The investment strategies of Indian operators over the next two years differ significantly from their counterparts in China, Indonesia and the Philippines...

Qatar’s market leader has launched its LTE network, with 4G services now available via mifi and dongle devices...

Many organisations are acknowledging the benefits of migrating to the cloud and are seeing their competitors either considering this option or having already made the move. For small medium enterprises (SMEs), the decision is easy as the path to migrate is less onerous and considerably less complex. However, larger organisations have additional considerations to factor in such as compliance issues, which require information to be stored within the country, and security concerns...

The European Union (EU) trade commissioner is calling on EU member states to provide enough support for an investigation into claims that Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are receiving illegal state subsidies, enabling them to undercut their European rivals...

Turk Telecom is acquiring two Bulgarian companies being sold by the Greek operator OTE...

India’s unbanked population now have access to Vodafone’s M-Pesa service, which the operator group has launched in conjunction with the country’s largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank...

Cloud has been much talked about but implementations have been slow to take off...

Telefonica’s financial troubles continue in Latin America with a double dose of misfortune...

For the thousands of international and domestic businesses operating in Middle East and Africa (MEA), the region has moved from an emerging market to that of a high-growth market. Certainly from a telecoms perspective and according to new research from Analysys Mason, telecoms revenue in North Africa and the Middle East is set to grow by 27% to over 96.4 billion USD in the next five years...

One of the leading providers in the Philippines has implemented a comprehensive social hub to reduce customer service costs...

Kuwait’s market–leading operator has deployed a mediation and provisioning system, allowing it to consolidate its billing mediation transaction processing...

Vodafone Egypt has completed a successful trial of an energy-saving solution that enables the operator to boost 3G coverage...

As a means of reducing its debt, Telefonica is reportedly aiming to sell a minority stake in its Colombian unit, with the IPO possibly on course for this year...

A major participant in the bidding race for Morocco’s market leader has dropped out...

Mobile use in South Africa has boomed in recent years— research from Nielsen showed that about 29 million South Africans are using mobile phones, compared to just five million people who use landlines. That growth is only expected to continue, which means that there’s a big opportunity for communications service providers hoping to break new ground and build relationships with new customers...

Joseph George, Director, Revenue Protection and Interconnect, MACH, explains why operators in emerging markets are increasingly opting for a managed service approach to interconnect billing...

After cancelling the auctions of wireless frequencies due to concerns that competition was too fierce, the Czech regulator CTU has revised the terms of the licensing process...

Mali became the first African nation to announce it will give its domains for free...

The beehive of activity in large metropolitan cities like London or New York provides an obvious stage for network augmentation through innovations like small cells.

Two major operators have formed a consortium in order to bid for a mobile licence in Myanmar...

Providing high-quality broadband to consumer and enterprise customers is a key issue in Africa that affects both fixed and mobile operators. Broadband will be the major growth area in Africa over the next five years – it is the fastest-growing segment in the region. Most of the growth will come from mobile broadband, as this is the major channel through which customers can access the Internet...

More and more people worldwide have access to high-speed Internet and devices capable of streaming videos; mobile phones have made it possible for consumers to access content wherever they go. With OTT streaming more popular than ever, the market is competitive...

Privately-run MVNOs have been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...

One of the largest operators in India has seen a marked rise in data usage since joining forces with an over-the-top messaging provider...

Vodacom has become the first network in South Africa to offer LTE services to all its customers, having been the first operator to launch commercial LTE services in South Africa in October last year...

One of Kyrgyzstan’s leading commercial banks has signed a mobile banking deal with MFS specialist Mahindra Comviva...

The GSMA’s director general Anne Bouverot has stated that the Indian government should lower the reserve prices for spectrum blocks, suggesting that the auctions should not be viewed solely as “a means to raise short-term revenues”...

Over-the-top messaging and VoIP apps have been targeted by the Saudi Arabian regulator due to concerns that they are too difficult to monitor...

Subscribers of Brazilian operator Vivo will soon have access to a mobile payment solution that allows prepaid customers to top up their credit directly on their cellphone using PayPal...

The Bahamas are playing host to one of the region’s main athletics meetings over the Easter weekend, prompting one of the country’s major telecoms providers to enhance its mobile data network ahead of an expected surge in usage...

Off the back of last month’s Mobile World Congress, a key trend that I noticed emerging was the need for service providers to recognise that the client is becoming increasingly central to their operation...

In response to Chile's data traffic growth and increasing demand for mobile broadband coverage, a leading operator in the Latin American country has finalised its 4G supplier...

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has dealt a major blow to one of the country’s major operators, denying Vodafone permission to renew its 2G licences covering three major telecom circles...

The fog is lifting and the future of Cloud Computing for telecom companies is bright. And nowhere is Cloud’s potential impact on driving telecom business more relevant than in Africa...