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Ecobank launches mVisa across 33 African Countries

Ecobank launches mVisa across 33 African Countries

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
06 October 2017
5953 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Visa
  • Mobile Money
  • Ecobank
  • Digital Commerce

Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers.

Nordic Tele Services taps Flexenclosure for hybrid power deployment in Myanmar

Nordic Tele Services taps Flexenclosure for hybrid power deployment in Myanmar

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James Barton
Category: Energy & Sustainability
06 October 2017
6127 views
  • Green energy
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Myanmar
  • Flexenclosure
  • Hybrid Power

Nordic Tele Services (NTS) is deploying Flexenclosure’s hybrid power systems at its telecom sites in Myanmar.

Airtel and Idea take legal action against interconnect charge reduction

Airtel and Idea take legal action against interconnect charge reduction

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 October 2017
6439 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Vodafone India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • TRAI
  • Termination Charges

Two of India’s Big Three have filed a legal challenge against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s decision to significantly reduce interconnect charges ahead of scrapping them altogether.

BSNL and Aeris sign IoT agreement for India

BSNL and Aeris sign IoT agreement for India

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
05 October 2017
6004 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Internet of Things
  • BSNL
  • Aeris

State-run Indian operator BSNL has entered into an agreement with leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Aeris to jointly tap the IoT market in India.

LTA taps LS Telcom for Spectrum Monitoring Systems in Liberia

LTA taps LS Telcom for Spectrum Monitoring Systems in Liberia

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
05 October 2017
7930 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Liberia
  • Spectrum Monitoring
  • Liberian Telecommunications Authority

The Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has installed sensor-based monitoring stations from spectrum management and monitoring solutions provider LS Telcom.

4G spreading in Pakistan but rural challenges remain – R&M

4G spreading in Pakistan but rural challenges remain – R&M

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
05 October 2017
7289 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Research and Markets
  • Pakistan
  • 4G LTE
  • Rural Connectivity
  • Jazz

Pakistan's telecom market has been struggling for a long time with the transition from a regulated state-owned monopoly to a deregulated competitive structure, according to Research & Markets.

Orange Central African Republic chooses SES Networks IP Transit solution for enterprise internet

Orange Central African Republic chooses SES Networks IP Transit solution for enterprise internet

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
04 October 2017
4832 views
  • Satellite
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Central African Republic
  • SES Networks
  • Orange Central African Republic
  • Enterprise Connectivity

Orange Central African Republic, in partnership with SES Networks, unveiled its new high-speed internet connectivity solution for enterprises, prior to the launch of the service in the country.

RCom abandons Aircel merger

RCom abandons Aircel merger

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James Barton
Category: Operators
04 October 2017
11315 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mergers
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • RCom
  • Aircel
  • Reliance Communications

India’s Reliance Communications has pulled out of a tabled merger deal with Aircel, citing “inordinate delays caused by legal and regulatory uncertainties”.

Brazil’s Vogel Telecom Selects Coriant Solution to Enhance National Backbone Network

Brazil’s Vogel Telecom Selects Coriant Solution to Enhance National Backbone Network

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
04 October 2017
6014 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Optical Transport Networks
  • Coriant
  • Vogel Telecom

Vogel Telecom, a leading carrier’s carrier service provider in Brazil, has selected an integrated OTN switching and coherent optical transport solution from Coriant.

Ericsson showcases 5G readiness in China with Intel

Ericsson showcases 5G readiness in China with Intel

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
02 October 2017
7358 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Ericsson
  • Testing
  • Intel
  • 5G

Ericsson and Intel have successfully completed the first 5G 3.5GHz multi-vendor end-to-end Interoperability Developmental Test (IoDT) at a 5G field test in the Chinese capital of Beijing.

Geva Group partners with Mahindra Comviva for MFS in Central America and Caribbean

Geva Group partners with Mahindra Comviva for MFS in Central America and Caribbean

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
02 October 2017
8144 views
  • Latin America
  • Panama
  • Caribbean
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Mobile Financial Services

Panama-headquartered fintech firm Geva Group has selected Mahindra Comviva as its technology partner for MFS business.

Orange and Fortumo Expand Direct Carrier Billing Partnership to Egypt

Orange and Fortumo Expand Direct Carrier Billing Partnership to Egypt

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
29 September 2017
6673 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Fortumo
  • Egypt
  • Direct Carrier Billing
  • Orange Egypt

Fortumo and the mobile operator group Orange have launched direct carrier billing in Egypt.

Ericsson and Telkomcel launch 4G services in Timor Leste

Ericsson and Telkomcel launch 4G services in Timor Leste

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
29 September 2017
8215 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Ericsson
  • Telkomcel
  • Timor Leste

Telkomcel is offering 4G broadband to its subscribers in Timor Leste in conjunction with Ericsson.

Dtac defends Line Mobile as Thai regulator queries its legal status

Dtac defends Line Mobile as Thai regulator queries its legal status

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
28 September 2017
10008 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • MVNOs
  • AIS
  • DTAC
  • NBTC
  • True Move
  • Line Mobile

Thailand’s regulator NBTC is investigating whether the dtac-owned Line Mobile service is in fact legal.

The Republic of Sierra Leone outlines plan to become Africa’s First “Smart Country”

The Republic of Sierra Leone outlines plan to become Africa’s First “Smart Country”

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James Barton
Category: Data Centres & Networks
28 September 2017
6210 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Cloud
  • Data
  • Sierra Leone
  • Digitisation
  • Blockchain

Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has announced nationwide digitisation program for the country.

Orange Jordan and Nokia deploy fibre-to-the-home network to support new ultra-broadband services

Orange Jordan and Nokia deploy fibre-to-the-home network to support new ultra-broadband services

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
28 September 2017
7206 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Broadband
  • Nokia
  • Fibre
  • Jordan
  • FttH
  • Orange Jordan

Nokia and Orange Jordan are deploying a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network across Jordan.

Indian Big Three to suffer most following termination fee abolition

Indian Big Three to suffer most following termination fee abolition

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James Barton
Category: Operators
27 September 2017
8470 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Idea Cellular
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Vodafone India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • TRAI
  • Termination Charges

India Ratings and Research has calculated that TRAI’s recent slashing of India’s interconnect charges will result in a 4%-5% reduction in EBITDA for the country’s top three operators.

WhatsApp’s messaging service blocked in China

WhatsApp’s messaging service blocked in China

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
27 September 2017
9235 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • OTT Messaging
  • WhatsApp
  • Censorship

WhatsApp’s entire suite of services, including its widely used text messages, has been blocked by the Chinese government.

Chile could update MVNO regulation to foster competition

Chile could update MVNO regulation to foster competition

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
27 September 2017
8167 views
  • Latin America
  • MVNOs
  • Virgin Mobile
  • Chile
  • Competition
  • Subtel
  • Grupo Gtd

Chilean regulator Subtel has begun a public consultation over whether MVNOs should receive lower wholesale rates from network operators to allow them to compete more effectively.

C&W Announces Partial Restoration of Mobile Network in Dominica

C&W Announces Partial Restoration of Mobile Network in Dominica

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
26 September 2017
7752 views
  • Disaster relief
  • Latin America
  • Cable and Wireless Communications
  • Caribbean
  • Mobile Coverage
  • Dominica

Caribbean telecoms provider Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) has begun the successful restoration of mobile services to Dominica.

9mobile’s bank creditors cooperating to find buyer

9mobile’s bank creditors cooperating to find buyer

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James Barton
Category: Operators
26 September 2017
7547 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Etisalat
  • Nigeria
  • Financing
  • Etisalat Nigeria
  • 9mobile
  • Central Bank of Nigeria

9mobile’s thirteen bank creditors are working together to enable a sale of the operator by the end of the year.

India reducing termination fees from October

India reducing termination fees from October

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
26 September 2017
8049 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Vodafone India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • TRAI
  • coai
  • Termination Charges
  • Interconnection Fees

Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is slashing the country’s interconnect charge by over 50% from 1st October, and will completely abolish the fee from 1st January 2020.

NEC Completes Construction of 100Gbps Submarine Cable in Malaysia

NEC Completes Construction of 100Gbps Submarine Cable in Malaysia

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
26 September 2017
6341 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Malaysia
  • NEC
  • Submarine Cable
  • Telekom Malaysia Berhad

NEC Corporation has announced the completion of the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) submarine cable linking Peninsular Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak.

UHP Networks and Intelsat EpicNG partner for Broadband Functionality-as-a-Service (FaaS) Platform for emerging markets

UHP Networks and Intelsat EpicNG partner for Broadband Functionality-as-a-Service (FaaS) Platform for emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
26 September 2017
4696 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Central South Asia
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Broadband
  • VSAT
  • Intelsat EpicNG

UHP Networks has announced RUN, a FaaS broadband data solution optimised to take advantage of the maximum efficiency provided by Intelsat EpicNG’s high-throughput fleet.

Tigo and Airtel on track for Ghana merger

Tigo and Airtel on track for Ghana merger

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James Barton
Category: Operators
25 September 2017
8211 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mergers
  • Ghana
  • Millicom
  • Tigo
  • Vodafone Ghana
  • Airtel Ghana
  • MTN Ghana

The Ghanaian subsidiaries of Millicom and Airtel are on course to merge, with the proposal receiving conditional approval from the country’s National Communications Authority (NCA).

Vodafone eying up fourth Zambian licence

Vodafone eying up fourth Zambian licence

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James Barton
Category: Operators
25 September 2017
10233 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Vodafone
  • Licensing
  • Zambia
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Voice
  • MTN
  • Zamtel
  • Afrimax

Vodafone Group is lining up a bid for a mobile operating licence in Zambia with the goal of expanding its offering in the market.

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on OTT voice and messaging services

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on OTT voice and messaging services

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 September 2017
10916 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • OTT
  • Social Media
  • Zain
  • Mobily
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Skype
  • WhatsApp
  • STC

Saudi Arabia has repealed its 2013 ban on several OTT and social media services, on the condition that they comply with its regulatory requirements.

Pakistan should subsidise smartphones for 4G access, says Telenor CEO

Pakistan should subsidise smartphones for 4G access, says Telenor CEO

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
22 September 2017
5522 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Smartphones
  • Pakistan
  • Subsidies
  • 4G LTE
  • Telenor Pakistan

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO Irfan Wahab Khan has called for the country’s government to offer subsidised smartphones to expand high-speed connectivity among Pakistani consumers.

Telia settles “unfortunate” Uzbek saga, sells Turkcell stake

Telia settles “unfortunate” Uzbek saga, sells Turkcell stake

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James Barton
Category: Operators
22 September 2017
11579 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Turkey
  • Uzbekistan
  • Turkcell
  • UCell
  • Divestment
  • Telia

Telia has paid almost $1 billion to settle the investigation into its activities in Uzbekistan.

Kerlink deploying Indian LoRaWAN network with Tata Communications

Kerlink deploying Indian LoRaWAN network with Tata Communications

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
22 September 2017
6874 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Tata Communications
  • Internet of Things
  • IoT
  • LoRaWAN
  • Kerlink

Kerlink is expanding into India by setting up a subsidiary to coordinate the company’s partnership with Tata Communications to deploy the world’s largest LoRaWAN network.

Bangladesh to hold 4G spectrum auctions in December

Bangladesh to hold 4G spectrum auctions in December

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
22 September 2017
8472 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Grameenphone
  • Bangladesh
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • Banglalink
  • Robi
  • 4G Spectrum
  • BTRC
  • Teletalk

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has confirmed that it will hold the country’s highly anticipated 4G spectrum auction by December.

UN delivering aid via mobile money to victims of Sierra Leone mudslide

UN delivering aid via mobile money to victims of Sierra Leone mudslide

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
22 September 2017
7571 views
  • Disaster relief
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Payments
  • UN
  • Sierra Leone
  • Aid

The UN has confirmed that hundreds of families affected by last month’s deadly mudslide on the peripheries of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown are receiving aid in the form of mobile money.

Syniverse Enables LTE Roaming for Alfa Telecom in Lebanon

Syniverse Enables LTE Roaming for Alfa Telecom in Lebanon

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
22 September 2017
6272 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Syniverse
  • Lebanon
  • 4G LTE
  • Alfa
  • IPX Networking

Syniverse has signed a multiyear agreement to provide LTE roaming and real-time monitoring services to Lebanon-based operator Alfa, managed by Orascom TMT.

Google launching Tez to compete in Indian digital payments space

Google launching Tez to compete in Indian digital payments space

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
18 September 2017
7135 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Mobile Payments
  • Nokia
  • Google
  • Micromax
  • Lava
  • Digital Payments
  • Panasonic

Google is the latest company looking to enter India’s attractive mobile payments sector.

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