Estonia has been referred to the EU Court of Justice after failing to update its national law concerning the impartiality of its telecoms regulator...

Colombia’s first retail-based MVNO has been launched by Grupo Éxito...

The first quarter of 2013 saw ZTE overtake Alcatel-Lucent in the global optical networking (ON) market, meaning that Chinese vendors now hold the top two spots for the first time...

Thailand’s market-leading operator AIS is implementing 3G mobile backhaul solutions based on technology from Cisco...

Ooredoo’s chief executive has confirmed that the company has raised $12 billion to fund its potential acquisition of a majority stake in Moroccan market-leader Maroc Telecom...

The increase in mobile broadband users in Poland over the last few years has challenged network operators to continuously launch new offerings and services to meet demands of subscribers...

The first 100G link between Russia and Western Europe is being deployed by Russian carrier Rascom...

International heavyweight telecom providers Telefónica and MegaFon have agreed a new strategic partnership that will see the Russian group join Telefónica’s Partners Programme...

Malaysian operator group Axiata may attempt to acquire its Indonesian rival PT Axis Telekom...

Across Africa, fibre has long been seen as a panacea for providing high-reliability, high-bandwidth connectivity, especially at a time when microwave was considered to be relatively unreliable due to the power required. Africa is an extremely dynamic environment and there are massive changes taking place across many countries, in terms of construction of infrastructure in both metropolitan and rural areas, but fibre is still a long-term sustainable solution for Africa...

The Philippines’ market leader Globe Telecom is implementing a new solution from Nastech to transform its field operations...

The UAE has become the first country in ITU Region 1 – covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa – to use spectrum in both the 700MHz and 800MHz bands for mobile broadband...

Vietnamese service provider Viettel is reportedly looking to increase its overseas footprint by 2015...

PT Data Centre Infrastructure Indonesia (PT DCI) has opened a new data centre in Indonesia in partnership with Equinix...

A new joint venture between Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus Networks will provide international wholesale capacity to both companies and third party carriers across Central America...

A new partnership between power specialists Intelligent Energy and Etisalat Nigeria will develop personal energy solutions based on the former’s fuel cell technology, with an Etisalat user trial to commence in this quarter...

Thailand’s state-owned operator TOT is close to securing financial backing from two major Japanese firms...

Ericsson has initiated union negotiations to close down its telecom cables operation within business unit Networks...

A low-cost cellular service is enabling communities in rural Papua, Indonesia, to make local calls and send SMS messages for the first time...

The Indian Comptroller and Auditor General has accused the country’s operators of behaving like a ‘cartel’ during the most recent round of spectrum auctions...

As part of its preparation to upgrade its network capacity for LTE, Russian operator MegaFon has acquired new optical networking equipment from NEC and Transmode...

Myanmar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has signed a funding agreement with two major Japanese firms...

Despite runaway success in Kenya, the M-Pesa mobile money service failed to inspire widespread adoption in South Africa when Vodacom attempted to introduce it in 2010...

The European Commission has declared its intention to investigate imports of network equipment from China, while clarifying that any investigation will not go ahead immediately to “allow for negotiations towards an amicable solution with the Chinese authorities”...

The GSMA has opened a new office in Nairobi, located in the city’s Innovation Hub...

A new telecom and cloud provider has launched virtual PoP services in the UAE...

A major pan-Asian operator is integrating a Customer Experience Management (CEM) solution from specialists Clarity...

Six parties have registered their interest in buying 4G spectrum in Colombia...

Vodafone India has launched a legal appeal against a decision by the country’s Department of Telecommunications after it denied the operator’s request to extend its licences in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai...

For most of the telecom industry’s history, hardware has been the focus, while software has not been widely recognised as a centre of value. However, this perception is now beginning to shift among customers in the market at large...

Three of the world’s largest telecoms equipment vendors – Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) – have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to for the “OSS interoperability initiative” (OSSii)...

A new service offered by Pakistani operator Warid Telecom will allow prepaid subscribers to transfer balance to postpaid users...

Vodacom Mozambique has deployed an energy-efficient pre-fabricated data centre...