The Lebanese telecommunications market has suffered for many years from a lack of political will to make the changes necessary to free up the market in order for it to reach its potential...

One of the largest bottlenecks - and therefore biggest challenges - for communication service providers in emerging markets is backhaul capacity. Due to increased use of data services as well as more rapid uptake of voice services, many operators are discovering that they are rapidly approaching capacity limits which seemed practically unreachable just a few years ago...

According to reports, Telecom Egypt is aiming to resume negotiations with Vodafone over a potential takeover of the UK-based firm’s Egyptian operations...

Chilean mobile users are now able to top up their phones electronically with the launch of a new mobile wallet service...

One of India’s state-owned operators has sought professional advice in establishing a new business strategy for its broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum...

The southeast Chinese cities of Xiamen and Nanping will soon enjoy higher quality networks and innovative new services following a managed services agreement between Alcatel-Lucent and Fujian Unicom...

The first 4G deployments in Mozambique and Uganda have been successfully completed with the launch of a new network by a mobile broadband and applications service provider...

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has completed a study to help improve the use of mobile telephony for international development...

Telkom South Africa’s attempt to sell its CDMA operations in Nigeria could be derailed by a legal injunction filed by the infrastructure supplier Helios Towers...

One of Indonesia’s largest operators, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, is aiming to reacquire a 35% stake in its mobile operations from the Singaporean operator SingTel...

The first quarter of 2011 saw koryolink – Orascom’s North Korean operations – pass the half-million customer milestone with a year-on-year growth rate of 420%...

Thirteen mobile networks operated by LIME, the Caribbean business of Cable & Wireless Communications, are to be upgraded to a fourth generation standard...

Although LTE licences were awarded to seven Vietnamese operators in Q3 2010, five of these operators have thus far made no attempt to launch 4G services...

Cloud-based services are increasingly being adopted by multinational corporations, with firms in the Asia-Pacific region expressing the greatest interest, according to a survey conducted by Ovum...

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation’s (CTO) has presented the  results of a Rural ICT Access Gap Study to the management of the Sierra Leone ICT regulator NATCOM and a number of key stakeholders, including the country’s mobile and fixed line operators...

One of Kuwait’s leading operators is implementing live monitoring, reporting and analytics software in order to improve its customer experience...

With consumers increasingly expecting constant coverage and data-heavy services as standard, communications service providers are looking for innovative new ways of expanding the capacity of their networks. A new backhaul and access solution with its roots in military technology may provide the means of doing this. The implications for emerging markets are considerable...

The Puerto Rican subsidiary of América Móvil, Claro Puerto Rico, has launched the mobile instant messaging service Claro Messenger, a carrier-owned and branded IM community...

One of the Philippines’ largest communication service providers is overhauling its provisioning processes with new OSS...

The concept of the remote contact centre worker is nothing new in the global market, and now thanks to the greater availability of bandwidth and associated lower cost, it has also become a viable option in South Africa...

The Jamaican Government has retained LIME, the Caribbean branch of Cable & Wireless, to build out a major portion of its island-wide broadband network...

Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the introduction of new competition...

The first call over a trial TD-LTE network deployed in Shanghai has been successfully completed by Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile...

Thailand’s strong mobile market presents a complex commercial environment, with its mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces...

A new spectrum-sharing arrangement is underway in Malaysia, with market leading mobile operator Maxis rolling out LTE using 2.3GHz spectrum licensed to WiMAX provider Asiaspace...

Plans to transform Bangladesh into a digital country by 2021 are gaining traction after the Bangladeshi government announced plans in September 2010 to implement seven projects at a cost of BDT64.34bn...

The government of Turkmenistan has reportedly approached Etisalat with the suggestion that the UAE giant could assume control over the country’s suspended mobile network, currently owned by Russian operator MTS...

Latvia’s largest service provider will soon offer its business customers cloud-based unified communications and collaboration services...

Economic difficulties in Madagascar have somewhat stalled development in its telecom sector, but the market’s growth potential is vast...

India’s Department of Telecoms has finalised its National Wireless Broadband licences as part of a drive to rollout mobile broadband in the country’s rural regions...

Despite delays to its 3G licensing process and limited competition in certain areas, Algeria’s telecoms sector can boast high mobile penetration and a burgeoning internet telephony market...

The sole offer for a 51% stake in the Serbian operator Telekom Srbija has been rejected by the country’s government...

A legal dispute between Chinese equipment giants ZTE and Huawei has begun to escalate following the revelation that ZTE has initiated legal proceedings in a bid to nullify Huawei patents and a Huawei trademark in several countries...

The Hungarian operator Magyar Telekom is overhauling its radio access network to reduce operational costs while further expanding mobile broadband service performance and coverage...