Orange has stated that its Egyptian unit Mobinil will either sell a holding to a local partner or list up to 15% of its stock on the Cairo bourse.

Filipino operator Globe Telecom has tapped Aviat Networks to upgrade and expand its network with its CTR 8540 microwave networking solution.

Indosat and Smaato have launched the Indonesia Mobile Exchange (IMX) in the archipelagic nation.

The investment group Cinven has specified to Telekom Slovenije that its takeover bid for the state-owned operator is only valid until June 10^th.

Turkish operators Avea and Turkcell have commissioned Net Mobile AG to implement direct carrier billing for the Google Play store.

Indonesian market leader Telkomsel has signed a partnership agreement with mobile marketing firm TTC Mobile.

Jolla has announced that it is set to build a Sailfish OS ecosystem in Africa, beginning with South Africa.

O3b Networks is providing trunking services to SpeedCast for its customer Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited (CIIA).

Indian number four RCOM has seen its profits leap by 46% following a significant upswing in data consumption.

Carrier neutral connectivity integrator Custom Connect is now offering services in Zenium’s new Turkish data centre, Istanbul One.

The 22% holding in Telecom Italia currently held by the Telco investment group will be broken up following approval from the Argentinean antitrust watchdog CNDC.

Thai market leader AIS has launched FBSS (Fixed Broadband Support System) using ZTEsoft’s ZSmart QRun.

The government of Tanzania is reacquiring a 35% stake in Tanzania Telecommunications Corp (TTCL) from Indian firm Bharti Airtel.

Indosat has become the latest Indonesian operator to launch its own app store.

Computaris and HP have collaborated to secure the network of a unnamed Eastern European mobile carrier.

Liquid Telecom is expanding in Zambia with the acquisition of Realtime, Zambia's second largest Internet Service Provider.

PLDT Global has selected Fring to power its JuanaChat app aimed at helping overseas Filipino migrants and workers to stay connected with friends and families in the Philippines.

Amdocs is supplying an operational data store solution to Telefónica Chile and Telefónica Peru to collect, store and gain actionable business insights from their volumes of data.

Emerging APAC markets, along with Africa and the Middle East are currently the world's fastest growing smartphone markets.

The big three Chinese operators have all confirmed that they will slash their data tariffs as well as increasing network speeds.

Türk Telekom International (TTI) has selected NTT Communications to supply wholesale IP transit services across its operations.

Facebook’s Internet.org initiative has launched in Malawi, raising the number of people who can access its “100-plus free basic services” to 1 billion.

MTN Foundation and Oracle are collaborating on an ICT training project for MTNF scholars.

Global research consultancy TNS has today announced a strategic partnership with GeoPoll, the world’s largest mobile survey platform.

Zain Group and Vodafone have expanded their partner market agreement to deliver Machine-To-Machine (M2M) services to Enterprise and Government sectors in the Middle East.