Intelsat, BT Group, and ITC Global have donated satellite capacity, equipment and manpower to help restore critical communication networks across Vanuatu.
Bangladesh’s spectrum auctions look likely to be delayed again due to a regulatory dispute concerning SIM replacement taxes.
Pan-African MTN Group may consolidate its position in the Nigerian mobile market with the acquisition of CDMA operator Visafone.
Middle Eastern 4G service provider Tishknet has extended its Alepo policy, charging and CRM solution to provide support for its existing WiMAX services in addition to its future LTE network.
Vodacom is launching South Africa’s first commercially available VoLTE network.
Two bidders have emerged for the Slovenian incumbent Telekom Slovenije.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is planning to differentiate its 4G service from its competitors’ with bespoke apps.
Orange Polska has selected Ericsson as its OSS transformation partner.
mHealth adoption is growing globally, according to a new report conducted by the mobile trade body Mobile Ecosystem Forum.
Despite the vast amounts bid for spectrum in the country’s latest round of auctions, the head of India’s Department of Telecom has claimed that there is “no case at all” for increasing tariffs.
The government of Slovakia is aiming to offer its 49% holding in incumbent operator Slovak Telekom on the London and Bratislava stock exchanges.
Bharti Airtel has begun offering data services free of charge via a new platform.
STC has selected DragonWave to support its enterprise network expansion.
Indonesian operator Telkomsel has selected Cloudera to provide its big data platform in order to facilitate its transition from a voice and SMS operator to a broadband provider.
America Movil has unveiled plans to spin off its tower mast business as a means of reducing its dominance in the Mexican telecoms market.
Thai state-owned operator CAT is aiming to strike a network sharing deal with the country’s second largest operator dtac in Q2.
Turkish conglomerate Cukurova Holding has begun an attempt to acquire a further stake in the country’s leading mobile operator, Turkcell.
Construction on the South-East Asia – United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system has officially begun.
Microsoft 4Afrika has launched an online hub for Kenyan small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access locally relevant information and resources to promote SMEs and improve trade.
UPC Hungary has appointed Dimoco as its partner for the technical implementation of Mobile Payment services across its mobile offering.
The regulator of Thailand, NBTC, has pushed the country’s 4G spectrum auctions to the end of the year.
Zimbabwe’s largest operator Econet Wireless has slammed a government network sharing proposal as a veiled attempt to appropriate its assets.
China Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of its top three suppliers for the rollout of mobile ultra-broadband services across China.
Telecom Namibia has partnered with Finnish smartphone firm Jolla to launch the latter’s device, Jolla smartphone.
Vodafone and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) have signed a partner market agreement that will help Vodafone increase its African presence.
Anise Asia has selected Virtustream to power the next generation of its cloud platform.
The ITU has deployed emergency telecommunication equipment to Vanuatu following the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam.
Tata Communications and Indosat have partnered to deliver a wide range of technology and communication solutions for Indonesian enterprises’ growing ICT requirements.
Cambodian mobile market leader Metfone has acquired fourth-placed Beeline for an undisclosed sum.
The government of Thailand is aiming to sell 100MHz of unused 2.3GHz spectrum held by state-owned operator TOT in the country’s forthcoming 4G auctions.
Telefonica Brasil has revealed that it will partially finance its acquisition of broadband firm GVT via a public offering.
Gondwana International Networks (GIN), parent company to Africa Online, is expanding its VSAT services in Tanzania.
SES S.A. and Digicel Pacific Limited have donated satellite capacity and equipment to restore vital communication networks across Vanuatu.
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