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Kalimat Telecom, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Trade Links, has selected Parallel Wireless to build out its mobile broadband network in Iraq.

Orange Polska is deploying Matrixx Digital Commerce as a foundation for its digital transformation.

Omantel is launching a new phase of its multi-play billing and charging transformation on Optiva’s Charging Engine.

Millicom has selected Tutela to deliver crowdsourced network quality measurement solutions to its Tigo branded businesses in Latin America.

The Indian smartphone market grew by nearly 20% in Q4 of 2018, with data from IDC showing that Chinese vendors were the main beneficiaries.

Nokia's 5G-ready AirScale Cloud RAN solution and controllers have been successfully deployed by Telenor Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia’s Mobily is using Viavi’s Nitro Geo solution to boost its operational efficiency and capacity.

Serbian market leader Telekom Srbija is implementing an advanced Traffic Management Solution (TMS) from NEC Corporation.

Dubai-headquartered Satcom provider Global Beam Telecom has signed a distributor agreement with ORBCOMM a global supplier of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.

Avanti Communications and MainOne have signed an agreement to improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest KA-band based satellite communication services to enterprises located in remote areas of the country. 

Vodafone Idea Business Services (VIBS), the enterprise arm of Indian telco Vodafone Idea Ltd, is partnering with Genus Power Infra to establish commercial scale POC (Proof of Concept) of NB-IoT networks.

The level of financial inclusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC) stands at 26%.

IX Reach is expanding its network into East Africa in partnership with Djibouti Data Centre as its strategic hub.

Mobile network users in Malaysia experience excellent network quality 57% of the time, while in the Philippines this falls to just 33%.

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over ISRO’s GSAT-11 across India.

Mobile networks and broadband access services for business and consumer customers operated by Digicel Tonga have been restored across the Polynesian archipelago by SES Networks' managed services following a severe fibre outage last week.

Vietnam’s market leader Viettel has been granted a licence by the country’s Ministry of Information and Communications to conduct 5G trials in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Digicel Group is leveraging the Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration solution to automate the provisioning, activation, and diagnostics of multi-play fibre services.

Since 8:30pm yesterday evening (Sunday 20th January) Tonga Cable has been suffering an outage in the submarine cable network that connects the island nation to the outside world, plunging the island nation into digital isolation.

IX Reach is expanding its partnership with AMS-IX into India to bring robust and resilient connectivity into AMS-IX’s Internet Exchange in Mumbai.

Ooredoo Palestine has upgraded and expanded its multi-year software and support agreement with Optiva Inc.

Eutelsat initiative Konnect Africa has launched Internet access offers in Côte d'Ivoire.

Helios Towers is preparing for the advent of 5G in South Africa by partnering with local networks specialist Vulatel to deploy open access wireless and fixed line infrastructure across the country.

Samsung is looking to regain the ground it has lost in India to Chinese device makers with a range of low-cost smartphones.

Versa Networks and BringCom Incorporated are deploying a joint solution to deliver Versa’s best-in-class SD-WAN capabilities to BringCom’s telecom managed service providers and SaaS platform operators in East and West Africa.

Ooredoo Myanmar has selected Nokia to secure its telecom and ICT networks against cyber threats.

Tigo Senegal has selected Ericsson for its nationwide network modernisation project as it looks to accelerate digitalisation in the expanding Senegalese market.

Newly created Malian company Uduma Mali is set to receive a €170,000 grant from the GSMA to invest in mobile-based cashless payment facilities for drinking water.

Western Union has partnered with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout.