The government of India has revealed it expects to raise around INR2.75 trillion ($41 billion) in the imminent large-scale spectrum auction – around half of the INR5.6 trillion reserve price.

Canalys’ latest market forecast shows worldwide smartphone shipments will reach just over 1.4 billion units in 2016.

Iraqi mobile payments company Iraq Wallet has expanded its ZainCash service by introducing an online payment solution, ‘Pay with ZainCash’.

Renewable energy firm Energy Vision has selected Flexenclosure for a significant eSite hybrid power system rollout in Gabon.

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has issued Google with a RUB438 million ($6.8 million) fine.

South African’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has abandoned its proposed sale of a roughly 15% holding in Vodacom.

GTT Communications and Filipino operator PLDT have announced a reciprocal relationship that will enable them to expand service reach and capabilities for their respective customers worldwide.

Google’s Android is by far the most popular smartphone OS in India, with a record 97% market share at the end of Q2.

China Mobile’s Jiangsu arm Jiangsu Mobile has adopted a new standard for its bearer network intelligent operations and maintenance (O&M) technology from ZTE.

Telekom Malaysia has signed an agreement with RingByName allowing the cloud communications services firm to participate in its VADS marketplace.

Telegram, which positions itself a secure messaging app, has experienced its most extensive hack to date in Iran.

Vodafone Egypt may not acquire a 4G licence in the market, according to reports.

Verizon Digital Media Services has partnered with Bharti Airtel to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India.

Filipino operator PLDT has strengthened its global network infrastructure by leveraging the 100 gigabit-per-second (100Gbps) connectivity powered by NTT Com’s Tier 1 Global IP backbone.

Wipro has launched a three-year Corporate Social Investment project in South Africa.

Southeast Asian operator XL Axiata has selected Ericsson to deploy an LTE and 3G/WCDMA indoor small cell solution.

Vodafone Czech Republic has launched a new Wi-Fi Calling service based on the WIT VoWiFi solution.

Tanzanian market leader Vodacom is deploying PeerApp’s content-caching solution across the market.

Chilean network services provider Presetec is implementing Kandy’s Visual Attender into its portfolio to digitally enable its customers and enhance customer service and call centre workflows and economics.

Intex Technologies has begun sales of the first device to license Jolla’s Sailfish OS.

Virgin Mobile has expanded its Latin American virtual network operations into Peru.

Tele2 has selected Nokia's Cloud Packet Core solution to transform its core network to meet growing customer demand for high performance mobile broadband services.