Anti-terrorism laws have prompted operators in Poland to disconnect around 12 million SIM cards across the country.

BlackBerry has secured a device manufacturing agreement in India while Apple has taken a further step towards a similar agreement.

This year started with the publication of a very interesting report by researchers at the University of Oxford.

Internet access is becoming more and more available in even the most rural areas.

The digital age is a reality, and it is evolving fast. In 2014, 96% of all non-users of the Internet were in emerging markets.

The WhiteSpace Alliance (WSA), a global industry organisation enabling sharing of underutilised spectrum, is working with the Government of India to bring cost-effective broadband services to its citizens.

In just the last couple of years, VoLTE, or Voice over Long Term Evolution, has begun to revolutionize voice service for mobile communications, and 2017 promises to be the biggest year yet for VoLTE.

During 2016 we experienced a surge in demand for higher capacity networks, fuelled by an increased uptake of cloud services, smartphone proliferation and a drive for more unified communications.

The mobile messaging landscape saw some big changes in 2016 and this evolution looks set to continue over the next 12 months.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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