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...

Hungary’s first 4G-LTE mobile broadband service has launched in Budapest...

 A Malaysian operator is aiming to become the first in the country to offer full-fledged convergent support to its subscribers by transforming its business support systems...

 Data published by Chile’s major telecoms operators and the national regulator, Subtel, show that after a surge in net additions in late 2010, mobile subscriber numbers continue to be buoyant...

Young people Tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, according to new research entitled How Africa Tweets...

One of Tanzania’s leading operators is launching a new service enabling its customers to send messages by voice...

A leading news agency in Thailand has made the strategic decision to use next-generation technologies to gain a competitive edge over rival TV news organisations...

In the first nine months of 2011, Belarus’ mobile market grew by 4.5%, with the number of mobile customers surpassing 11mn in September. By the end of 2011, it is estimated there were 11.18mn mobile subscribers in Belarus, growth of 5.9% over the year and a mobile penetration rate of almost 117%...

A new agreement will extend an international top up service for China across the world, allowing Chinese living abroad to recharge the credit of their relatives in their homeland...

 There was a significant surge in mobile subscriptions in Kuwait during Q211...

Mobile users across Africa and the Middle East will be able to access Wikipedia via their devices without incurring data usage charges, via a new partnership...

Uncertainty pervades all four North African states – and, by extension, their telecom sectors...

Three Chinese banks have come to the rescue of the debt-ridden Indian operator Reliance Communications (RCom)...