAC Pay-TV Growth

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
01 February 2018
4584 views
  • Consumer Services
  • Asia-Pacific
  • India
  • Research and Markets

New research on the pay-TV channel ecosystem from Media Partners Asia (MPA) shows India powering revenue and profit growth for regional pay-TV broadcasters in Asia Pacific.

Sierratel launches 4G in Sierra Leone

Sierratel launches 4G in Sierra Leone

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
31 January 2018
10470 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 4G
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sierratel

Sierra Leone’s state-owned incumbent operator Sierratel has launched mobile 4G services.

Globe Telecom partners with Openet for digital services and customer engagement

Globe Telecom partners with Openet for digital services and customer engagement

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
31 January 2018
6120 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Digital Services
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • Openet
  • Customer Engagement

Openet today has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom to provide its Digital Business Platform to the Philippines-based operator.

Huawei Pay launching in Russia ahead of worldwide expansion

Huawei Pay launching in Russia ahead of worldwide expansion

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
30 January 2018
6840 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • China
  • Russia
  • Mobile Payments
  • Huawei

Huawei has entered into an agreement with UnionPay to expand its Huawei Pay service beyond China for the first time.

Teleology wins bidding for 9mobile in Nigeria

Teleology wins bidding for 9mobile in Nigeria

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James Barton
Category: Operators
30 January 2018
9620 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Nigeria
  • Globacom
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • Airtel Nigeria
  • 9mobile
  • Smile
  • Teleology

Investment firm Teleology Holdings has reportedly won the bidding for Nigeria’s beleaguered operator 9mobile with an offer of roughly $500 million.

Mtel Bulgaria selects Amdocs platform for customer engagement and digital commerce

Mtel Bulgaria selects Amdocs platform for customer engagement and digital commerce

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
30 January 2018
7311 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Bulgaria
  • Amdocs
  • MTEL
  • Customer Engagement
  • Digital Commerce

Bulgarian operator Mtel is using Amdocs’ DigitalONE platform to overhaul its digital commerce and care experience offering.

China sees first ever decline in smartphone shipments

China sees first ever decline in smartphone shipments

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
29 January 2018
5965 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Smartphones
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Xiaomi
  • Vivo
  • Canalys
  • Oppo

Smartphone shipments fell in China for the first time during 2017, dropping 4% compared to 2016 to 459 million units.

Telenor considering unsolicited offer for CEE operations

Telenor considering unsolicited offer for CEE operations

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James Barton
Category: Operators
29 January 2018
10646 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Acquisitions
  • Telenor
  • Hungary
  • Bulgaria
  • Serbia
  • Montenegro
  • KKR

Telenor has announced that it is weighing up an offer that it has received for four of its units in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Regulator approves Airtel’s acquisition of Tigo Rwanda

Regulator approves Airtel’s acquisition of Tigo Rwanda

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James Barton
Category: Operators
29 January 2018
8995 views
  • Regulation
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Rwanda
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Millicom
  • Tigo Rwanda

Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Millicom’s Tigo Rwanda unit has been approved by Rwanda’s Utilities Regulatory Authority.

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