Lebanese fixed network services provider Ogero has become one of the first operators globally to run a commercial trial of Nokia’s Fixed Access Network Slicing (FANS).
Polish operator Vectra has signed a frame agreement to acquire more than 1000 of Teleste’s E8 1.2 GHz optical nodes, which will be delivered to Vectra by the end of Q1 2020.
ARB Apex Bank has renewed its contract with Temenos to provide banking and non-banking services for Ghana’s Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) and their customers.
Vodafone Egypt is implementing Nokia’s cloud-based Subscriber Data Management (SDM) solution to offer innovative services to its 4G customers.
Openet has been selected by leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to provide its Digital Business Platform (DBP).
Growing urban demographics and the rapid expansion of cities are driving the use of smart city solutions in Africa and the Middle East.
Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União, or TCU) has approved a contract between the country’s state-controlled telco Telebras and Viasat.
Nokia and U Mobile have signed a three-year contract to deploy a Nokia Single Radio Access Network (RAN) network as well as microwave and IP-based mobile transport technologies.
DE-CIX India’s Mumbai-IX has started offering 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access at all enabled data centres in the Indian metropolis.
Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) is partnering with Africa Development Solutions (ADS Group) to facilitate building fibre infrastructure backbone across Africa.
ENGIE has been selected for the operation and maintenance of the Orange Services Group's data centre in Abidjan, for a five-year contract that will start early June 2019.
Amdocs has expanded its strategic partnership with Telefonica to advance the operator’s digital transformation initiatives in Argentina and Chile.
Ooredoo Myanmar and ZTE Corporation have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on 5G network development.
Tutela has signed an agreement with Altán Redes that will give the wholesale operator access to Tutela data on the Mexican market, collected from millions of mobile devices.
Mobile networks and broadband internet access for corporate and consumer customers operated by PNG DataCo have been restored by SES Networks following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea in the early morning hours of 7 May 2019.
Chilean service provider Grupo Gtd has gone live with Netcracker’s full-stack BSS/OSS suite as part of its large-scale B2B transformation program.
Thunes has extended its network in Mongolia adding LendMN– the first Mongolian FinTech - in an effort to promote financial inclusion and smarter payment solutions.
Turkish satellite operator Turksat has signed new agreements with Avanti Communications and Kymeta.
Vietnamese operator VinaPhone has partnered with KoolSpan on VinaPhone ProCall, a secure mobile communications solution.
CETel is delivering connectivity in remote areas of Northern Africa via Intelsat’s EPIC 37e satellite.
Thunes has completed its $10 million Series A financing led by venture firm GGV Capital.
Next-generation solutions provider CloudSmartz will enable Seaborn Networks’ digital transformation strategy and deployment over the next several months.
Safaricom is expanding its cooperation with Equity Group in order to push m-Pesa into other markets while driving greater financial inclusion in Kenya.
A new business and technology solutions firm has been launched with the aim of accelerating the development and transformation of Africa.
Flexenclosure, which designs and delivers prefabricated modular data centres for colocation, cloud and communications companies, has completed construction of a new eCentre data centre for Tigo Business in Nicaragua. This is one of six new data centres Flexenclosure is delivering for Millicom’s Tigo operations.
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Another example of how mobile networks in many countries are able to overcome problems of accessibility to banks comes from Zimbabwe, where WhatsApp is now an enabler for banking services.
Teleglobal and SES are partnering to deliver satellite-based broadband access to underserved parts of Indonesia.
More 5G and 5G-related plans have been announced in both Asia and Eastern Europe in yet another busy week for the next generation of mobile communications.
Not surprisingly, Turkcell has come out fighting in its latest communication related to a disputed mobile license in Iran in 2004. However, the resolution of its lawsuit against South Africa’s MTN is still months – or possibly even longer – away.
At the Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS) 2019, the Next Generation Optical Transport Network Forum (NGOF) officially launched its five-star criteria for premium private lines.
How do you streamline the upgrade to integrated networks to allow for quick 5G deployment? A new approach from Huawei may have some of the answers.
A recently announced contract in Argentina provides another example of the role of satellites in the increasingly urgent drive to connect rural communities.
A recent announcement of network expansion in Indonesia is a reminder of the continuing concern, on the part of both vendors and operators, with being 5G-ready.
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