Omantel Wholesale is interconnecting the Gulf to Africa (G2A) and Silk Road Gateway - 1 (SRG-1) cable systems to deliver ultra-low latency networking between Asia and Africa.
Eutelsat and BICS have partnered to launch an on-demand connectivity solution for African telecom operators.
Emerging market consumers do not need “the next Facebook” or “the next Snapchat”, according to new research from mobile commerce accelerator Upstream.
NTT Communications Corporation has launched the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable network connecting regions and countries in the Asia.
Indonesian operator Smartfren is launching direct carrier billing from Fortumo across its operations.
Shipments of smartphones saw a 6% annual increase during Q3 2016, constituting the quickest industry growth over the past year.
When purchasing high-speed optical networking systems you must consider more than just transmission performance, as Jonathan Homa of ECI Telecom explains.
India is expected to see a significant uptake in mobile subscriptions, broadband and connectivity by 2020.
Eutelsat Communications and Yahsat have signed a multi-year capacity agreement to provide high-performance commercial Ka-band capacity to Eutelsat’s African broadband venture Broadband for Africa.
The GSMA has elected new members of the GSMA Board for the two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018.
Turkish tower company Global Tower has put its scheduled IPO on ice “until the markets become more reliable and stable”.
Nokia has signed two Memoranda of Confirmation frame agreements with Filipino operator Globe Telecom.
West African connectivity and data centre solutions company MainOne has chosen Minkels as its data centre supplier.
ip.access has entered into a strategic partnership with Única do Brasil to support the roll out of its cloud-based multi-operator small cell platform, Viper.
Intelsat S.A. is donating capacity to the American Red Cross to support relief operations in Haiti following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) and Liquid Telecom entered a joint venture that will see the latter lease excess optical fibres from BPC’s network.
Xura has announced an agreement with the Telefónica Group to become a global messaging partner across all countries operated by the multinational.
Israeli incumbent operator Bezeq is undertaking a countrywide G.fast deployment with Adtran as the prime project vendor.
Subscriber driven access specialist Calix is partnering with Armenian service provider Ucom to deliver the benefits of NG-PON2 to the operator’s wireline and mobile subscribers.
Telecom Egypt is deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh solution and packet-optical platforms for low-latency connectivity.
Blue Arcus Technologies has selected Tecore Networks’ Mobility Virtualised Platform (MVP) for deployment in the Marshall Islands.
Vodafone and Iranian ISP HiWEB have announced a new non-equity Partner Market agreement for Iran.
After refusing the bid in last month’s spectrum auctions, Egypt’s operators are now acquiring 4G licences through agreements with the country’s regulator NTRA.
Reliance Communications has signed a non-binding agreement to sell a 51% stake in its tower unit to Canadian Brookfield Infrastructure Group.
Nokia and Bharti Airtel are to expand the deployment of 4G technology across nine circles in India as the country prepares itself for the next boom in mobile data demand.
C&W Communications is implementing a network expansion across its operations in the Caribbean and Panama using solutions from Ericsson.
John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer of the GSMA, has urged national governments to reassess their approach to spectrum auction reserve prices after India failed to sell any of the critical 700 MHz band last week.
Kuwait's telecom sector is characterised by a highly developed mobile sector with many multiple subscriptions.
Orange Egypt has applied for a 4G licence in Egypt, backtracking on its decision to abstain from bidding in the country’s recent auctions.
Thai mobile service provider TrueMove H has deployed Procera’s ScoreCard technology to monitor the Quality of Experience (QoE) its network is delivering to subscribers across 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE.
Bangladeshi operator Banglalink has adopted Infobip’s its sGate SMS firewall to increase control and visibility of SMS traffic on the network and allow for a more secure and profitable messaging ecosystem.
Russian technology and AI firm Yandex has launched a global partnership programme for Android handset manufacturers and telecom operators.
Satellite communications and network service provider SpeedCast International has finalised a joint venture in Ghana, strengthening the company’s commitment to provide high quality Pan-African coverage.
Over the next few years, we can expect operators in developing countries to adopt Network Function Virtualization (NFV) as a key concept within their network infrastructure.
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