Vodafone Group and Bemobile (trading as “bmobile”) have announced the formation of a new Partner Market agreement in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

China Mobile’s subsidiary CMRI (China Mobile Research Institute) is collaborating with Agilent Technologies for the development of 5G wireless communication systems.

Filipino operator Globe Telecom is rolling out fuel cell systems that can provide back-up power solution in cell sites identified as most critical to ensure delivery of telecommunication services during crisis situations – particularly natural calamities.

Malaysian infrastructure provider Sacofa is implementing Packet Transport Networking (PTN) solutions from Tejas Networks in Sarawak.

Vodafone has sold its 49% stake in Vodafone Fiji to the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF). The deal closed for FJD160 million (almost $87.5 million).

China Telecom and China Unicom have received licences to begin trialling FDD-LTE networks in 16 Chinese cities.

Birdstep Technology and Syniverse are providing Samsung with an end-to-end solution for an enhanced & customised Wi-Fi connection management solution, including back-end billing integration.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad is transforming its delivery of data services for enterprises with the implementation of support systems from Accenture.

Thailand’s ongoing political unrest has stalled its 4G auctions, with the country’s military ruling council requesting that the upcoming spectrum licensing process be postponed.

ZTE and MNC Kabel Mediacom are deploying Indonesia’s first ultra-broadband Internet service, delivering connection speeds of up to 200Mbps to users for a richer and more interactive online experience.

Gemalto will implement its UpTeq Multi-Tenant NFC SIM for China Telecom as part of the operator’s commercial rollout of contactless services for mobile.

China Mobile is acquiring an 18% stake in Thai operator True Corp for around $880 million.

Chinese market leader China Mobile has fulfilled its promise of halving LTE charges by doubling the amount of data available to its 4G subscribers without raising its tariffs.

Malaysian provider and Axiata subsidiary Celcom has selected Nokia’s optimisation services to enhance its network, voice and data quality in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur.

Huawei and ZTE have emerged as the major recipients of China Mobile’s second round of 4G contracts, with Huawei winning 31% of the deals while ZTE took 34%.

Lao Telecommunications Company (LaoTel), the incumbent telecommunications service provider in Laos, has deployed the MaxBill billing solution from LogNet Systems.

Satellite provider Speedcast has announced that it will expand its Tier 1 IP backbone into Vanuatu.

DTAC, Thailand’s second largest mobile operator is to upgrade its 3G network and lay the foundation for a 4G LTE network in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.

In a Landmark partnership expected to benefit over 500 million mobile customers across three fast developing regions, SingTel Group and Samsung have unveiled a suite of joint initiatives to bring improved mobile data experiences to customers.

Filipino operators Digitel and Smart – both part of market leader PLDT – have signed a direct agreement with electronic payment service iSend to allow their customers to receive top-ups from iSend subscribers worldwide.

To meet the needs of a data-hungry new generation of users in densely populated areas, dtac TriNet, a subsidiary of Thailand's second-largest mobile operator dtac, has assigned Ericsson to deploy a 4G/LTE network.

The European Commission has stated that it will drop its “anti-dumping” investigation into Chinese telecom equipment imports.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has agreed to acquire a 57% stake in Malaysia's largest WiMAX provider, Packet One Networks (P1).

FiberHome Technologies Group has selected Lantiq’s LTE gateway to provide high performance, cost effective fixed LTE broadband services to the China market.

NEC Corporation has been selected to provide the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology with a wide-area disaster prevention system to detect volcanic and seismic activity by using seismic intensity meters and tide indicators, as well as offering disaster countermeasures.