Smartphone shipments in Bangladesh grew by 20.6% year-on-year during 2017 to reach a total of 8.1 million devices.
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Afghanistan’s Neda has commissioned satellite terminal provider Isotropic Systems to develop self-installing, all electronic scanning terminals to extend its single channel per carrier (SCPC) broadband capabilities across the country for enterprise, government and consumer users.
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Etisalat has implemented NEC/Netcracker's full-stack Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution for the deployment of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE).
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The Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.
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Fortumo and Apigate, a subsidiary of Axiata Digital, are launching content services in Cambodia via Smart Axiata’s Direct Carrier Billing API.
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Avanti Communications and Globecomm have announced a Master Services Agreement.
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Taking dead aim at rival Reliance Jio Bharti Airtel is launching LTE (VoLTE) services in Kolkata.
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Telefonica Business Solutions and Huawei have signed a global alliance for the development of new comms solutions for enterprises.
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The pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has selected Metaswitch technology as the basis for its ambitious expansion plans.
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A new satellite-based service will enable rural communities in Thailand to enjoy reliable broadband services.
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Etisalat Misr and Huawei have completed the world’s first verification of the latter’s spectrum dynamic sharing solution.
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Burundian mobile operator Lumitel is extending its 4G service to the entire country.
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Globe Telecom has partnered with Huawei to commence the trial of the world's first FDD Massive MIMO commercial product.
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Bharti Airtel is to acquire the Indian leg of Gulf Bridge International's subsea data cabling network.
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Nokia and Orange Middle East & Africa have unveiled what is billed as one of Africa’s largest 4G rollouts.
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Subtel, the Chilean telecommunications regulator, has issued two calls for tenders for extensions to its southern fibre network.
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Right across Africa, municipalities and national governments are looking to transform major urban areas into smart cities.
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Working with WOICC Epsilon is to deploy its Infiny platform in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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UAE-telco du, from the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has extended its existing partnership agreement with Epsilon.
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Axiata Digital is partnering with RGK Mobile to help integrate two of its major carriers in the Asia Pacific region.
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Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected Ericsson for a major nationwide expansion of its 4G network in Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of LTE Advanced and Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Radio Access Network.
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Telefónica and China Unicom have signed an agreement in the field of Internet of Things (IoT).
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PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, has agreed with Mauritius Telecom to construct and maintain a high speed submarine cable connecting the Indian Ocean Islands of Rodrigues and Mauritius which will vastly improve connectivity for Rodrigues.
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Indian ISP Spectra has selected Nokia's IP/MPLS routing and GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) fiber solutions to build out its network.
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Thailand’s telecom service revenues are set to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2017-22 driven by increased mobile and fixed broadband adoption.
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The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) launched its joint ‘Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation’ (M4H) programme at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
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UAE-based telco du is collaborating with Cisco to build a future-proof network.
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In partnership with Google, Mara Corporation is to release the Mara X for the African market in the second quarter of 2018.
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Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Ericsson have rolled out South Asia’s first commercial massive IoT network.
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Ooredoo Group is scaling up real-time and one-stop shop solutions stretching from the Maldives and Oman.
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ZTE teams with MTN for MEA 5G commercialisation
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AdaptiveMobile Security has announced a new agreement with an African operator group.
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The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 5G communication systems and networks.
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Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, has opened its first Point of Presence (PoP) at Sitel’s Bratislava data center.

