Kenyan operator Yu has ceased operations, selling off its assets and subscribers to its competitors.

South Korean operator KT has abandoned its attempt to acquire a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom without providing an explanation.

The CTO of Tele2 Estonia, Ervins Kampans, has stated that this year the operator is aiming to achieve theoretical peak download speeds of 300Mb/s for LTE.

For the first time ever, mobile money users will be able to transfer cash across borders with currency conversion automatically included.

Indonesian network operator TransIndonesia Network has selected Epsilon to provide interconnectivity solutions out of Singapore across Asia, Europe & the Americas.

Jinny Software has signed a multi-year agreement with CWI Caribbean (LIME) to provide messaging platforms across its operation.

Orange Slovakia has deployed Openet’s Policy and Charging Control (PCC) infrastructure to enable a major rollout of advanced shared data bundles.

Saudi Arabian market leader Mobily is launching a suite of Advanced Connectivity Services (ACS) in partnership with network specialist Ciena.

Ericsson has signed a five-year managed services agreement with MTN, a leading telecommunications company with presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, for its Nigeria operations.

Bangladeshi mobile operator, Robi Axiata is increasing its capacity and introducing new use cases with Tango Telecom’s Policy Control solution.

Airtel Africa will deploy a range of value-added BICS services across seventeen countries to improve revenues from roaming, over and above their current roaming services.

Sequans Communications and Pinyon Technologies have collaborated to build a new LTE consumer device for the Indian market.

Telefónica Digital is deploying Funambol’s personal cloud solution across Telefónica operating units in Europe and Latin America, with the service already live in Brazil.

Nokia Solutions and Networks will provide its GSM-Railway (GSM-R) mobile infrastructure to cover a 440-kilometer section of Poland’s E-20 railway corridor.

Telefonica has extended the availability of its in-house M2M management system to three more Latin American countries.

Moldova’s national operator Moldtelecom has selected Astellia to audit the voice and data service quality of its 3G network and provide expert recommendations to improve the overall customer experience.

Chinese third-place operator China Telecom is planning an expansive 4G launch across 100 cities.

A new satellite service being launched by Gilat Satellite Networks and Thaicom aims to enhance broadband connectivity across the Asia-Pacific region.

Israeli provider Bezeq International has deployed the country’s first 100G optical network using ECI’s Apollo packet-optical transport system.

Colombian LTE newcomer Avantel has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the complete infrastructure for its LTE network.

By end-2018, half the African population will be covered by LTE networks, as LTE base station deployment swells at a CAGR of 40% over the next five years, finds ABI Research.

America Movil’s Uruguayan division Claro Uruguay has chosen Alcatel-Lucent as its 4G/LTE network supplier.

Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that it will acquire the 39.23% stake that it doesn’t yet own in T-Mobile Czech Republic for €800 million.