With large, untapped subscriber reservoirs ripe for the picking, the opportunity for mobile operators to grow rapidly in the emerging markets is enormous...

The next iteration of the Apple iPhone – rumoured to be the iPhone 5 – may function on China Mobile’s 3G TD-SCDMA network, according to an industry observer...

A new ultra-high-speed long-distance fibre network is launching in South Africa, with the first stage of construction comprising of a 2000km link between Johannesburg and Cape Town connecting Bloemfontein, East London, and Port Elizabeth...

A new device-agnostic cloud communication service is being launched in Moldova by operator Moldcell...

China’s market for connected devices – including smartphones, tablets, M2M and other electronics – will be worth six times its present value by 2020...

Namibia was one of the last countries in Africa to introduce competition in the mobile communications sector when a second network finally launched in 2007. Despite this, the country has achieved a market penetration rate well above the regional average...

The Romanian regulator ANCOM has opened the bidding for spectrum auctions in the Eastern European country...

Two of Iraq’s three mobile operators have been issued fines by the country’s regulator after missing the deadline for making an IPO...

With its relatively small population of less than 350,000 living on many islands across the archipelago, providing good communications for the Maldives has been paramount...

One of the leading platforms in the mobile financial services sector is to be offered as a hosted model, extending benefits to members of the ecosystem...

HTC has been priced out of the Brazilian market but its competitors, ceasing its operations in the Latin American country...

ZTE has launched its latest smartphone in Turkey, marking the first time that a model in its Grand series has been made available outside China...

One of Pakistan’s major banks is now offering mobile financial services...

Two Congo-based operators – including a new start-up – have entered into an agreement to manage and maintain a carrier-neutral co-location data centre in Congo-Brazzaville...

Information Technology (IT) has become intrinsic to the day-to-day operations of modern businesses, and enterprises in the healthcare sector are no exception...

Stephen Carter, Executive Vice President and President of the EMEA region of Alcatel-Lucent has called for the South African government to implement a new and robust ICT policy in the country. During a recent visit, Carter said he sees big potential in the future of fast and reliable connectivity for all in South Africa...

A newly announced ‘small cell’system from Alcatel-Lucent claims to deliver improved broadband speeds, coverage and quality for subscribers in high-traffic locations such as railway stations and sports stadiums in the minimum time...

Low-cost devices are set to have a dramatic impact on the Chinese smartphone market...

A major mobile banking service has increased its footprint further across Africa and the Middle East, with Mauritius and Jordan now able to access the service...

A major new financial collaboration is set to provide Chad with its first mobile commerce services...

NSN has declared its intention of becoming a major player in Brazil’s 4G network equipment market, with the vendor’s Latin American chairman Aluizio Byrro stating that the company is aiming at taking a third of this market...

A new network infrastructure joint venture between two major telecom players is set to provide new services in Mexico...

After a slow start to 2011 with net additions of just 312,000 (229,000 in Q111 and 83,000 in Q211) in H111, Kenya's mobile market grew strongly in H211 with net additions of 2.801mn...

Mobile operators in India will soon be able to use spectrum as collateral in order to attract investment from banks...

Latin America’s adoption of mobile commerce solutions evolved throughout 2011. Many financial institutions revisited their deployment of mobile banking, and mobile network operators formed mobile payments alliances - most notably America Movil, which formed a joint venture with Citibank, and Telefónica, which partnered with MasterCard...

Although subscriber data for Cambodia and Laos are hard to come by, the telecommunications sectors of both Southeast Asian countries have seen reasonable growth despite competition stagnating...

The Indian Telecom Commission has provided suggestions for the country’s upcoming 2G spectrum auctions, calling for more spectrum to be made available, as well as a review of the auction’s controversially high base prices...

If knowledge is power, then data is currency in today’s world. Cyber crime has become more lucrative than the drug trade, and businesses understand that security is of the utmost importance in protecting their data...

Tanzania’s economy has been showing solid growth rates of between 5% and 8% every year since 2000, which remained virtually unharmed by the global economic crisis...

A major Saudi operator is launching a 4G network in the kingdom’s second largest city...

The GSMA has revealed that mobile operators are driving significant value for the healthcare industry by improving access, reach and quality to care across the entire patient pathway...

Already highly saturated – penetration rates were estimated at 175.5% in 2011 – Kuwait’s mobile market is highly competitive as operators compete for subscribers, placing downward pressure on prices...

A major African telecommunications and information services firm has upgraded its roaming services to facilitate inter-network connections...

Chinese vendor Huawei has refuted claims that it has accepted subsidies from the Chinese government which allowed it to sell equipment at substantially lower rates than foreign rivals...