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CellMining: Assaf Aloni's 2016 Trends

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Assaf Aloni
Category: 2016 Trends
12 January 2016
9399 views
  • Latin America
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Customer Experience
  • SON
  • RAN Optimisation
  • CellMining

The customer experience is central to mobile networks, and throughout 2016 operators will continue to optimise their networks to meet this need, according to CellMining’s Assaf Aloni…

Orange to acquire mobile operator Cellcom Liberia

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Tom Jackson
Category: Operators
12 January 2016
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Orange
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Liberia
  • Cellcom

Orange has announced it has entered into an agreement with Cellcom Telecommunications Limited to acquire, through its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Cellcom Liberia, the leading mobile operator in the West African country.

Kenyan court challenge to Equity Bank MVNO thrown out

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Tom Jackson
Category: Mobile Finance
12 January 2016
6304 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Equity Bank
  • Kenya
  • MFS
  • Communications Authority of Kenya

A legal suit brought by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) against the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licence awarded to Equity Bank in 2014 has been dismissed.

Cloud traffic in Middle East, Africa to quadruple by 2019

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Tom Jackson
Category: Trends & Forecasts
12 January 2016
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • M2M
  • Cisco
  • Cloud Services
  • Internet of Things

Cloud traffic in the Middle East and Africa will quadruple by 2019, according to the Cisco Cloud Index. Personal cloud storage, public cloud services, denser private cloud workloads and the Internet of Everything (IoE) are among the key drivers of growth.

World Telecom Labs: Simon Pearson's 2016 Trends

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Simon Pearson
Category: 2016 Trends
12 January 2016
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • OTT
  • Remote Coverage
  • Small Cells
  • Virtualisation
  • World Telecom Labs
  • Satellite Backhaul

Plugging gaps in connectivity to connect the unconnected has long been a challenge for emerging markets. WTL’s Simon Pearson suggests how this might be addressed in 2016…

Tecnotree: Timo Ahomäki's 2016 Trends

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Timo Ahomäki
Category: 2016 Trends
12 January 2016
10940 views
  • Global
  • Big Data
  • TecnoTree
  • SDN
  • Internet of Things
  • NFV
  • Free Basics

2016 might be the year that Big Data gets smaller – and smarter, according to Tecnotree’s Timo Ahomäki...

Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System launched

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Gabriella Mulligan
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
11 January 2016
6571 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Submarine Cable
  • Cameroon
  • Fiber-Optic
  • Main One Cable Company

West Africa’s leading telecoms and network services provider MainOne has announced the completion and launch of the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) connecting Lagos, Nigeria and Kribi, Cameroun.

Sweeping global trend towards OTT TV consumption on mobile

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Tom Jackson
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
11 January 2016
8207 views
  • Global
  • OTT
  • SaaS
  • IPTV

There is a “sweeping trend” across the world towards OTT television consumption on mobile devices, which are now the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content.

Nokia Networks: Aji Ed's 2016 Trends

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Aji Ed
Category: 2016 Trends
11 January 2016
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Nokia
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Radio Access Networks
  • Data Traffic
  • Internet of Things

The unstoppable march of smartphone adoption will lead to massive increases in data traffic in 2016. Nokia's Aji Ed explains which technologies will help to address this issue...

LogNet Billing: Kirill Rechter's 2016 Trends

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Kirill Rechter
Category: 2016 Trends
08 January 2016
10535 views
  • Billing
  • Global
  • Customer Experience
  • LogNet Systems
  • Service Delivery

With competition set to increase in 2016 across many emerging markets, differentiating offerings via customer experience and billing will become ever more important, as LogNet’s Kirill Rechter notes…

Lebanon’s Touch extends Astellia’s solution to its 4G network

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
08 January 2016
7261 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Customer Experience
  • Network Monitoring
  • Astellia
  • Lebanon
  • touch
  • 4G LTE

Lebanese market leader Touch has expanded its use of Astellia’s 2G and 3G monitoring solution to its 4G network.

TowerXchange: Kieron Osmotherly's 2016 Trends

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Kieron Osmotherly
Category: 2016 Trends
08 January 2016
9906 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Infrastructure Sharing
  • TowerXchange
  • Managed Services
  • DAS

A major trend in emerging markets is the transfer of tower assets from leading mobile operators to independent tower companies. TowerXchange’s Kieron Osmotherly explains how this will continue in 2016…

C&W and Huawei complete G.fast broadband trial in Panama

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
08 January 2016
7486 views
  • Latin America
  • Panama
  • Huawei
  • Cable and Wireless
  • G.fast

Using G.fast technology, Cable & Wireless Panama in partnership with Huawei have successfully trialled the fastest copper-based broadband service in Latin America.

WorldRemit: Alix Murphy's 2016 Trends

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Alix Murphy
Category: 2016 Trends
07 January 2016
9238 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Money
  • Remittance
  • WorldRemit

The advent of cross-border remittance services demonstrates that mobile money will continue to play a crucial role in emerging markets in 2016, according to WorldRemit...

Tata Docomo Offers Subscribers Customised Experiences via Syniverse

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
07 January 2016
5552 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Syniverse
  • Customer Experience
  • Data Usage
  • Tata Docomo

Indian operator Tata Docomo has partnered with Syniverse to enable subscribers to manage their mobile expenses.

WIT Software: Gavin Webster's 2016 Trends

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Gavin Webster
Category: 2016 Trends
07 January 2016
9555 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Latin America
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Android
  • RCS
  • Google
  • VoLTE

According to WIT Software, rich communications systems are set to gain traction in emerging markets in 2016 – and Google’s entry into the space will be a major factor...

Partner terminates Israeli branding agreement with Orange

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James Barton
Category: Operators
07 January 2016
8939 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Orange
  • Israel
  • Branding
  • Partner Communications

Israeli operator Partner Communications has ended its brand licensing agreement with Orange.

MeaWallet and ABnote extend Mobile Wallet partnership to Lat Am

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
07 January 2016
6587 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Mobile Wallet

ABnote and MeaWallet have expanded their strategic partnership to cover Mexico, Central America and South America.

Telefonica and China Mobile partnering for big data joint venture

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
06 January 2016
6880 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Telefonica
  • China Unicom
  • Big Data
  • Location-Based Services

China Unicom has formed a joint venture with Telefonica to offer big data services in its home market.

Koryolink no longer under Orascom’s control

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James Barton
Category: Operators
06 January 2016
13275 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • North Korea
  • Orascom
  • Koryolink

Orascom has revealed that it has essentially lost control of its North Korean operation, Koryolink.

Jasco: Eckart Zollner's 2016 Trends

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Eckart Zollner
Category: 2016 Trends
06 January 2016
7750 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Last Mile
  • Jasco
  • Low-cost smartphones

Africa has plenty of room for growth, but many African markets will need to liberalise before this growth can be realised. Eckart Zollner of Jasco gives us his outlook for 2016…

Alcatel-Lucent improving customer experience for Telekom Srbija

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
06 January 2016
7326 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • M2M
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Mobile Device Management
  • Serbia
  • Telekom Srbija

Telekom Srbija is deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile device management technology to improve its customer experience.

Gilat Satcom: Dan Zajicek's 2016 Trends

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Dan Zajicek
Category: 2016 Trends
05 January 2016
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • M2M
  • Gilat Satcom
  • Small Cells
  • Internet of Things
  • 4G LTE

Africa is a market of contrasts, but demand for high-speed connectivity is growing all the time. As part of our Trends Survey, Gilat Satcom's Dan Zajicek shares his vision for 2016...

Free Basics hits roadblocks in India and Egypt

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
05 January 2016
10626 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Middle East North Africa
  • India
  • Egypt
  • Facebook
  • Zero-rating
  • Net Neutrality
  • Free Basics

Facebook’s Free Basics continues to be beset by problems, with Egypt imposing a ban on the service while Indian tech companies balk over zero-rating concerns.

China Telecom’s Chang Xiaobing detained in corruption probe

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James Barton
Category: Operators
05 January 2016
8031 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • China Telecom
  • Corruption

China Telecom chairman Chang Xiaobing has resigned following his arrest as part of a state crackdown on corruption.

Omantel brings Teoco on board for network optimisation in Oman

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 January 2016
7480 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Oman
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Omantel
  • Teoco
  • RAN Optimisation

Leading Omani operator Omantel has selected Teoco to provide multiyear managed services that cover RAN planning and optimisation.

Pakistan withdraws BlackBerry shutdown order

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
04 January 2016
7935 views
  • Security
  • Central South Asia
  • Pakistan
  • Monitoring
  • BlackBerry

BlackBerry will no longer pull out of Pakistan after resolving a dispute with the country’s government over data privacy.

Openet: Martin Morgan's 2016 Trends

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Martin Morgan
Category: 2016 Trends
04 January 2016
8412 views
  • Global
  • Broadband
  • Data
  • Wi-fi
  • Openet
  • Content

With access to high-speed data becoming the norm, Openet sees a shift in how content is offered in 2016 as customer experience becomes king.

MoneyGram Launches Account Deposit for Nigerian diaspora in Europe

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
04 January 2016
5797 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Remittance
  • MoneyGram

MoneyGram has extended its Nigerian remittance service to customers in several European markets.

Ooredoo Group selects GoSwiff as global Mobile Payments partner

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
23 December 2015
9870 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Ooredoo
  • Algeria
  • Kuwait
  • Myanmar
  • Iraq
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Maldives
  • Tunisia

Ooredoo has selected GoSwiff as its partner for the implementation of its international mPOS (mobile point of sale) platform.

SimbaNET drives business growth in East Africa with Tata Communications

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
23 December 2015
7143 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Tata Communications
  • Uganda
  • IP Networks

Eastern African connectivity provider SimbaNET has collaborated with Tata Communications on enterprise ICT in the region.

Strong data revenue growth is the silver lining of Pakistan’s ailing mobile sector

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James Barton
Category: Investment
22 December 2015
9283 views
  • Investment
  • Central South Asia
  • Pakistan
  • Data Revenue
  • Zong
  • Mobilink
  • Telenor Pakistan

Between falling mobile revenue, rock-bottom foreign investment, and hikes in sales tax on devices, Pakistan’s mobile operators have had a fairly bleak year.

True and Jasmine win Thai 4G licences with record bids

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James Barton
Category: Investment
22 December 2015
13701 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • AIS
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • DTAC
  • True Move
  • 4G Spectrum
  • Jasmine

Thailand’s 4G auctions have set a world record for price per megahertz, with True Move and Jasmine beating out the market leaders to win licences.

MTN begins legal battle against Nigeria fine

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
22 December 2015
9270 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nigeria
  • MTN
  • NCC
  • Penalties

MTN is mounting a legal challenge against the $3.9 billion fine issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

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