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.
With the appetite for smartphones growing all the time in emerging markets, the field could be shaken up by Mozilla’s announcement of a low-cost device aimed at these regions.
With 5.2 billion of the world’s 6.8 billion mobile subscribers in the developing world, handset manufacturers and developers such as Nokia, Ericsson, Facebook and Mozilla, are renewing their efforts to connect and cater to emerging market consumers.
Now that the dust has settled after Mobile World Congress, I’ve had time to collect my thoughts following on from some of the conversations I had at the show.
Russian operator MegaFon has launched a commercial LTE Advanced network delivering speeds of up to 300Mb/s.
For the first time ever, mobile money users will be able to transfer cash across borders with currency conversion automatically included.
Armenian operator VivaCell-MTS has deployed a solution from Teclo Networks for enhanced mobile internet speeds.
Indonesian network operator TransIndonesia Network has selected Epsilon to provide interconnectivity solutions out of Singapore across Asia, Europe & the Americas.
Total mobile service revenue in the Central & Eastern Europe region grew 0.6 % year-on-year in the first half of 2013, reaching EUR22.5 billion, according to Analysys Mason.
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.
Mobile messaging and payments provider Infobip has enabled m-commerce direct mobile billing connections for its global network of merchants and retailers throughout the Russian market.
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.
The Indian market leading operator Bharti Airtel has confirmed that it will buy smaller local operator Loop Mobile.
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.
Nokia has stated that the sale of its Devices & Services unit to Microsoft will not be affected by its continuing legal dispute with the Indian tax authorities.
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.
Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas believes that the operator will break even on its Myanmar business within three years.
Reliance Jio Infocomm has bagged spectrum in 14 of India’s 22 telecom circles following the country’s auctions, which will allow it to compete with market leaders Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India.
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.
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