A new solution targeted at application and software developers in Africa is being launched by Orange...

The market-leading Filipino operator is deploying a new HD voice service...

A major submarine cable network connecting Europe and Asia is being upgraded to 100G technology...

As part of Kenya’s highly successful mobile money scheme, users of Safaricom’s M-Pesa service now have access to interest-bearing saving accounts as well as the ability to take out small loans...

Saudi Arabian operator Mobily has been legally prevented from selling prepaid SIM cards by the Kingdom’s regulator...

A leading internet service provider in Guinea-Conakry is expanding its broadband network from the capital city of Conakry to cover the entire country...

The South African ICT market is dynamic, strategic and growing fast...

The lack of bids on CDMA spectrum in India has prompted a number of major operators to ask that the government reallocate some of these frequencies for GSM-based operations...

A satellite service launching across South Sudan will provide wide reaching, high performance, satellite broadband Internet to unserved and underserved locations and communities across the country...

Two of the largest operators in Brazil have laid out their plans for LTE launches...

A new agreement will allow subscribers across Airtel’s entire African operation to send and receive money transfers over its network...

A new alliance between a major Middle Eastern operator and a data centre firm will establish the first world-class, carrier-neutral hub in the region...

Vietnamese users of Android and iOS phones now have access to a caller identification lookup application...

The Brazilian Minister of Communications, Paolo Bernado, has delivered a coruscating tirade against regulation over the deployment of mobile infrastructure, which he believes is stymieing mobile growth...

Many factors in the industry are now affecting policy and charging together. Operators are experiencing increasing pressure over their business models as they face decreasing revenues exacerbated by rising costs...

Sustaining network coverage in communities with unreliable grid power is a significant problem in emerging markets, with providers and vendors constantly looking for new ways of providing coverage without relying on diesel generators...

Bharti Airtel has announced an end-to-end network transformation program across its mobile operations in 16 African countries...

Coastguard services around St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been augmented by the introduction of a new Global Maritime Distress and Safety System...

Remote regions of Niger that were previously underserved by any form of telecommunications services will soon have access to mobile connectivity, following the completion of the first phase of a remote network rollout...

With the dust settling after the 2G spectrum auctions, the Indian market’s landscape could shift significantly through mergers and acquisitions...

Cloud services in the Philippines are to be enhanced following a new agreement for dedicated cloud infrastructure...

Weather Investments is suing the government of Algeria for US$5 billion, claiming that the state was responsible for damages to the firm’s holding in Orascom Telecom Algérie (branded as Djezzy)...

The ICT subsidiary of Hungary’s incumbent telecom provider has forged a strategic alliance to resell cloud solutions under its branding...

4G LTE services are to be deployed in three African countries following the extension of an agreement between Smile Telecoms and Alcatel-Lucent...

Scandinavian operator Telenor reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian market by spending more than any of its competitors in the country’s 2G auctions...

A major Jordanian operator is rolling out a cloud back-up service to its three million subscribers...

The latest model of Apple’s iPhone will be available through two of China’s largest operators by the end of the year...

A major carrier in Mozambique is expanding its microwave network...

A major operating group in Afghanistan is upgrading the quality of its network with a new managed service solution...

The world’s first free intercontinental incoming roaming service has been launched by Bharti Airtel across its African and South Asian operations...

A major wireless broadband provider in Zimbabwe has completed the deployment of its wireless broadband network...

Satellite service providers, carrier and Internet service providers across Africa will soon be able to provide connectivity through the continent’s first vendor-neutral satellite earth station...

South Africa’s market-leading operator has adopted a new solution as a service to maximise the optimisation of its growing 2G and 3G networks...

Following a successful appeal, the Uzkbek government must relinquish control of local operator Uzdonrobita to its owner, Russian firm MTS...