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Nigeria urged by comms minister to tread carefully with MTN investigation

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
25 January 2017
6303 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Fraud
  • MTN
  • Repatriation

Nigerian communications minister Adebayo Shittu has cautioned that the country’s current investigation into alleged illegal activity by MTN must not “scare away” the market leader.

Airtel looking to close Telenor acquisition in India

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James Barton
Category: Operators
25 January 2017
10407 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Acquisitions
  • Telenor
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Bharti Airtel
  • 4G LTE

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is aiming to close a deal to acquire Telenor’s Indian operations by the end of February.

Oculeus: Arnd Baranowski’s 2017 Telecom Trends

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Arnd Baranowski
Category: 2017 Trends
25 January 2017
8840 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East North Africa
  • OTT
  • Fraud
  • Competition
  • Fraud Management
  • Oculeus

In recent years, competition has gradually began influencing in the telecommunications sector in many developing and emerging markets across the world.

U Mobile and Docomo Digital partner for Google Play Store carrier billing in Malaysia

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
25 January 2017
6548 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Malaysia
  • U Mobile
  • Direct Carrier Billing
  • Google Play
  • Docomo Digital

Malaysian mobile operator U Mobile has partnered with Docomo Digital to give customers the option of purchasing Google Play Store content using direct carrier billing.

Facebook: Nunu Ntshingila's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Nunu Ntshingila
Category: 2017 Trends
24 January 2017
9584 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Connectivity
  • Video
  • Facebook

Over the past five years, we’ve seen African telecom networks make enormous strides towards providing broadband services to more of the continent’s people.

Altan wholesale 4G network gets green light in Mexico

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
24 January 2017
7453 views
  • Latin America
  • 4G
  • Mexico
  • Wholesale
  • Altan

The Altan consortium has been awarded a grant to construct and operate a wholesale 4G network in Mexico by the country’s regulator, IFT.

Millicom preparing mobile spectrum bid in Costa Rica

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James Barton
Category: Operators
23 January 2017
7661 views
  • Latin America
  • Movistar
  • Millicom
  • Mobile
  • Costa Rica
  • Claro
  • ICE

Millicom is believed to be interested in bidding for mobile spectrum in Costa Rica’s upcoming auctions as a means of entering the market.

Nokia: Aji Ed's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Aji Ed
Category: 2017 Trends
23 January 2017
12227 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Cloud
  • Nokia
  • Customer Experience Management
  • IoT
  • Smart Cities

Despite the fact that technology is one aspect of our life that changes fast making it difficult to predict precisely how the future will look like, we certainly need to attempt to understand the direction where the technology is moving forward.

Telco Systems: Raanan Tzemach’s 2017 Telecom Trends

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Raanan Tzemach
Category: 2017 Trends
20 January 2017
11419 views
  • Global
  • Carrier Ethernet
  • Telco Systems
  • 100GE

In 2017 in many developing and emerging markets, telcos and other service providers will be completing significant upgrades to their network architectures and infrastructures.

Cobham Wireless: Ian Langley's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Ian Langley
Category: 2017 Trends
19 January 2017
18131 views
  • Global
  • LTE
  • Internet of Things
  • Emergency Response
  • Cobham Wireless
  • Neutral Hosting

During 2017, the public safety industry will continue to work towards making LTE the long term answer for emergency services communication.

Cablevision Argentina Increases Capacity for Cloud-based Video Services

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
19 January 2017
9576 views
  • Latin America
  • Argentina
  • Optical Networking
  • IPTV
  • cablevision

Cablevision Argentina doubling its network capacity to meet surging demands for high-speed internet and video.

New Myanmar Operator Mytel to Invest US$2BN+ in Rural Network

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James Barton
Category: Operators
19 January 2017
16379 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Licensing
  • Myanmar
  • Viettel
  • Mytel

Myanmar’s new operator Mytel has announced it will invest over US$4 billion to build a new network prioritising rural areas.

O3b Wins Big with APAC Island Nations

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
18 January 2017
8581 views
  • Satellite
  • Asia-Pacific
  • O3b Networks
  • Solomon Telekom
  • Palau Telecoms
  • Timor Telecom

O3b Networks has announced a series of new deals with telecom operators of island nations in the Asia Pacific Region.

Procera Networks: Cam Cullen's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Cam Cullen
Category: 2017 Trends
18 January 2017
10578 views
  • Regulation
  • Global
  • Internet of Things
  • Zero-rating
  • Procera

2017 will be the year telecom regulators take aim, zero-rate proliferates, and IoT insecurity grabs hold.

Elitecore: Nikhil Jain's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Nikhil Jain
Category: 2017 Trends
17 January 2017
9469 views
  • Global
  • Internet of Things
  • Elitecore Technologies
  • 5G
  • vowifi

The telecom industry is at the forefront of leading the transformation the world is witnessing.

MIND CTI: Revital Libfrand's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Revital Libfrand
Category: 2017 Trends
16 January 2017
24540 views
  • Global
  • OTT
  • Mobile Payments
  • Messaging

Everyone is talking about the mobile revolution in emerging markets, and for a good reason.

BICS: Daniel Kurgan's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Daniel Kurgan
Category: 2017 Trends
13 January 2017
10305 views
  • Global
  • Roaming
  • BICS
  • Internet of Things
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

2016 proved to be a remarkable year for the telecoms industry.

Ericsson and China Mobile sign strategic agreement to cooperate on Internet of Things

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James Barton
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
13 January 2017
9676 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • Ericsson
  • Internet of Things

Ericsson and China Mobile have signed a strategic agreement to cooperate on development of the Internet of Things.

Vodafone and Idea refute Jio acquisition claims

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James Barton
Category: Operators
12 January 2017
9131 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Acquisitions
  • Idea Cellular
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm
  • Vodafone India

Indian heavyweights Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have both shot down rumours that they are seeking a merger with Reliance Jio.

Juvo: Steve Polsky’s 2017 Telecom Trends

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Steve Polsky
Category: 2017 Trends
12 January 2017
9105 views
  • Global
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Smartphones
  • Fintech
  • Juvo

In the past couple of years, three important factors have come together for FinTech: the rise of cloud computing, the ubiquity of smartphones and the ability to collect and analyse big data.

MATRIXX: Jennifer Kyriakakis' 2017 Telecom Trends

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Jennifer Kyriakakis
Category: 2017 Trends
11 January 2017
11542 views
  • Latin America
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Cloud
  • Matrixx
  • Omni-channel

Telcos have been very cautious to date about putting the crown jewels of their business in the cloud, but in 2017, they will finally embrace cloud software to boost their operational agility.

Kirusa: Inderpal Singh Mumick's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Inderpal Singh Mumick
Category: 2017 Trends
10 January 2017
11616 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Smartphones
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • OTT Messaging
  • Kirusa

Over the past five years, Africa has seen a sharp rise in the number of mobile phone users, accounting for 46% of the total population, making it the second largest mobile market in the world.

LMT and Fortumo launch carrier billing on Google Play in Latvia

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
10 January 2017
8890 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Fortumo
  • Latvia
  • Latvijas Mobilais Telefons
  • Direct Carrier Billing
  • Google Play
  • LMT

Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) is launching direct carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.

World Telecom Labs: Leigh Smith's 2017 Telecom Trends

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Leigh Smith
Category: 2017 Trends
09 January 2017
15458 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tanzania
  • World Telecom Labs
  • Remote Connectivity

Connecting the unconnected continues to be a fashionable industry term, with Facebook and Google in particular grabbing media headlines last year – and no doubt throughout 2017 - for their efforts.

Telefonica Guatemala modernising IP network with Ericsson and Cisco

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
09 January 2017
7901 views
  • Latin America
  • Telefonica
  • Cisco
  • Guatemala
  • Ericsson
  • Wireless Broadband

Ericsson and Cisco will provide Telefonica Guatemala with a new Internet Protocol (IP) network backbone, based on Cisco's aggregation services routers and Ericsson's integration services.

Openet: Martin Morgan’s 2017 Telecom Trends

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Martin Morgan
Category: 2017 Trends
06 January 2017
9531 views
  • Security
  • Global
  • Big Data
  • Openet
  • Content Delivery
  • Network Differentiation
  • AI

It used to be that writing a predictions piece was something of a retread of the previous year, with a few more advances.

Nominet and Microsoft bringing broadband to Africa via TV white spaces

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
06 January 2017
13279 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Microsoft
  • Wireless Broadband
  • TV White Spaces

Microsoft is deploying Nominet’s dynamic spectrum management technology to deliver broadband in the African continent.

Vietnamobile and Fortumo launch carrier billing on Google Play

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
05 January 2017
7099 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Fortumo
  • Vietnam
  • Google Play
  • App Stores
  • Carrier Billing
  • Vietnamobile

Vietnamobile has partnered with Fortumo to offer carrier billing on the Google Play app store in Vietnam.

Argentinean guidelines could spur Telefonica into legal action

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
05 January 2017
8772 views
  • Latin America
  • Telefonica
  • Telefonica Movistar
  • Argentina
  • Movistar Argentina
  • Competition

Recently issued guidelines aimed at fostering competition in Argentina have prompted Telefonica to consider a legal challenge.

MTN weighing up possibility of Nigeria exit

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 January 2017
8552 views
  • Regulation
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • MTN Nigeria
  • Penalties
  • Market Exits

Pan-African operator MTN is reportedly considering pulling out of the Nigerian market if what it deems the “endless hostility” of the country’s regulators continues.

Buyer revealed for Israel’s Golan Telecom

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 January 2017
9604 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Network Sharing
  • Acquisitions
  • Israel
  • Golan Telecom
  • Cellcom
  • Electra Consumer Products

Golan Telecom will be acquired by Electra Consumer Products in a deal that resolves the Israeli firm’s storied legal dispute with rival Cellcom.

Kirusa and Econet Wireless Launch InstaVoice Services in Lesotho

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
04 January 2017
7138 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Lesotho
  • Kirusa
  • Voice SMS
  • Econet Wireless
  • Voicemail

Econet Wireless has launched Kirusa’s InstaVoice Missed call, Voice SMS, Voice Mail and Sports Services in Lesotho.

Roshan selects SpeedCast for Cellular Backhauling in Afghanistan

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
04 January 2017
7022 views
  • Satellite
  • Central South Asia
  • Cellular Backhaul
  • Afghanistan
  • Speedcast
  • Roshan

Afghanistan’s market leader Roshan has tapped SpeedCast International to upgrade its cellular backhaul network to support 3G services over satellite in Zabul province in southwestern Afghanistan.

PTCL selects Viptela for Software-Defined WANs in Pakistan

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
04 January 2017
7951 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Pakistan
  • PTCL
  • SD-WAN
  • Viptela

The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has tapped Viptela and Inbox Business Technologies to deploy software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) infrastructures in Pakistan.

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