Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is pushing up prices for its prepaid 2G and 3G data subscribers to offset its recent investment in 4G spectrum.
Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is pushing up prices for its prepaid 2G and 3G data subscribers to offset its recent investment in 4G spectrum.
Cinven’s bid to acquire Telekom Slovenije may fall through after state investment firm SDH ruled out a proposed amendment to the offer.
The CEO of Airtel Africa has called for greater regulation of OTT providers that provide for-profit services over mobile operators’ infrastructure.
Orange has stated that its Egyptian unit Mobinil will either sell a holding to a local partner or list up to 15% of its stock on the Cairo bourse.
Millicom is acquiring an 85% stake in Zanzibar Telecom (Zantel) from Etisalat.
The investment group Cinven has specified to Telekom Slovenije that its takeover bid for the state-owned operator is only valid until June 10th.
Ooredoo and Telenor have kicked off a race to the bottom for data pricing in Myanmar.
Indian number four RCOM has seen its profits leap by 46% following a significant upswing in data consumption.
The 22% holding in Telecom Italia currently held by the Telco investment group will be broken up following approval from the Argentinean antitrust watchdog CNDC.
A new report from Vodafone focuses on the impact that mobile services could have on the Indian agricultural sector.
Following the success of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s regulatory reforms, Mexico has lowered the cost of its proposed tender for a wholesale national mobile broadband network by $3 billion.
The government of Tanzania is reacquiring a 35% stake in Tanzania Telecommunications Corp (TTCL) from Indian firm Bharti Airtel.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted his government’s ambition to revitalise the ailing state-owned operators BSNL and MTNL.
Liquid Telecom is expanding in Zambia with the acquisition of Realtime, Zambia's second largest Internet Service Provider.
Emerging APAC markets, along with Africa and the Middle East are currently the world's fastest growing smartphone markets.
The big three Chinese operators have all confirmed that they will slash their data tariffs as well as increasing network speeds.
Turkey has pushed back its 4G auctions following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggesting that the country should leapfrog straight from 3G to 5G.
MTN Foundation and Oracle are collaborating on an ICT training project for MTNF scholars.
Indian number four Reliance Communication (RCom) is planning to divest at least a majority holding in its tower business, Reliance Infratel.
Telefonica Brasil’s public offering has brought in BRL16 billion ($5.3 billion) to finance its acquisition of broadband provider GVT.
The Slovakian government has shelved the scheduled IPO for Slovak Telekom after receiving an offer from an unnamed bidder.
The GSMA has issued a new report highlighting how effective government policy in Thailand could increase mobile and fixed broadband penetration to 133% by 2020, up from 52% in 2013.
SES S.A, as one of the private partners in emergency.lu, is providing vital connectivity services following the recent earthquake in Nepal.
Two senior executives from rival African ICT service providers were playing golf. One remarked casually, while his opponent was trying to putt, that enterprise ICT sales in their countries of operation reached USD900 million last year.
Oracle Academy and the Raspberry Pi Foundation have partnered on a project to join thousands of schools in Africa and around the world in a global science experiment.
Thailand’s ICT minister has called for spectrum held by state-owned operators to be returned to the government and refarmed so that it can be resold for 4G use.
Latin America is an attractive region for MNOs to explore the m-commerce space beyond m-payments, due to the increasing presence of mobile merchants and the strong base of mobile users.
India’s income tax department has asked Vodafone to re-submit its tax return for the year 2009-10 for further review.
Indian regulator TRAI has claimed that Bharti Airtel’s new service Airtel Zero contravenes the country’s net neutrality principles.
The Slovenian state investment fund SDH has received a binding bid for its 73% stake in Telekom Slovenije from UK private equity firm Cinven.
Intelsat, BT Group, and ITC Global have donated satellite capacity, equipment and manpower to help restore critical communication networks across Vanuatu.
Bangladesh’s spectrum auctions look likely to be delayed again due to a regulatory dispute concerning SIM replacement taxes.
Pan-African MTN Group may consolidate its position in the Nigerian mobile market with the acquisition of CDMA operator Visafone.
Two bidders have emerged for the Slovenian incumbent Telekom Slovenije.
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