The partnership between Ericsson and Cisco has secured its first agreement in Brazil, with the two companies working together to supply and install IP routers for Nextel.
Tajikistan’s Anti-Monopoly Service has failed to provide approval for Telia’s arranged sale of a 60% holding in the parent firm of Tajik operator Tcell by the required deadline.
Vietnamese market leader Viettel is hastening the deployment of its 4G infrastructure so that it can deliver nationwide coverage when its 4G service launches next month.
Nokia has been selected by Altàn Redes to design, build and operate a new nationwide LTE and 5G-ready wholesale network in Mexico.
A race to the bottom is underway in the Philippines’ voice market, with PLDT’s mobile subsidiary Smart matching rival Globe’s voice package of PHP1 ($0.02) per minute.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has established reserve prices for the 1.8GHz spectrum scheduled for auction.
Avanti Communications has partnered with Millicom to bring broadband connectivity to consumer, enterprise and government applications.
Digicel is using equipment from ZTE to expand its 4G LTE networks across its 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America.
Russian CSP TransTeleCom has shifted all its international backbone traffic to a Long Haul DWDM network.
In a bid to reduce its debt, Bharti Airtel has sold a 10.3% stake in its tower unit Infratel to a group of investors.
The Philippines’ Smart – the wireless unit of PLDT - is speeding up the deployment of its 4G network upgrade with the goal of providing coverage in 785 municipalities by the end of this year.
Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is acquiring the 4G unit of Tikona Digital Networks.
Apple’s request for receive tax incentives for manufacturing in India has been denied by the country’s Department of Revenue.
India has become the twelfth market to receive Samsung’s mobile payments service.
China saw a surge in mobile payments across 2016, with transactions up by 86% over the year to 25.7 billion.
MTN Group has chosen PeerApp's local content delivery solution for its operations in various geographic regions.
Thailand may adopt a unified licensing regime for its telecoms and broadcasting sectors.
Pan-African communications service provider Internet Solutions Kenya has tapped Telco Systems to upgrade its entire fibre network infrastructure to 10GB.
Reliance Jio has deployed Ciena’s multi-terabit converged packet-optical technology to power its pan-India 4G network core and help unleash digital revolution in India.
Afghan CDMA operator Wasel Telecom has partnered with SpeedCast International to connect residents in remote villages in Afghanistan.
Kenya is launching its mobile money-exclusive government bond this week.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved a proposed merger between Aircel and the wireless unit of RCom (Reliance Communications).
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Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, India’s second and third largest operators, have agreed to merge their operations in the country to create a new market leading entity.
Chinese vendors are pouring increasing amounts of investment into Thailand’s smartphone market as they look to supplant South Korean vendor Samsung as the market’s leading device manufacturer.
Orange is launching its brand in Burkina Faso, bolstering its offering in West Africa.
India’s state-owned provider BSNL is upgrading all of its 2G sites to 3G base stations and deploying 4G services in certain areas across the next fiscal year.
TIM Brazil has signed a new contract with Nokia to build out a robust network infrastructure, helping the operator cope with increasing consumption of 4G mobile data.
The Reserve Bank of India is reportedly drafting guidelines that will allow for direct money transfers between the apps of different mobile wallet providers, removing the need for a traditional bank.
Kenya’s Communications Authority has shot down speculation that it planned to break up Safaricom.
Indian newcomer Reliance Jio is collaborating with Google to develop a low-cost 4G smartphone that can only be used on its network.
The government of India is aiming to sell 5G spectrum at auction this year in frequencies above 3GHz, along with spectrum in seven bands that went unsold in last year’s mammoth auction.
America Movil has been hit with orders from the Mexican regulator IFT to spin off part of its fixed line infrastructure and restructure some of its mobile operations.
The government of the Philippines has approved a project to create a national broadband network.
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