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Mobile money network targets Pakistan’s unbanked

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
21 March 2013
7979 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Warid Telecom
  • Pakistan
  • Fundamo
  • Monet
  • MFS

An independent mobile financial services company in Pakistan is launching a new mobile money network across the country...

VoIP services expanding to remote regions of Africa

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
21 March 2013
4781 views

A major pan-African telecoms provider is boosting its service capacity by 40% to deliver communication access in some of Africa’s fastest growing markets...

Transatlantic cable system upgraded to support OTN services and 100G

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
20 March 2013
7081 views
  • Cable
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Ciena
  • Bandwidth
  • Reliance Globalcom
  • OTN

One of the leading operators in India is upgrading its transatlantic submarine network to address growing bandwidth demand...

Major Lat Am provider expands high-capacity backhaul network to Mexico

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
20 March 2013
9925 views
  • Backhaul
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Telefonica
  • Ceragon
  • Wireless

One of the largest service providers across Latin America is extending its wireless backhaul program to Mexico following success in three other markets in the region...

Iraqi ISP orders up DWDM network

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
20 March 2013
9648 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Iraq
  • DWDM
  • IQ Networks

A new nationwide DWDM network has been commissioned by a leading ISP in Iraq...

How can operators harness Big Data to improve Customer Value Management?

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Yann Chevalier, CEO, Intersec
Category: Service Management
19 March 2013
11047 views
  • Global
  • Big Data
  • Intersec
  • Customer Value Management

The battle for the hearts and minds of mobile users has never been fiercer and much has been spoken of the benefits of Big Data as a panacea for all ills...

Sistema becomes the only operator in India with CDMA spectrum

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 March 2013
9374 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Licensing
  • CDMA
  • Sistema
  • Sistema Shyam TeleServices

The only bidder for CDMA frequencies in India has unsurprisingly obtained spectrum in eight of the country’s 22 telecom circles...

LTE auction stopped by Czech regulator due to high bids

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 March 2013
10942 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4G
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum
  • Czech Republic
  • CTU

The Czech Republic’s 4G spectrum auctions have been suspended by the country’s regulator, CTU, due to concerns that bids were spiralling out of control...

Mobile banking and payment services reach Gabon

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
18 March 2013
13324 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Payments
  • Mahindra Comviva
  • Gabon Telecom
  • USSD
  • Gabon

The largest telecom provider in Gabon has entered into a new partnership to provide mobile money services...

Indian telco giant implements solutions for smooth operation

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
18 March 2013
7374 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Network Management
  • Vodafone India
  • Mycom

One of India’s largest operators has selected a new performance management solution for various domains of its network...

Network overhaul for mobile broadband in Bosnia & Herzengovina

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
15 March 2013
9098 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 3G
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Mobile Broadband
  • BH Telecom

A major telecom provider in Bosnia and Herzegovina is upgrading its network to provide 3G mobile broadband access across the northern and eastern parts of the country...

Satellite broadband brings cash machines to remote African communities

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
15 March 2013
8527 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Zambia
  • Ghana
  • SES
  • ATMs
  • SatADSL
  • Cameroon

Nationwide ATM networks could soon be a reality in several African countries following the development of new high-speed satellite broadband solutions...

Mexico proposes hard-hitting regulator to encourage more competition

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
15 March 2013
8726 views
  • Regulation
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • America Movil

The government of Mexico has taken aim at the country’s dominant operator America Movil with new proposals to encourage competition in the telecoms sector...

Russian operators rocked by 4G ruling

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
15 March 2013
9837 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 4G
  • Scartel
  • Russia
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum

A number of mobile operators in Russia could have their right to certain frequencies of 4G spectrum revoked...

Mobile Money for the Unbanked: Fundamental strategies work best for emerging markets

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Shardul Shrimani
Category: Mobile Finance
13 March 2013
9236 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Money
  • GSMA
  • Unbanked

The final session of MWC 2013 saw an executive level panel from the world's leading mobile money operators and vendors. MMU has been a great success over the past few years as it combines financial transactional services with existing basic mobile services to create financial inclusion to the unbanked...

T-Mobile Poland implements new mobile backhaul solution

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
13 March 2013
8670 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ericsson
  • Mobile Backhaul
  • T-Mobile Poland
  • PTC

Mobile backhaul ensures IP connectivity all the way through the network enabling continued running of 2G and 3G networks and future LTE services...

Lebanese operator bolsters customer experience management

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James Barton
Category: Customer Management
13 March 2013
8928 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Managed Services
  • Lebanon
  • touch

A major mobile operator in Lebanon is overhauling its approach to customer experience with a new solution...

African cable link gets capacity upgrade

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
13 March 2013
7733 views
  • Cable
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ciena
  • 100G
  • Seacom
  • Submarine Cable

A major submarine cable network across the Southern and Eastern African coastlines is receiving a substantial overhaul...

Bangladeshi government confirms Telenor will retain licence

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
13 March 2013
9340 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • Licensing
  • Telenor
  • Grameenphone
  • Bangladesh

Scandinavian operator Telenor has received assurance that it will retain its operating licence covering Bangladesh – against the recommendation of a government commission...

Managed 3G services deployed by major Thai player

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
12 March 2013
9078 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 3G
  • Thailand
  • Ericsson
  • Managed Services

With a population of 67 million, Thailand has a mobile uptake rate of more than 120%, and on average its internet users are among the world’s youngest – almost half are between ages 15 and 24, and three-quarters are under 35...

Vimpelcom partners with Mastercard for mobile money solution

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Shardul Shrimani
Category: Mobile Finance
12 March 2013
8448 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • Mobile Payments
  • VimpelCom
  • Mastercard

The Russian operator VimpelCom has announced a strategic partnership with the credit card company Mastercard...

4G licences expected in China this year

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
12 March 2013
8554 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • China
  • Licensing

This year will likely see 4G spectrum licensed in China, with the country’s minister of industry and information technology Miao Wei stating that there had been significant “breakthroughs in R&D of 4G technologies”...

East African initiative empowers female farmers

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
12 March 2013
9345 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Agriculture
  • Airtel
  • UN

Women farmers in the East and Horn of Africa region are poised to benefit from practical information-sharing tools via Airtel’s mobile networks...

Wi-Fi network provides remote access in Mongolian capital

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
11 March 2013
8830 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Wi-fi
  • Access Networks
  • Ruckus Wireless
  • Mongolia

A major Mongolian Internet service provider has launched the country’s largest Wi-Fi access network in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar...

Nokia Life Services to Expand to Kenya

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
11 March 2013
10252 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • mHealth
  • Kenya
  • Nokia
  • Education

One of the most popular mobile services for high growth markets is launching in Kenya, one of Africa's largest economies...

Angola attracting massive LTE investment

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James Barton
Category: Investment
01 March 2013
11013 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • LTE
  • Angola

With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment in Angola has multiplied and the mobile market has soared despite a continued duopoly between Unitel and Angola Telecom's Movicel...

Internet use on the rise in Botswana

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
01 March 2013
11556 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Broadband
  • Botswana
  • Mobility
  • Internet

Botswana is one of Africa's wealthiest nations, with a thriving economy mainly based on diamond mining and tourism which recovered quickly from a recession during the global financial crisis...

Smartphones competition to intensify in 2013 for emerging markets

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Shardul Shrimani
Category: Devices & Platforms
28 February 2013
9807 views
  • Devices
  • Global
  • Smartphones
  • Huawei
  • Nokia

Mobile World Congress has traditionally been the launch pad of the handset manufacturer's hottest and most innovative handsets. These handsets feature the latest network compatibility such as dual mode LTE for a range of markets and smarter technology such as NFC. More recently emerging markets have deployed 3G technology and due to lower income levels these markets need to offer significantly lower priced handsets...

Indian operator pulls out of 10 circles prior to spectrum auction

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
22 February 2013
9823 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum
  • MTS
  • CDMA
  • Sistema

MTS India will cease operations in 10 of India’s telecom circles...

Mobile payments coming to Guinea

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
22 February 2013
8104 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mobile Payments
  • Guinea
  • MTN Guinea

A major operator in Guinea has announced that it will introduce mobile data plans as well as mobile payments in the first quarter of 2013...

First 100G network deployed in Brazil

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
22 February 2013
10273 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Telefonica
  • Vivo
  • Ciena
  • 100G

Brazil’s first 100G network has gone live. Deployed by Telefonica’s Vivo, the country’s first active 100G network uses architecture from network specialist Ciena to connect native 100GbE channels to the DWDM system, providing unprecedented speeds for outbound international traffic...

3G offload onto Wi-Fi – a viable solution to data overload on mobile networks

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Mark van Vuuren, Managing Director of Jasco ICT Solutions
Category: Wireless Networks
21 February 2013
12234 views
  • Global
  • 3G
  • Capacity
  • Wi-Fi Offload
  • Data Traffic

Cellular phone usage has grown exponentially, and with the increased popularity of smartphones that can access the Internet and social media, which requires connectivity, mobile operators are finding themselves increasingly unable to cope with the sheer volumes of data traffic...

High-capacity cable addresses Asia data boom

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James Barton
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
21 February 2013
9210 views
  • Cable
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • NEC
  • Submarine Cable
  • Fujitsu

Construction is complete on a major cable system linking several countries in the Asia-Pacific region...

BWA spectrum valid for voice in India

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
20 February 2013
9328 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Spectrum
  • Broadband Wireless Access
  • Voice

Internet service providers in India have been granted permission to use broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum to offer voice services by the country’s Telecom Commission.

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