Vodafone is reportedly planning on buying out the minority shareholders in its Indian business, which would represent an investment of as much as $2 billion.
Bangladeshi market leader Grameenphone has begun rolling out 3G services across the country, starting in the capital city of Dhaka.
The Nokia subsidiary Here is launching a community mapping pilot program in India.
Russian private lender Bank Rossiya is reportedly looking to acquire a 50% stake of operator Tele2 Russia.
Vodacom Tanzania has lodged an additional $7 million order with Ceragon to upgrade and support backbone links across the country.
Mobile payments specialist Bango has partnered with software developer MMIT to release M-Iflọ, a safe payment solution that enables online transactions for digital content.
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) will launch LTE mobile data services later this year as part of its Christmas marketing campaign in The Bahamas.
ZTE has been selected by U Mobile Sdn Bhd to provide a disaster recovery (DR) system to strengthen the resilience and robustness of Malaysia’s most dynamic and innovative 3G mobile network.
The largest operator in Slovakia, Slovak Telekom, is updating its legacy charging system with a new solution from Oracle.
A diverse group of private and public sector players has come together to launch the Alliance for Affordable Internet, a coalition to lead policy and regulatory reform and spur action to drive down artificially high internet prices in developing countries.
One of Russia’s largest operators, TTK, has launched its 100G Ultra Long Haul (ULH) DWDM network in the St. Petersburg-Moscow and Moscow-Chelyabinsk-Ekaterinburg segments.
Pakistani authorities in the Sindh province are conducting a crackdown on OTT services based on security concerns.
ICT outsourcing has become a popular model, both in South Africa and across the world, as it enables organisations to leverage scarce ICT skills in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
Brazil’s largest telco Oi has agreed to merge with its major stakeholder Portugal Telecom (PT) to create a combined entity called CorpCo.
A new partnership between global CSP Epsilon and dark fibre infrastructure provider PT Power Telecom will open up the Jakarta metro area to international network operators.
French group Vivendi has extended its deadline for a binding offer on its 53% stake in Maroc Telecom, as talks with Etisalat progress.
The Czech branch of Telefonica has launched legal action against the revised 4G auction terms instated by the country’s regulator, the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTO).
Vodacom is currently in talks regarding a potential acquisition of 100% of the shares of fellow South African operator Neotel.
The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) has received a $US1.4 million grant from Accenture to develop a pilot mobile health training program for community health workers in Kenya.
The mobile phone company Tigo announced this week that it has acquired more than 250,000 new customers in less than three months following its return to two troubled eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A new kind of mobile device insurance is launching in Kenya following a team-up between Oxygen8 Group and Kenya Orient Insurance Limited.
Microsoft’s global acquisition of Nokia has hit a roadblock in India.
Malaysian operator Celcom, a subsidiary of Axiata, has selected LTE solutions from NSN for a launch in the Klang Valley, which comprises Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding suburbs.
Thailand’s regulator NBTC is considering repurposing spectrum to allow for LTE Advanced rollouts.
Telstra has announced that it now has the ability to provide end-to-end network solutions to Indian customers, bolstering its network coverage and investment in India.
Telecoms operator Batelco has selected Ericsson as the sole supplier for its LTE and WCDMA expansion plans in Bahrain.
Axiata has confirmed that it has agreed a deal to acquire the Indonesian operator Axis, having struck a “conditional sale and purchase agreement” with Axis’ current owner STC.
The Pakistani arm of China Mobile has stated that it is interested in acquiring local operator Warid Telecom, which is already the target of some major operators looking to consolidate their position in the Pakistani market.
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is upgrading and expanding its sub-sea cable network in The Bahamas to pave the way for the launch of a range of new broadband-enabled services.
Ooredoo and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women have announced an innovative new partnership that will extend the benefits of mobile technology to underserved communities and support women’s entrepreneurship in Myanmar.
Slovenian operator Telemach has selected packet-optical solutions provider Transmode to upgrade its core infrastructure with a high capacity optical network running from Ljubljana to Maribor and Vienna in Austria.
Healthcare firm Novartis has launched an anti-malaria campaign entitled The Power of One in partnership with Malaria No More.
The Bahraini Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has provided LTE frequencies to the three incumbent mobile operators, Batelco, Viva and Zain.
Brazilian telecommunications operator Linktel has installed Aptilo Networks’ Service Management Platform (SMP) as part of an upgrade to its nationwide network of Wi-Fi hotspots.
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