Zain has chosen Ericsson to launch HD voice services over Zain's existing Ericsson 3G radio and core network in Bahrain.
Lima-based wi-fi provider WIGO S.A. has deployed solutions from DragonWave to interconnect base stations and MPLS nodes at speeds up to 800Mbps in the 18GHz and 13GHz frequency bands.
MEASAT has announced that customers on the AFRICASAT-1a satellite will now be able to benefit from additional cost savings given the successful test of 64APSK modulation on the satellite’s high-powered pan-African beam.
Established Namibian ICT provider, Paratus Telecom, has diversified its offering by launching a new mobile airtime distribution service called “Katiti”.
dtac TriNet has signed a five-year agreement with Ericsson to deliver 4G in several major cities as part of its LTE expansion program on 2100MHz band.
Etisalat’s Saudi affiliate Mobily has commissioned Nokia Networks to manage its network operations for the next five years.
Angola Cables has signed a contract to build the world’s first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic with NEC Corporation as the system supplier.
Surfline Communications has received $30 million of capital from Vantage Mezzanine to fund its LTE network in Ghana – the country’s first.
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a four-year frame agreement with Thailand’s True Corporation to supply an IP transport network.
Nigerian interconnect firm ICN (Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria) has deployed an IP communications solution from Cataleya.
Banco Santander Uruguay has chosen Syniverse’s Mobile Engagement for Customers solution to enhance its customer communications strategy.
Algeria Telecom has chosen Ericsson for the transformation of their broadband aggregation network.
Telenor Myanmar has begun offering mobile services in Yangon following a two-week delay to its target date.
Etisalat Egypt has deployed JDSU’s ariesoGEO solution to enhance service quality and optimisation for postpaid customers.
Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with the Internet Society to provide equipment for the Bangkok Internet Exchange Point.
Mobile satellite services operator Thuraya has partnered with SOS Children’s Villages International’s Gulf Area Office to bring satellite connectivity to remote communities in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Slovakian operator SWAN has selected Cerillion to deliver a complete business support system (BSS) solution for its 4G launch.
Elara Communications is launching an international calling app for customers in rural and remote villages in south-eastern Mexico, in partnership with IDT Global.
Sierratel has launched new advanced landline services in Sierra Leone. The launch was overseen by consultancy and management firm MDIC.
Chinese manufacturer Lenovo is setting up a new company in China focused on low-cost smart devices.
Kenya’s Equity Bank will be issuing an ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM featuring technology from SIM manufacturer Taisys.
Facebook and Ericsson claim to have developed a methodology that will improve app performance by as much as 70%.
The consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine cable system project has signed a supply contract with NEC for the S1H segment, which connects Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Alcatel-Lucent is launching a 100 gigabit-per-second fibre-optic network with MTN Nigeria.
Vodacom has launched Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Lesotho, addressing the relative scarcity of fixed line connections in the country.
Orange Botswana has entered into a multi-year managed services agreement with Ericsson.
The Asia America Gateway consortium is upgrading its trans-Pacific cable network using solutions from Ciena to address the growing demand for broadband access.
Pan-African telecoms operator Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has announced that its AfricaOnline business has launched a managed infrastructure and services solution in Ghana.
Televõrgu AS has deployed the ADVA Optical Networking’s 100G Core to connect Northern and Eastern European countries to Central Europe over a route running through the Baltic States and Poland.
Cloud enabler Neostratus has signed a partnership agreement with Mauritian mobile operator Emtel to deliver numerous cloud-based services.
Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA) is now operating an MVNO service in Saudi Arabia.
On the 16th and 17th of September, Informa’s 8th annual Managed Services World Congress (MSWC) took place. Chris Buist, a Director at Coleago Consulting, chaired both days of the event, and has shared his key takeaways from the congress for operators in developing countries.
Indonesian number two XL Axiata is selling off a portion of its telecoms towers to dedicated tower firm Solusi Tunas.
Renewable energy solutions are often considered a white elephant by telecoms companies, but this perception has been outdated for some time and operators are now beginning to catch on to its advantages.
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