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)...

What comes to mind when you think about cloud security? Do you think about application security or protecting corporate data? Perhaps you fear virus or phishing attacks? For the past several years, cloud security has been one of the biggest concerns among IT decision makers as they consider how best to transition applications and data out of the corporate data center and into the cloud. The real question is one of perception versus reality...

A new communications service for disaster relief has been successfully deployed in full operational field service for the first time...

 Consumer and business customers in China will soon have access to services based on Serve, a next-generation commerce technology...

Ghana's mobile sector will have 27.281mn mobile subscribers by 2016, up from 21.518mn at the end of 2011...

A new superfast submarine cable link has been launched between Israel and Italy...

The Indian Supreme Court has rejected the Indian government’s claim that Vodafone Group owed $2.2 billion in taxes, stating that the British firm “had no liability to account for withholding tax on its acquisition of interests in Hutchison Essar Limited (now Vodafone India Limited) in 2007"...

The highly-developed UAE telecom sector was rocked this year by the arrival of LTE, introduced by number one operator Etisalat – but competition is already snapping at its heels...

After introducing cloud-based services in 2011, the leading enterprise services provider in the Caribbean is now expanding its suite to target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region...

As one of the largest growth markets in the world, it is unsurprising that forecasts for China’s telecoms sector are being revised upwards...

 A major satellite communications provider in Africa has signed a new partnership with a major teleport services provider to expand operations and service delivery in the African and Middle East markets...

 Iran’s increasing mobile penetration is somewhat tempered by a probable base of inactive subscribers, as well as a looming decline in ARPU levels...