TeleCommunication Systems announced today the deployment of TCS Family Locator and Workforce Locator applications for wireless subscribers of Claro.

The Indonesian operator Indosat is deploying Comptel’s Convergent Mediation platform to consolidate its entire mobile product portfolio.

Cable & Wireless Communications has been chosen to supply email services for Jamaica’s technology ministry.

China Mobile has blamed the increasing prevalence of OTT services for a 9% drop in its Q3 net profits.

Vodafone is reportedly looking to buy out Telecom Egypt’s 45% stake in Vodafone Egypt for as much as $2 billion.

After a wave of regulatory penalties, including fines and a ban on promotions, Nigeria's mobile operators have announced plans to expand and upgrade their networks to cope with strong subscriptions growth and increasing data usage.

PCCW Global has signed an international IP VPN Network-to-Network Interconnection (IP VPN NNI) agreement with PLDT ALPHA Enterprise, the corporate division of Filipino operator PLDT.

ZTE is working with governments and enterprises across 15 African countries, including Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Niger, to deploy the use of renewable solar energy.

Peruvian service provider Digital Way is deploying indoor and outdoor Smart Wi-Fi products from Ruckus Wireless to support the expansion of its popular WIGO Libre! Wi-Fi service throughout Lima. 

Venezuela’s consumer agency has prevented Telefonica subsidiary Movistar from increasing its prices in the face of an annual national inflation rate of nearly 50%.

Ken Hu, the deputy chairman of Huawei, has publicly decried allegations that the Chinese vendor breaches cyber security via hacking on behalf of the Chinese government.

Bharti Airtel has bought Qualcomm’s stake in the two firms’ Indian joint venture, giving it full control of the Wireless Business Services Pvt business with a 100% stake.

TIM Brasil has deployed 100G optical networking equipment supplied by Xtera Communications on a long-haul transmission infrastructure.

MTN Côte d’Ivoire has ordered has customised data centre from intelligent power management systems specialist Flexenclosure.

MegaFon has announced the commercial launch of the fibre-optic trunk line Dream.

ZTE Corporation has been awarded a more than 60% share of the contracts in China Mobile’s group tender for 100G Optical Transport Networking products for 2013, exceeding the combined total of all other vendors.

PCCW Global has established a direct connection to the West Africa Cable System (WACS) at Kinshasa, providing the first ever direct international undersea cable access to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Independent a South African telecommunications infrastructure operator Metrofibre Networx has deployed packet networking solutions from Ciena to support its enhanced Ethernet managed bandwidth service offerings.

Telefonica has stated that it is “exploring strategic options” that may lead to the sale of its Czech operations.

Vodacom Tanzania has upgraded its GSM and 3G HSPA network across the country using Nokia Solutions and Networks’ Single RAN (radio access network).

The government of Mexico has reached an agreement with several licence holders that enables it to assume control of a 130MHz block of unused 2.5GHz spectrum.

China Unicom and China Telecom have reportedly been allocated spectrum that can be used to offer FDD-LTE services.

India’s Department of Telecoms has awarded Idea Cellular a Unified Licence for 7 of the country’s 22 telecom circles – Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Kolkata, North East, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has received approval from the country’s telecoms ministry to use its nationwide 4G spectrum to provide high-speed LTE services for voice and mobile broadband.

Deutsche Bank has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to acquire a 2.7% stake in the Russian fixed-line operator Rostelecom for RUB7.7 billion ($240 million).

Bolivia’s largest satellite network operator Entel has selected Gilat’s SkyEdge II solution for the government’s national digital inclusion initiative.

Tata Communications has extended its low latency network in Asia with direct connections to the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), the Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx).

Econet Wireless is adding a new service to its EcoCash offering which will allow customers to use the service as an interest-earning savings account.

Following suggestions that TIM’s Brazilian operations could be acquired by Vodafone, Telecom Italia has dispelled claims that it is negotiating a sale of the operator in order to reduce its debt.