Brazil’s largest operator, the Telefonica subsidiary Vivo, has selected Ceragon as its wireless backhaul partner for the next phase of its nationwide LTE network...
A new deal in India will facilitate mobile payments services for customers of the country’s largest private sector bank...
The future of network validation and optimisation is in the lab. Think about the plane industry: 100 years ago no one was using flight simulators to build and fly planes. Try for a minute to imagine the A380 being commercialised without going through intensive flight simulation. Would you board that plane?
Indonesian enterprise service provider Lintasarta has selected Adtran’s broadband platform for a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service rollout which will reach most of the businesses in the country.
A significant infrastructure deal has been agreed in Tanzania between the national subsidiaries of independent telecom towers company Helios Towers Africa and operator Vodacom...
Etisalat is emerging as the forerunner in the race to acquire Vivendi’s stake in Maroc Telecom, with the French group confirming that the two parties have begun “exclusive negotiations”.
Only three regions—Latin America, Middle East, and Africa—will see a mobile internet service revenue double-digit CAGR between 2013 and 2018, according to ABI Research. This is underpinned by the strong per subscription data consumption increasing at CAGRs of 45-49%.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are one of the most widely used enterprise software solutions in the world, and in recent years vendors have developed scalable solutions for the mid-market as well as for Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), which have become known as ‘flavours’ of ERP. ERP solutions are undoubtedly powerful and include a host of features and functionality, and yet many organisations fail to leverage significant business value from their investment.
Tier one mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) Sisteer has launched a new MVNO named Buzz Me on Malaysia’s U Mobile network...
Chinese number two China Unicom has confirmed a partnership to promote an OTT messaging app...
T-Mobile Poland is introducing cloud services across the country using a software package provided by Comarch...
An experimental cellular network has been successfully deployed in Southern Zambia by Range Networks...
India is one of the world's fastest-growing telecom markets, and the country holds immense opportunities for telecom equipment products...
A leading operator in Iraq is preparing to launch high-speed mobile broadband via a network expansion which will also improve coverage and call quality...
The cost of powering infrastructure is perhaps the biggest bugbear of every telecoms provider. Green energy is an attractive alternative as it provides huge savings on fuel – but the actual practicalities of installation and maintenance often deter operators.
The Nigerian government has revived its attempt to divest itself of Nitel, the state operator which once monopolised the Nigerian mobile market.
Telefonica is expanding a global contract for DSL network management that covers more than eight million customer lines globally.
The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may prevent operators from sharing spectrum due to concerns that proceeds from the country’s upcoming spectrum auctions will fall short of targets.
The government of China is reportedly fast-tracking the 4G spectrum licensing process to make sure that it is complete by the end of the year...
Brazilian number four Oi has raised $1.1 billion following the sale of various assets...
It is well known that mobile networks are ‘leapfrogging’ established networks in emerging markets. Take-up of mobile voice and, more recently, mobile broadband quickly overtook that of fixed services among citizens of most emerging countries because of the added convenience, and lower deployment costs, of mobile networks.
The Philippines’ market leader PLDT has deployed solutions from network specialist Ciena across its global network footprint...
The two operators that won telecom licences in Myanmar have unveiled their pricing plans and deployment goals for the near-term future...
Virgin Mobile has steadily been establishing its footprint in the Middle East, with its most recent success an acquisition – as part of a consortium – of an international voice telephony licence in Oman....
The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has made an official proposal to revoke the 4G licences acquired by privately-owned mobile operators and create a state-owned LTE network...
Gilat Satcom has revealed a raft of new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa...
The market for enterprise M2M solutions is growing, supported by rapid global adoption of mobile broadband needed for wireless M2M applications...
Orange is launching a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called "Orange Money International Transfer". The offer is available between Mali, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire...
Internet Solutions (IS) has boosted its capabilities and reach into West Africa by connecting Namibia (through its local implementation partner, ITN) and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS)...
A major Central European operator has selected Ciena’s converged packet optical solutions to upgrade its international network to 100G...
The Long Term Evolution (LTE) market continues to grow rapidly. Analyst IHS iSuppli is predicting that the number of LTE users worldwide will hit 198.1 million in 2013 before surging to 1 billion users in 2016.
Alcatel-Lucent and Surfline Communications Ltd today announced the first commercial deployment of a 4G LTE network in Ghana and, more generally, in Western and Central Africa...
China Unicom has signed up to the Ubuntu Carrier Advisor Group, providing a welcome lift to the nascent platform. Unicom is China’s number two operator with over 250 million subscribers...
As end-users based in Metro cities in India reach saturation vis-à-vis adoption of most IT products and services, Tier-II and III cities are gradually reaching the next wave of technology adoption, according to AMI Research.
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