India’s burgeoning telecommunications market appears to have attracted the attention of two industry giants, with both Google and Apple reportedly looking to expand their presence in the subcontinent...

Telecom Italia’s bid to increase its stake in Telecom Argentina’s controlling company has been approved by the Argentinean regulator. TI now has full control of Sofora Telecommunications after increasing its 50% stake to a majority 58%...

A new solution aimed at providing affordable dedicated connectivity to customers in infrastructure-poor regions has been launched by Talia, an internet and voice service provider...

GTS Poland has commissioned Comarch to provide its Convergent Billing tool in order to improve its billing process and facilitate the swift launch of new services...

Satellite broadband services are set to increase in South Africa following the announcement of an agreement between SES S.A and SkyVine, a South African ICT provider, under which SES will supply its ASTRA2Connect broadband platform...

GTA TeleGuam has stated that it will invest more than $2 million over the next few months to add capacity and expand coverage of its 3G wireless network...

In anticipation of the expected explosion in the variety and volumes of products incorporating embedded 3GPP wireless modules, the Global Certification Forum (GCF) has launched a streamlined certification process for new categories of connected device...

NYNEX Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has announced that it has partnered with CETel (Central European Telecom Services) to expand its satellite IP network and introduce new broadband services on the NSS-12 satellite...

Subscribers of the Israeli broadband service provider Bezeq will soon have access to super fast Internet access at 200 megabit per second (Mbps) over existing copper cables...

 The Chinese vendor ZTE has announced a new tablet computer powered by the Android 2.1 operating system...

Einar Lindquist, CEO of Teligent Telecom, offers his views on the problem of incompleted calls, and how a good strategy can help network operators to maximise revenues and increase subscriber stickiness.

 A new service launching in Nigeria is bridging the country’s digital divide by providing customers with any SMS-capable mobile handset access to pay-as-you-go two-way mobile email and online chat...

 China’s Zhenjiang city is set to undergo a transformation project by which it will support services such as remote healthcare, intelligent transport and e-energy solutions via wireless communications...

O3b Networks announced today that the company has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Netcom Africa, a leading provider of satellite and wireless broadband solutions to provide low latency, high capacity broadband connectivity to ships and offshore platforms in Nigeria utilizing O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit technology...

Aito Technologies Oy, a provider of customer experience analytics, has announced a strategic partnership with Anritsu A/S, a global provider of testing, monitoring and management solutions for advanced and converged networks...

ITU welcomed new Directors of its Radiocommunication and Telecommunication Development Bureaux as François Rancy of France and Brahima Sanou of Burkina Faso were elected at the Plenipotentiary Conference taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico...

 Vodafone Ghana has outsourced the operation and management of 750 telecom towers to Eaton Towers on a ten-year contract...

Globacom Nigeria will expand its broadband access solutions portfolio with Ceragon’s advanced FibeAir IP-10 solution. The new solution, aimed at enterprise users, will facilitate backhauling voice and data services...

With only a few days left before it was due to be instated, the UAE’s proposed ban on BlackBerries has been cancelled...

Member States of the International Telecommunication Union have elected Dr Hamadoun Touré of Mali as Secretary-General of ITU for a second four-year term...

Developing Telecoms takes a look at the market potential of MVNOs in Latin America, where the model faces numerous difficulties despite the massive potential for growth in this burgeoning region...

The recent news of a merger between Orascom and VimpelCom has not dampened the Algerian government’s desire to nationalise Djezzy, Orascom’s Algerian branch...

Organisations in this region should not miss out on this opportunity to implement Ipv6 technology. If they want to continue to grow their business and increase their online presence, they must now begin the migration process towards IPv6, says networking expert, Ali Ahmar, Regional Sales Manager, MENA, Brocade Communications...

Etisalat’s bid for a 46% stake in Zain could be a step closer to becoming a reality – and help has come from an unlikely source. Qatar Telecom (Qtel), a regional rival of Etisalat, has expressed an interest in purchasing Zain Saudi Arabia – a move which could facilitate Etisalat’s planned acquisition...

VimpelCom and Weather Investments – the owner of Orascom Telecom – have confirmed a merger between the two firms. The resulting entity will be the world’s fifth-largest mobile operator group...

Having recently looked to acquire a controlling stake in its Indian joint venture, the UAE operator Etisalat has now attempted to acquire a 46% stake in Kuwait’s Zain...

Due to a rigorous market regulatory policy and the 2009 economic slowdown, the value of the telecommunications market in Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania) decreased by 14 per cent...

A fresh licensing dispute has arisen in India – but rather than the newer 3G, it concerns the country’s 2008 issue of 2G licences...

Demand for Apple’s iPhone 4 has been greater than expected in China, where the newest iteration of the smartphone recently launched...

A new agreement between Voice Commerce and Alcatel-Lucent is set to provide new mobile money and payment options for mobile operators, with the two companies aiming to satisfy the burgeoning demand for these services in emerging markets...

As an apparent reaction to the state-owned operator BSNL reporting its first ever annual loss earlier this year, the government of India has reneged on plans for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in the firm...

A longstanding alliance between Bharti Airtel and IBM has been formalised into a ten year agreement which will focus on the African telecoms market...

General Cable Corporation has formed a joint venture with International Cable Industries LLC (ICI), a limited liability company organized in Oman...

Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel, has agreed a multimillion dollar contract with the billing & charging solutions provider Redknee as it prepares to launch services in the Republic of Congo...