Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) has launched MovilCash, Panama’s first mobile money service.

Etisalat’s acquisition of Vivendi’s 53% stake in Maroc Telecom should be complete by May 14, the UAE operator has stated.

Etisalat has confirmed that it will sell its operations in West Africa to Maroc Telecom.

Vodacom Tanzania has ordered an energy centre from Flexenclosure to power its main switching centre in the capital Dar es Salaam, as replacement for the energy centre that was damaged in a fire in August.

Tata Communications and Orange International Carriers have announced an agreement to interconnect their respective IPX (IP-Exchange) communities for voice over IPX and Signalling Sigtran, which allows IP networks to inter-work with the public switched telephone network.

Satellite provider Speedcast has announced that it will expand its Tier 1 IP backbone into Vanuatu.

Two leading Czech operators have agreed to share radio access equipment for nationwide LTE coverage.

Chilean operator Entel has pledged $2.8 billion worth of investment into 3G and 4G networks across the next three years.

Pakistan’s 3G and 4G spectrum auctions have concluded successfully, raising over $1.1 billion.

Etisalat has reached a financing agreement with several banks which will allow it to acquire a majority stake in Maroc Telecom.

Three of India’s largest operators have forged a 3G roaming agreement to expand their coverage across more of the country’s telecom circles.

DTAC, Thailand’s second largest mobile operator is to upgrade its 3G network and lay the foundation for a 4G LTE network in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.

Former Apple CEO John Sculley is backing the launch a new range of smartphones in India. Obi Mobiles plans to invest US$20 million to enter the market during 2014.

Bahrain Telecom (Batelco) has announced it will offer cloud based DDoS protection services to business customers to protect customers' websites from DDoS attacks.

In a Landmark partnership expected to benefit over 500 million mobile customers across three fast developing regions, SingTel Group and Samsung have unveiled a suite of joint initiatives to bring improved mobile data experiences to customers.

Tigo is extending financial inclusion in Tanzania by partnering with 17 major banks. The new service will enable Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive funds to and from any bank account to and from any Tigo Pesa wallet almost anywhere in the country.

Telecom Namibia has launched international MPLS interconnect services for the first time.

Telecom service-layer innovator OpenCloud has been chosen by Vodafone Egypt to provide its Rhino service-layer to enable delivery of new services.

YooMee Africa Group is launching Côte d’Ivoire’s first LTE services. The group has expanded its operations into the West African country after establishing itself as a broadband provider in Cameroon.

Cameroon’s national telecom provider Camtel has renewed its convergent billing agreement with FTS.

Telecom Egypt has been granted permission by the Egyptian government to obtain a unified licence for branded mobile services, which will cast doubt over the future of its partnership with Vodafone Egypt.

Vodafone India’s chief executive Marten Pieters has expressed his belief that the market is heading for widespread consolidation as operators are not turning a profit.

Aircel India has deployed the NetVertex PCRF from Elitecore Technologies its flexible & carrier grade architecture to enable greater revenue creation and enhance scalability.