Movicel, Angola’s second largest mobile network operator with an estimated 2.5 million subscribers has announced it is launching Africa’s first commercial LTE network...

High levels of taxation being placed on the mobile sector by governments are leading to an infrastructure investment deficit, according to ITU Secretary General Dr Hamadoun Touré...

In a statement which stunned listening analysts and journalists alike, ITU Secretary General Dr Hamadoun Touré announced the end of the Arab Spring during a round table at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. According to Touré the end will officially come at the ITU Connect Arab States Summit, due to take place in Doha on March 5-7 2012...

One of the largest mobile operators in Russia is set to implement high-capacity microwave systems and services to its network...

A new organisation to encourage recycling and reuse of mobile devices was announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. The Device Renewal Forum (DRF) aims to establish a common certification for refurbished wireless devices which it believes is necessary in order for the market to grow...

Africa's journey into the age of the Knowledge Economy and telephonic communication has, until recently, been a laborious and slow process, all the while the rest of the world’s usage has only but boomed...

One of the leading telecom groups in the Latin America region has acquired an analytics tool in order to analyse the composition of its installed base of devices...

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has reported a fall in profit over Q411 despite healthy growth across its African operations...

The net income of Latin American telecom giant America Movil dropped in Q411 despite a rise in revenues...

Although growth slowed significantly in 2009, Kazakhstan has been experiencing a booming telecom market that included almost 100% mobile penetration by early 2010...

India’s cancellation of 2G licences continues to shake up its telecom sector, with Middle Eastern firm Batelco announcing that it will sell its stake in the Indian operator STel...

With a growing number of mobile phones coming to market with invalid identification IMEI numbers, device configuration and intelligence provider Mobilethink is launching a generic settings tool as part of its remit to support all devices used in GEM markets...

LTE has now become the de facto standard of choice for the evolution of wireless networks in Latin America. Although adoption rates have typically been faster in North America, where the regulatory environment is perhaps more amenable to rapid growth, most major operators in Latin America have at least trialled the technology...

UAE telecoms giant Etisalat has reported a drop in profit after downgrading the value of its Indian operations following the country’s blanket cancellation of GSM licences...

A leading Sudanese operator has implemented a routing optimisation solution to manage quality of service and provide real-time dashboard reporting on its network...

In less than seven years Bhutan has moved from having no mobile phones to claiming 60% mobile penetration. Over this period the annual growth in mobile subscribers has reached in excess of 100%...

One of Latin America’s largest broadband access networks is launching in Mexico...

According to reports, North Korea’s mobile subscriber figures have doubled in the past year, surpassing 1 million users...

Rural regions in emerging markets have been predicted as the source of the next billion mobile connections...

A major Brazilian cable firm is to be assimilated into the operations of one of Latin America’s most prominent players...

In a shock development, the Indian Supreme Court has annulled all of the country’s 122 2G licences due concerns over the legitimacy of the 2008 licensing process. It is claimed that, under the leadership of disgraced former telecoms minister A Raja, the licences were sold not on a first-come-first served basis rather than as part of a competitive auction – losing the government revenue worth billions of dollars...

Latin America’s leading wireless services provider, America Movil, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to provide infrastructure for its LTE/4G network rollout across the continent...

A new collaboration is set to deliver superior broadband to several emerging markets including Pakistan, Jordan and the Philippines...

It’s obvious that operators would constantly be on the lookout for ways of increasing the fidelity of their coverage – but it’s equally obvious that the best coverage in the world couldn’t justify an enormous increase in expenditure. So, how to solve this conundrum? DT editor James Barton spoke to Frank Oehler of Ubidyne, who believes that the solution to the dilemma may lie in active antennae...

One of the leading operators in Africa and the Middle East has extended its managed services partnership in one of Africa’s fastest-growing markets...

The Indian mobile handset market closed 2011 with an annual growth rate of 14.1%, achieving a total volume of 182 million handsets...

Operators across Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will benefit from addition local presence and expertise following the announcement of a new partnership...

With cloud services showing increased demand among India small and medium businesses (SMBs, companies with up to 999 employees) there has been a healthy growth in the number of channel partners offering cloud solutions in their product/services portfolio...

Israel’s newest mobile operator has selected the platform which will underpin delivery of voice and messaging services within its network...

A service provider which specialises in emerging markets has extended its mobile services contract with the leading mobile operator in Kosovo...

A startup operator in India has been prohibited from using infrastructure owned by one of the country’s largest operators...

A new high-speed Wi-Fi service is launching in Burkina Faso...

Over the last decade, the rate of growth and innovation of video technology has been staggering as video transitioned from analog to digital. Now with high definition (HD) video services being offered across the globe, video is already pioneering its next frontier: multiscreen video...

A number of factors had been slowing the development of Nepal's telecom network. The country's topography has made it extremely difficult to develop its telecommunications infrastructure. Furthermore, Nepal had been struggling under an adverse economic situation caused largely by political instability. Over the years, acts of terrorism and the activity of the Maoist rebels operating throughout the country had also taken their toll on the telecom network...