Following an examination of Line Mobile’s business model, Thai regulator NBTC has ruled that the company does not require an MVNO licence.
Intracom Telecom has supplied Zakład Obsługi Systemu Monitoringu (ZOSM), the Monitoring System Services Company of the Polish capital Warsaw, with its latest generation Point-to-point and Point-to-Multipoint wireless systems.
WeChat is targeting Malaysia as the second market outside of China to receive its full suite of services.
MTN Group is querying a XOF134 billion ($213 million) bill issued to it by the regulator of Benin for unpaid frequency fees.
The Competition Commission of India has given the green light to Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Tata Sons’ consumer mobile operations.
The duopoly that has dominated the Philippines for years could be shaken up following a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
Barclays Africa’s sale of 9mobile has come under scrutiny by Nigeria’s telecoms regulator and central bank, both of which have said they have “serious concerns” over the sale.
Fibre optic cable manufacturer AFL is moving into the Indian market via a new partnership with Bangalore-based start-up Citadel Intelligent Systems.
Slovak Telekom has gone live with Netcracker's converged Revenue Management solution for its residential and VSE/SoHo customers.
Peter-Service and Rostelecom are launching a project to implement a unified CRM system for Russia’s B2B segment.
Nokia and China Unicom are deploying Nokia Flexi Zone small cells and an AirScale low power radio head in 31 provinces in China.
Solomon Telekom Company Limited, trading under the name Our Telekom, is boosting its capacity with SES Networks to support the launch of its upcoming 4G/LTE network across the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Ericsson has been selected by RCS & RDS to modernise its mobile network in Romania, allowing its Romanian subscribers to enjoy enhanced mobile broadband services.
Apple will cooperate with the Indian government to develop an anti-spam mobile app for its iOS operating system.
Bango has launched operator-billed payments for Google Play users with 9mobile in Nigeria.
Mobile payment company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor are launching direct carrier billing for consumers in Serbia.
Qualcomm has signed non-binding MoUs to supply components to three Chinese smartphone manufacturers – Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.
The short-term outlook remains difficult for telecoms operators in Yemen, reports Research & Markets.
Omantel has increased its holding in Zain Group, obtaining a 12.1% stake for $1.35 billion.
Speedcast International has been selected by an affiliate of Nabors Industries to provide new IT communications equipment and cloud-based connectivity services to 40 land-based sites in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina.
Vodafone Cameroon has been officially shuttered with immediate effect, with its parent firm Afrimax stating that it “reluctantly concluded that it was no longer commercially viable to return” to the market.
American Tower (ATC) is acquiring the tower units of both Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in separate agreements.
Orange Group has selected ZTE’s ZSmart Digital BSS to support the strategic transformation of the IT ecosystems in its subsidiaries in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Eutelsat-owned satellite broadband service provider Konnect Africa has unveiled SmartWIFI, a new hotspot service, as part of its ongoing commitment to bring digital opportunities to Africans.
The dominant subject at this week’s AfricaCom was, as it has been many times before, connecting the millions of Africans who still have no access to any kind of network.
Indian operator Aircel may have no other option but to shutter its operations following the collapse of its merger with Reliance Communications (RCom).
InterSat and ABS have launched iDirect platforms on ABS-3A C-band and Ku-band beams.
Telia has hit out at the Latvian government’s rejection of its proposal to combine local mobile operator LMT with fixed provider Lattelecom.
Speedcast and SES have announced an agreement to provide several hundreds of Mbps of connectivity into Peru.
When billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma wrote in an open letter earlier this year “we need to fight counterfeits the same way we fight drunk driving”, his sentiments reflected how bad the global counterfeiting trend has become.
Inmarsat and JT Group (formerly Jersey Telecom) have partnered to implement a holistic connectivity solution for Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
The Qatar Foundation has announced plans to shift its 5% stake in Indian market leader Bharti Airtel for around $1.5 billion.
Moroccan IT brand Accent has selected Spreadtrum's LTE platform SC9832 and WCDMA//HSPA(+) platform SC7731C for its smartphones.
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