Bahraini operator Menatelecom has successfully deployed its LTE network in tandem with its ongoing WiMAX network using Elitecore’s revenue and customer management platform.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad is transforming its delivery of data services for enterprises with the implementation of support systems from Accenture.

Brazilian operator Nextel has launched 4G/LTE services in Rio de Janeiro, allowing subscribers access to download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.

Micromax is launching two new smartphones running on the Windows Phone 8.1 OS, making it the first Indian smartphone provider to launch a device that uses the Microsoft platform.

Orange and the BNP Paribas group are offering retail banking customers in Africa direct access between their BNP Paribas account and their Orange Money account through their mobile phones.

Thailand’s ongoing political unrest has stalled its 4G auctions, with the country’s military ruling council requesting that the upcoming spectrum licensing process be postponed.

Bharti Airtel has now launched 4G/LTE services in Kolkata for certain smartphones.

Middle Eastern service provider du has signed a contract with Nokia to deploy its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).

Sri Lankan operator SLT (Sri Lanka Telecom) is upgrading its NetCracker billing and mediation environment to the firm’s next-generation billing, rating and active mediation solutions.

ZTE and MNC Kabel Mediacom are deploying Indonesia’s first ultra-broadband Internet service, delivering connection speeds of up to 200Mbps to users for a richer and more interactive online experience.

Gemalto will implement its UpTeq Multi-Tenant NFC SIM for China Telecom as part of the operator’s commercial rollout of contactless services for mobile.

Voting technology and services provider Smartmatic has been awarded a contract by Brazil´s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to guarantee data and voice communications in the 15 most isolated states during the general elections to be held in October.

Seacom has deployed CDNetworks content clusters and caching nodes on its Pan-African IP network footprint in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Vodacom DRC is implementing Emagine’s Campaign Management Platform and Managed Marketing Operations services to execute contextual marketing campaigns.

China Mobile is acquiring an 18% stake in Thai operator True Corp for around $880 million.

Anticipating a surge of user activity surrounding 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, three operators in Brazil are working with Aptilo Networks to enable Wi-Fi offloading and carrier Wi-Fi throughout the country.

Zimbabwean mobile operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has partnered with Jasco for a contact centre to deliver a superior customer experience across its operation.

Vodafone’s Czech unit has taken issue with an LTE network-sharing arrangement between two of its main rivals, arguing that the country’s regulator has stipulated that such arrangements should not be exclusive.

Mobile payments leader Bango and telecoms giant Etisalat Group have entered into a partnership to deploy Direct Operator Billing (DOB) across Etisalat Group’s markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Angolan operator Unitel has selected network performance solutions provider Mycom for an end-to-end mobile network and service performance management solution.

Mexican quad-play provider Maxcom has selected NetCracker to deliver a large-scale OSS transformation that will improve its order-to-cash process and network design, build and optimisation capabilities.

The inaugural meeting of the Mobile Energy Association took place this week at TM Forum Live in Nice, France. The association aims to increase collaboration between the telecoms and energy sectors.

Alcatel-Lucent and Mobily Saudi Arabia have announced the first global deployment of virtualised radio access network (RAN) software from the vendor’s Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) portfolio.

Syniverse is providing an LTE roaming trial environment to BTC (Bahamas Telecommunications Company), enabling the operator to transition to 4G roaming services.

Chinese market leader China Mobile has fulfilled its promise of halving LTE charges by doubling the amount of data available to its 4G subscribers without raising its tariffs.

NEC Corporation is upgrading microwave links to double mobile network capacity in six rural and island locations across Tanzania.

Reliance Industries is acquiring a majority holding in the Indian content provider Network 18 Media & Investments.