Indian number four Reliance Communication (RCom) is planning to divest at least a majority holding in its tower business, Reliance Infratel.
Telefonica Brasil’s public offering has brought in BRL16 billion ($5.3 billion) to finance its acquisition of broadband provider GVT.
MTN Nigeria is offering a full month of free downloads for all Nigerian apps, in a campaign branded APPtitude.
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) is partnering with Ocean Networks to build a 14,200 km submarine cable system linking Hawaii to South America.
Leading Russian operator MTS has tapped Intracom to supply its mmWave outdoor Ethernet radios.
The Slovakian government has shelved the scheduled IPO for Slovak Telekom after receiving an offer from an unnamed bidder.
The GSMA has issued a new report highlighting how effective government policy in Thailand could increase mobile and fixed broadband penetration to 133% by 2020, up from 52% in 2013.
Ooredoo Qatar has commissioned Syniverse’s IPX Network Solution to enhance the its 4G roaming service for customers.
Oi has begun implementation of a new broadband data communication network architecture from Alcatel-Lucent.
Boku has launched its carrier billing solution in the Google Play store.
Alcatel-Lucent and the Algerian Ministry of Post, Information Technology and Communications are deploying a fibre optic link between Algeria and Spain.
Microwave networking solutions firm Aviat Networks has announced a three-year turnkey agreement with MTN South Africa, part of the MTN Group.
Fibre optic specialist Hevek Company has partnered with fibre cable manufacturer m2fx to launch the latter’s Miniflex products in Iraq.
SES S.A, as one of the private partners in emergency.lu, is providing vital connectivity services following the recent earthquake in Nepal.
Kazakhstani market leader Kcell JSC has selected Amdocs for a business support systems (BSS) transformation project.
Millicom has partnered with Momac to launch SmartApps, a new Tigo-branded mobile service that will give mobile customers access to premium content.
Globe has partnered with WhatsApp to offer zero-rated access to the mobile messaging app with a prepaid promo or postpaid plan subscription.
South African operator Cell C has selected Tecnotree to expand its call completion and IVR platform.
Two senior executives from rival African ICT service providers were playing golf. One remarked casually, while his opponent was trying to putt, that enterprise ICT sales in their countries of operation reached USD900 million last year.
Oracle Academy and the Raspberry Pi Foundation have partnered on a project to join thousands of schools in Africa and around the world in a global science experiment.
A new online job portal dubbed Everjobs has launched in Cameroon.
Battery manufacturer Saft has received an order from Reliance Jio Infocomm for its Evolion lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems.
Zimbabwean incumbent TelOne has signed an extension to its connectivity contract with Avanti.
Thailand’s ICT minister has called for spectrum held by state-owned operators to be returned to the government and refarmed so that it can be resold for 4G use.
Latin America is an attractive region for MNOs to explore the m-commerce space beyond m-payments, due to the increasing presence of mobile merchants and the strong base of mobile users.
Millicom has launched a new 4G wireless network in Tanzania, offering Tigo customers high-speed internet for the first time.
India’s income tax department has asked Vodafone to re-submit its tax return for the year 2009-10 for further review.
Customers of M-Pesa and MTN Mobile Money in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement between Vodafone Group and MTN Group to interconnect their mobile money services.
Indosat and Facebook have partnered to launch Internet.org in Indonesia as part of the “Internet Tanpa Pulsa Untuk Semua” initiative for all Indonesians.
Indian regulator TRAI has claimed that Bharti Airtel’s new service Airtel Zero contravenes the country’s net neutrality principles.
The Slovenian state investment fund SDH has received a binding bid for its 73% stake in Telekom Slovenije from UK private equity firm Cinven.
VimpelCom is expanding its use of Openmind’s SMS traffic control solution in Moscow and Central Russia.
Afghan m-commerce provider M-Paisa is partnering with electrical company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) to allow bill payments via mobile money transactions.
Indian e-commerce provider Flipkart has pulled out of Bharti Airtel’s new Airtel Zero service, which subsidises data services for particular apps.
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