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...

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...

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO Lars Christian Iuel has expressed reservations about taking part in the country’s 3G spectrum auction due to tax hikes and increased regulatory costs introduced by the government...

Strong revenue growth in Africa over the past financial year has prompted Vodafone to expand its presence in the region...

O3b Networks and RCS Communication have agreed a long-term capacity deal which will see O3b providing high-speed, low-latency capacity in the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan...

A NFC-based mobile payments system will be launched in Hungary in early 2014 by all three of the country’s major mobile operators...

High speed mobile data services are now available for the first time in St. Lucia via Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) subsidiary LIME St. Lucia...

South African local Internet Service Provider (ISP) XDSL has secured a direct link to the West African Cable System (WACS) via Telehouse in London...

The leading telecoms provider in the Philippines has signed a global IP transit service agreement with TeliaSonera International Carrier...

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy FDD LTE for Russian operator MTS during the third quarter of 2013...

Nokia has released three new high-performing handsets which are being pitched as the firm’s most affordable 3G devices yet...

African wholesale carrier Liquid Telecom has selected optical transport equipment vendor Ekinops to supply long-haul DWDM technology for its network across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia...

The SJC Parties have announced that the Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) system is now operational...

African network operator Angola Cables has selected Epsilon to deliver its IP traffic to the internet exchanges of Europe...

Ooredoo and Telenor have emerged as the winners of Myanmar’s two available mobile licences...

The America Movil subsidiary Claro Chile has become the first operator to launch commercial LTE (long term evolution) services in the Latin American country...

One of the leading operators in Saudi Arabia is modernising and expanding its 2G, 3G and 4G networks between 2013 and 2015 via a major new deal with Nokia Siemens Networks...

The Government of Malawi has announced that it is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, committing to transition government cash payments to electronic disbursements...

While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones...

The Ethiopian Government recognises that the country is being left behind in terms of digital inclusion, and urgently needs to address this if it wants to reap the benefits that other African countries have demonstrated from embracing ICTs...

China Mobile is now tendering for vendors to build its national 4G TD-LTE network...

Rumours abound that the Russian state-owned operator Rostelecom could be on the verge of acquiring a stake in the Russian operations of Tele2...

On the verge of launching its next-generation satellite constellation, O3b Networks has announced a major long-term capacity deal, providing fibre-equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa...

Nokia’s newest Asha device, the Asha 501, is launching in Thailand and Pakistan this week, with  India following soon afterwards...

Ericsson and MTS have entered into a partnership for the development of ICT infrastructure on which to deploy an LTE network...