Commercial 3G services are gaining traction in many Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, according to new mobile subscriber data for Q410...

The frenetically competitive telecom sector in India may have finally been assuaged, with the announcement that market leader Bharti Airtel has increased several of its prepaid tariffs...

A leading Vietnamese operator has deployed a distributed antenna system to provide mobile services in Ho Chi Minh City...

A new joint venture has been created by two Polish operators as a means of sharing their radio access networks. PTK Centertel (owned by Orange) and PTC (T-Mobile) will each hold 50% of the new operation, NetWorkS!

The first deployment of 3G services in Niger could soon be underway, with reports indicating that the West African country’s regulator is preparing to hold auctions for two new licences...

With the return of relative calm to Jordan's political scene after protests for political reforms in early 2011, the country's telecoms sector is repositioning itself to restore investor confidence and attract funds for expanding and upgrading the network...

Subscribers of the only mobile operator in the Bahamas are no longer required to pay an additional charge for calling between the 29 islands of the archipelagic nation...

The advent of stock exchanges in Laos and Cambodia could be a defining factor for the economic development of the Southeast Asian countries...

Vodafone is conducting talks with potential buyers for some of its Indian mobile operations, according to reports...

A new agreement between solutions providers and music labels in Bangladesh will initiate a new wave of mobile content across the country...

Preparations for the upcoming launch of the Arabsat 5C satellite have been finalised by Central European Telecom Services (CETel Group)...

It’s not just the future that’s bright for Africa – there are plenty of opportunities right now if you know where to look, according to Deloitte’s Matthew Guest, Senior Manager in Strategy Consulting. DT editor James Barton spoke to him as part of a series of articles on growth in Africa...

Stagnant growth in Iran’s mobile sector is unfortunately mirrored by its internet market. This could well be the result of government censorship...

One of the most prominent operators in Western Europe could be expanding into Africa...

The number of operators in South Africa’s already competitive mobile market could yet increase – and the market leader Vodacom has stated its opinion that this could be damaging to the market in the long term...

As part of DT’s Africa focus this month, editor James Barton spoke with John Strand, the founder of Strand Consult and a well respected analyst of the African telecoms scene. With many African markets over capacity in terms of the number of operators, Strand believes that consolidation will be crucial going forward...

Devices supporting China Unicom’s Wophone platform are reportedly ready for launch...

Relations between the owners of the beleaguered Indian operator Etisalat DB have soured to the point of conflict, with Indian DB Group initiating legal proceedings against UAE-based Etisalat on the grounds that it violated the terms of their joint venture agreement...

Each of India’s three largest operators will soon be able to provide their own nationwide 3G service, with reports suggesting that Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel have signed a cross-circle roaming agreement...

Although the notoriously reclusive country’s telecoms sector lags far behind other emerging markets, North Korea has seen notable growth in ICT over the past year, according to new information from BuddeComm...

Several major music labels have pledged their support for a new mobile music download service launching in South Africa...

The solutions provider Turkcell Technology – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkish market leader Turkcell – is launching a new solution which enables mobile network operators to identify and predict real-time business opportunities and improve customer satisfaction with new and innovative location-based services...

Despite some restrictions and censorship, which culminated in the 2011 political and social unrest, Egypt is one of the most developed Internet markets in Africa in terms of users, international bandwidth and services offered...

A new acquisition could be afoot in the highly competitive Indian market, with reports indicating that conglomerate Reliance Industries is eyeing a controlling stake in the mobile operator Aircel...

Nigeria’s first open access fibre optic backbone network will consist of 14,000km of fibre optic network linked through regional network owners to enable advanced communications to all regions of the country...

Growth in Pakistan’s mobile sector was slow during 2010 compared to previous years, largely due to losses accumulated from the economic crisis as well as the country suffering from one of the worst floods in its history...

The world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has today been assigned the international dialling code 211, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN Member State...

Next month will see the enactment of a broad restructuring of one of India’s largest operators, Bharti Airtel...

A leading Filipino operator has is set to transition its international interconnects from circuit-switched to IP connections...

A new joint venture has been announced by the Japanese operator NTT Docomo and the Chinese search engine provider Baidu...

Oman's progression up industry ratings tables was halted this quarter on the back of heightened political and industry risks from the social unrest in the Middle East and North Africa region...

Latin America’s fastest broadband network is being launched by the Chilean market leader Entel. Based on HSPA Evolution technology from Ericsson, the network will allow peak data rates of 42Mbps...

Subscribers in six Chinese provinces will soon have access to a number of multimedia services, including IP-based voice, video and web services...

As part of a look at growth opportunities in Africa, DT editor James Barton met up with Eaton Towers director and Celtel co-founder Terry Rhodes to discuss attitudes towards investment in the continent.