Algerie Telecom, Algeria’s state-owned operator, has appointed Nokia Networks to upgrade its transport network sites.

Big DataAnalytics solution provider Flyxt has announced a strategic tie up with Vodacom, Mozambique’s leading mobile network.

Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, has partnered with Finish smartphone company Jolla to launch a smartphone running Sailfish OS, an open source operating system formerly developed by Nokia as Meego.

Millicom has launched a low-cost mobile English language learning course called EduMe English in Rwanda.

America Movil controller Carlos Slim has expressed his belief that potential buyers for the assets that the operator plans to sell are unlikely to come from within Mexico.

Samsung Electronics West Africa is launching Celltick’s ‘Start’ based technology across its complete range of Android phones via the Samsung Apps Store.

Vodafone Group and Bemobile (trading as “bmobile”) have announced the formation of a new Partner Market agreement in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Yemeni operator TeleYemen is expanding its agreement with Intelsat to provide additional support for its VSAT network within Yemen.

The telecoms ministry of Argentina, Secom, has detailed the rollout conditions that the winners of its upcoming 4G spectrum auctions must adhere to.

Romanian operators Romtelecom and Cosmote have signed a seven-year managed services agreement with Ericsson.

Zimbabwean operator Telecel has commenced laying its own optical fibre cable to provide more high capacity data provisioning for the network nationwide.

China Mobile’s subsidiary CMRI (China Mobile Research Institute) is collaborating with Agilent Technologies for the development of 5G wireless communication systems.

Filipino operator Globe Telecom is rolling out fuel cell systems that can provide back-up power solution in cell sites identified as most critical to ensure delivery of telecommunication services during crisis situations – particularly natural calamities.

Zain Saudi Arabia is upgrading and expanding its networks with agreements worth SAR (US $1.2 billion), as part of its Reload project.

The mobile payments company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor Pakistan are launching direct carrier billing in Pakistan.

Beeline Kazakhstan is upgrading its messaging infrastructure with the implementation of iAX Anti-Spam, Tango Telecom’s advanced messaging threat protection solution.

The Romanian and Slovakian units of Deutsche Telekom – Cosmote Romania and Slovak Telekom – have rolled out Jibe Mobile’s joyn service.

Malaysian infrastructure provider Sacofa is implementing Packet Transport Networking (PTN) solutions from Tejas Networks in Sarawak.

Vodafone has sold its 49% stake in Vodafone Fiji to the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF). The deal closed for FJD160 million (almost $87.5 million).

China Telecom and China Unicom have received licences to begin trialling FDD-LTE networks in 16 Chinese cities.

Zain Kuwait is transforming its operations support systems (OSS) to become more customer-centric.

Caribbean operator Wind Telecom has awarded ZTE a contract to build the Dominican Republic’s first 4G TD-LTE network.

Indian operator BSNL and Syniverse have signed a multiyear agreement which will implement Syniverse’s SMS Interoperability Solution to provide BSNL’s subscribers with greater mobile messaging reach.

Satellite service provider Gilat has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement under which Gilat Colombia will use Intelsat Ku-band capacity to support the Kioscos Vive Digital 2 (KVDII) project.

Zain Jordan has deployed Jinny Software’s SmartGuard Messaging Control Suite for message filtering and content subscription control.

Zimbabwean operator Telecel is introducing WhatsApp Bundles to allow subscribers to chat and share videos, voice notes and files with anyone on any network without having to worry about running out of data.

Birdstep Technology and Syniverse are providing Samsung with an end-to-end solution for an enhanced & customised Wi-Fi connection management solution, including back-end billing integration.