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Russia’s first commercial LTE network launches

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
04 January 2012
9006 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • LTE
  • Russia
  • Yota

Yota has launched the first commercial LTE network in Russia..

Customer experience in emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
03 January 2012
7176 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Customer Experience Management

In this bylined article, Brian Carroll, CEO of Arantech, discusses how Customer Experience Management systems can help operators take advantage of subscriber growth in the emerging market of Africa...

Network upgrade boosts Polish operator’s coverage

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
23 December 2011
9445 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • GSM
  • Polkomtel

Poland’s leading mobile operator has improved its mobile broadband services with better indoor coverage and wider reach beyond the nation’s larger cities...

ARPU taking a hit in Indonesia amid pricing wars

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
23 December 2011
11753 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • ARPU
  • Competition

 An intensifying battle between mobile and fixed-line services is increasing price-based competition in Indonesia, with the result that although subscriber numbers continue to rise, customers are spending less...

Competition under threat despite healthy growth in Philippines

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
23 December 2011
9405 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Philippines
  • Subscriber Growth
  • Competition

Although the Philippines has seen strong mobile subscriber growth this year, saturation looms and competition could soon be damaged by a major acquisition...

Commercial 4G makes its debut in Samoa

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
22 December 2011
9549 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • 4G
  • Samoa
  • American Samoa
  • Bluesky

The Samoan Islands have passed a milestone with the launch of their first commercial 4G services...

New solutions help Saudi operators embrace the cloud

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
22 December 2011
7070 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Cloud Services
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Interactive Intelligence

A new series of cloud-based solutions for contact centres will allow operators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to reduce their operational expenditure, as well as granting them a higher degree of control, greater design flexibility and simplified migration from on-premise environments...

Regulatory changes could see Indian market leader acquiring local rivals

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James Barton
Category: Operators
22 December 2011
7907 views
  • Service Providers
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Consolidation

The Indian government is reviewing its stance on mergers and acquisitions as a means of fostering consolidation in the highly competitive market – and this may lead to the market leader Bharti Airtel acquiring domestic operators...

Global groups raise objections to proposed space protocol

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
19 December 2011
5901 views
  • Global

 A number of international organizations have united in expressing their concerns over the Space Assets Protocol, a new international legislation sponsored by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)...

New broadband network speeds into Jamaica

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
19 December 2011
10203 views
  • Latin America
  • Broadband
  • LIME
  • Caribbean
  • FttH
  • Jamaica

 A new residential broadband service capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second has launched in Jamaica...

iPhone 4S coming to China by year-end?

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
19 December 2011
8130 views
  • Devices
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Smartphones
  • China
  • China Unicom

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has granted China Unicom permission to begin offering Apple’s latest iteration of the iPhone, the 4S model...

Remote control: why hosted networks are right for rural

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
16 December 2011
10042 views
  • Rural
  • Global
  • Globecomm
  • Bandwidth Sharing

Connecting rural communities is a particular challenge in emerging markets, as infrastructure frequently does not extend into the more remote corners of the landscape. However, advances in backhauling mean that operators are now able to extend coverage to remote regions more efficiently and cost-effectively. DT editor James Barton spoke to Richard Beckley of hosted networks specialist Globecomm to find out how this change is coming about...

Indonesian BlackBerry ban rumours prompt denial from RIM

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
16 December 2011
10121 views
  • Regulation
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • RIM
  • BlackBerry

The Indonesian media has reported that certain services provided by RIM’s BlackBerry devices will be blocked by the country’s government...

TD-LTE network and subscriber devices provide fixed wireless broadband in Brazil

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
16 December 2011
9388 views
  • Latin America
  • 4G
  • Brazil
  • TD LTE
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • SKY

Wireless broadband services using 4G technology are now available in Brazil...

Israeli provider protecting SMBs’ data with cloud solution

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James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
16 December 2011
9648 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Cloud
  • Israel
  • Bezeq
  • Data Protection

The market leading telecommunications provider in Israel has launched a new hybrid cloud-based solution for managed storage and data protection...

Internet growth shining in Sri Lanka as mobile slows

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
15 December 2011
12503 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Broadband
  • Fixed-line
  • Mobile
  • Sri Lanka

In light of new data published by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, the island nation’s mobile subscriber growth over the next five years will likely be lower than expected...

Competition driving down tariffs in healthy UAE market

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
15 December 2011
8775 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • UAE
  • Competition

One of the last countries in the Middle East to liberalise, the telecom market of the United Arab Emirates has benefited from competition, evident from falling tariff prices...

Uruguayan operator deploying first 4G/LTE network in Latin America

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
14 December 2011
10431 views
  • Latin America
  • LTE
  • 4G
  • Uruguay
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Antel

 Latin America’s first commercial 4G/LTE wireless network will be deployed in Uruguay...

LTE expansion for major Saudi operator takes it up to 11

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
14 December 2011
9254 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • LTE
  • Saudi Arabia
  • STC

One of the leading operators in Saudi Arabia is extending its LTE coverage to a further 5 cities across the Kingdom...

Adtran acquires NSN’s broadband access operations

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
14 December 2011
11416 views
  • Global
  • Adtran
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Broadband Access

A leading global equipment provider has agreed to acquire Nokia Siemens Networks’ fixed-line Broadband Access business...

3G spectrum-sharing off the cards in India?

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
13 December 2011
11286 views
  • Central South Asia
  • 3G
  • India
  • Licensing
  • Spectrum Sharing
  • TRAI

A new proposal may spell the end of 3G roaming alliances between Indian operators – as they are reportedly losing revenue for the country’s government...

Cloud partnership launches services in Argentina

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
13 December 2011
9655 views
  • Latin America
  • Telefonica
  • Argentina
  • Cloud
  • NEC

Cloud computing is on the rise in Latin America following the launch of cloud services in Argentina by Telefónica...

Belarus’ cloud-based SaaS app store is first in CIS

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
12 December 2011
10421 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • MTS
  • NEC
  • Cloud Computing
  • Belarus
  • Application Store

The first cloud computing application store to launch in the Republic of Belarus has gone live...

Major Russian operators teaming up for 2012 LTE launch

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
09 December 2011
10425 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • LTE
  • MegaFon
  • Russia
  • Yota

Telecom companies Yota and MegaFon have agreed on joint development of fourth generation LTE networks in Russia...

Network optimisation centre inaugurated in Mexico

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
09 December 2011
6928 views
  • Latin America
  • Mexico
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Remote Services
  • Service Delivery Centre

 A new centre for the delivery of remote services across Latin America has been inaugurated in Mexico...

Mobile broadband expands its reach via satellite backhaul

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James Barton
Category: Satellite Networks
08 December 2011
9968 views
  • Rural
  • Global
  • 3G
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • iDirect

Telecom operators can now provide 3G mobile broadband to isolated and under-served areas via satellite backhaul...

Database downtime a thing of the past for Central Bank of Kenya

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
08 December 2011
8470 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Oracle
  • Kenya
  • Central Bank of Kenya

As the single point for the clearing of all cheques and Electronic Funds Transfer transactions in the country, the Central Bank of Kenya clearing house can ill afford any database downtime...

Improved competition will unleash full market potential in Oman

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James Barton
Category: Trends & Forecasts
08 December 2011
9992 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Research and Markets
  • Oman
  • Competition

 

 

Since the onset of competition Oman's telecoms market has developed in leaps and bounds...

Telefónica will not leave Czech Republic

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James Barton
Category: Operators
07 December 2011
10201 views
  • Service Providers
  • Investment
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Telefonica
  • Czech Republic

 

 

The Spanish telecom giant Telefónica has affirmed its commitment to the Czech Republic, stating that it does not intend to reduce its presence in the Central European country...

Free online SMS service localises for emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
06 December 2011
12200 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Latin America
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • India
  • SMS
  • Philippines

 

 

Localised versions of a popular free PC-to-cell SMS chat application are launching in India, Mexico, Brazil and the Philippines...

Congolese operator expands top up service internationally

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
05 December 2011
7706 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • ezetop
  • Congo
  • MTN Congo Brazzaville
  • Mobile Top Up

 

 

Congolese communities living abroad are now able to make use of internationally extended top up services offered by one of the country’s major operators...

Tackling rising data loads in emerging markets

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
05 December 2011
10961 views
  • Global
  • Mobile Data
  • Comviva
  • Emerging Markets

 

 

Emerging market operators will be able to exercise greater control over their data loads following the launch of new data packages...

Wireless location services launching across India

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
02 December 2011
8939 views
  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • Wireless
  • Location-Based Services

 

 

India’s first high-accuracy, network based wireless location solution is set for launch...

First Internet-free Facebook, email and online chat service for Portuguese speaking Africans

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
01 December 2011
9960 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Handsets
  • ForgetMeNot Africa
  • Facebook
  • Cape Verde

 

 

The first Internet-free Facebook, email and online chat service for Portuguese speaking Africans has been launched by ForgetMeNot Africa...

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