Developing Telecoms

Yota wins Peru WiMAX bandwidth bid

James Barton — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Russian WiMAX operator Yota has been granted bandwidth spectrum use in Peru by the Latin American country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, following the operator’s winning bid for the $3.9 million contract...

ABI: mobile person-to-person payments better in new markets (perhaps)

Michael Schwartz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

ABI Research has conducted a survey on using mobile phones for person-to-person payments. Interest was low in the seven countries surveyed. Interest in the developing markets was greater - but ABI did not ask anyone in those countries. Michael Schwartz reproaches...

Asiacell Partners with AMWAL to Provide Advanced Mobile Financial Services for Iraq

James Barton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In an important first for the Iraqi market, Asiacell – the largest private Iraqi company and the first and only mobile telecommunications company to provide coverage for all of Iraq – has announced a major strategic partnership with AMWAL, a consortium of Iraqi banks...

Leading Pakistani Bank Celebrates US$10 Million Mobile Money Milestone

James Barton — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:35:13 +0000

MCB, one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has passed an important milestone. In less than eight months the bank’s MCB Mobile service has processed more than US$10 million worth of transactions...

Wind selects Samsung to provide new WiMAX network to Dominican Republic

James Barton — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:11 +0000

The Dominican Republic will soon benefit from a new mobile WiMAX network, which is to be constructed by Samsung...