Turkcell is implementing Teoco’s Helix 9.0 unified service assurance suite to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of its multi-vendor network.

Presta Bist Telecoms has tapped O3b Networks to increase its contracted capacity in response to rising demand for reliable, high-speed broadband in the Republic of Chad.

Zain has partnered with Myca Health to develop and implement a mobile electronic medical health record (EMR) platform across its network.

Pakistan’s Spellflix has selected Fortumo to provide carrier billing for its movie streaming service.

Asian satellite operator Thaicom has partnered with VSAT firm Intersat to launch its Managed Satellite Network Service over the iDirect satellite hub platform.

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology have been selected by Globe Telecom to support its digital transformation initiative and lay the foundation for next-generation infrastructure, including virtualisation.

The telecommunications market in Equatorial Guinea is estimated to have reached $84m in service revenue in 2016, according to Research & Markets.

Upstart Indian operator Reliance Jio has struck a deal with Uber to allow the platform’s users to pay their cab fares via its JioMoney digital wallet.

Myanmar’s market leader MPT has acquired Gemalto's Device Management and Advanced Over-The-Air (AOTA) in a bid to strengthen its relationship with its subscribers and expand its service portfolios.

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) has deployed Coriant’s best-in-class coherent optical transport and universal switching technology as part of a nationwide upgrade to its fibre-based backbone network.

Axiata Group has partnered with Fortumo for direct carrier billing, with Indonesia (XL Axiata) and Malaysia (Celcom) the first markets to launch the service.

Brazilian operator Oi has selected an SON solution from CellMining to automatically optimise its network and improve the Quality of Experience (QoE) for mobile network subscribers nationwide.

Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, announced today the introduction of its new Point-to-Point E-Band radio, UltraLink-GX80.

Telefónica has tapped Comarch to help it transform its transport networks in five Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

Optical network equipment supplier Ekinops has partnered with Orange Ivory Coast to deploy its 100 gigabits per second solution.

Angola Cables has chosen Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica, as its peering point.

Telia Carrier has established two new points of presence (PoP) in St. Petersburg, Russia to meet customer demand.

The telecom services revenue in Ghana is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 5.4% during 2016 - 2021, according to a new report from Research & Markets.

Microsoft East Africa and Liquid Telecom have joined forces to improve and accelerate the use of cloud services across Africa.

Promexar has selected Advantech Wireless’ Transcend 800-B Microwave Radio for a microwave backhaul system in Monterrey, Mexico.

Pakistan’s leading 4G network, Zong (CMPak) has joined forces with Chinese device maker Xiaomi to launch the latter’s products in Pakistan.

New research from Analysys Mason shows that 44% of respondents in Sub-Saharan Africa would switch providers to attain better data speeds.

Indian newcomer Reliance Jio has attracted 100 million subscribers in just five months, according to the operator’s chairman Mukesh Ambani.

Accuris Networks Limited has partnered with Internet Solutions (IS) to introduce a seamless continent-wide Wi-Fi network in Africa.

Telefónica, Huawei and Kamstrup have successfully deployed their first project with real user’s data using NarrowBand IoT technology (NB-IoT).

Georgian mobile operator Geocell has selected Peter-Service to deliver its billing solution.

MTN registered an overall loss in 2016 which it attributed in large part to the $1 billion fine it received from the Nigerian government.

PacketLight Networks has partnered with Avelacom to build out their high speed network from London to Moscow with PacketLight’s optical transport solutions.