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African network operator Angola Cables has selected Epsilon to deliver its IP traffic to the internet exchanges of Europe...
The America Movil subsidiary Claro Chile has become the first operator to launch commercial LTE (long term evolution) services in the Latin American country...
The Government of Malawi has announced that it is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, committing to transition government cash payments to electronic disbursements...
While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones...
China Mobile is now tendering for vendors to build its national 4G TD-LTE network...
On the verge of launching its next-generation satellite constellation, O3b Networks has announced a major long-term capacity deal, providing fibre-equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa...
Nokia’s newest Asha device, the Asha 501, is launching in Thailand and Pakistan this week, with India following soon afterwards...
The idea of everyday devices becoming smart once conjured up visions of sci-fi fantasy. One popular concept became a reality as far back as 1999, when the first interactive fridge that alerted owners to items that needed replacing was prototyped in Sweden. But with the recent explosion of smart technology, the possibility of an ultra-connected world powered by the internet of things now seems nothing short of an inevitability.
Ericsson and MTS have entered into a partnership for the development of ICT infrastructure on which to deploy an LTE network...
SES has announced a multi-year multi-million dollar contract renewal with Supernet, Pakistan's leading satellite network service provider...
China Telecom Global is now offering services from Teraco’s vendor-neutral South African data centre, allowing it to deliver services across the country as well as link with other service providers and carriers in Africa...
One of Kenya’s major operators has signed a network management agreement covering its passive network infrastructure...
Google is launching an innovative initiative to provide connectivity in remote, rural areas using helium-filled balloons...
The Tajik operator Tacom, branded as Beeline, has ordered a backhaul platform for 3G data and voice development across the country...
A new infrastructure venture formed by a new consortium will roll out fibre optic broadband and Internet services throughout Israel...
When we think of emerging markets, we often tend to think they are behind the times, busy playing catch-up with developed nations. While this may in fact be the case for traditional fixed telecoms infrastructure, it is certainly not true for today’s extensive mobile networks. In fact, when it comes to mobile data plans and charging, developed nations can learn a lot from emerging markets.
A new partnership between Croatian operator Vipnet and cloud enabler Neostratus will provide a range of cloud solutions for messaging, communication and collaboration to businesses across the country...
According to a survey conducted by Accenture, customers in emerging markets are more open to paying a premium rate for 4G services than those in developed markets...
Filipino operator Globe Telecom has extended its fibre optic network to the island of Coron in Palawan province, strengthening network coverage in a major tourist destination...
As the fourth largest economy in the world by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) driven primarily by the services sector, the telecom industry in India offers a great deal of opportunity. The last decade in particular has seen voice communications become a central part of day-to-day life for much of India with total national teledensity reaching 73.07% in January 2013.
Rapid telecoms expansion could soon be underway in India following an agreement between infrastructure provider Microqual Techno and Intelligent Energy.
At the start of this week, Developing Telecoms looked at the importance of real-time monitoring, with a focus on customer retention and roaming. As we continue to explore the subject, we look at how targeted advertising relies on the accurate customer profile that real-time monitoring can create. In addition, a closely-monitored network can drive down the SIM-swapping endemic to emerging markets.
India’s third largest mobile operator has signed a multi-year agreement for data clearing, financial clearing and fraud-prevention...
The Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Telecommunications (MINTIC) has extended its contract with Gilat Satellite Networks to provide broadband services to over 1500 schools in the Latin American country...
Mauritania’s leading telecom provider Mauritel is now offering real-time promotions for targeted subscribers based on analysis of actual usage patterns...
A new government joint venture is aiming to provide high-speed 4G/LTE broadband to 95% of Rwanda’s population within the next three years...
Collecting and analysing data about customer usage is becoming the standard for operators in all markets, as it allows them to follow and respond to customer habits. They now have access to a lot of customer information, although it may not be as complete as they’d like – particularly in emerging markets where there are a lot of prepaid customers so there aren’t personally identifiable usage patterns as there are in developed markets.
A new Content Delivery Network (CDN) Point of Presence (PoP) has been deployed in Bangalore by Pacnet. Bangalore is the epicentre of India's IT industry and home to many of country's most tech-savvy Internet users and has the nation’s largest number of broadband Internet connections...
Iraq’s first 4G LTE network has been launched in the north of the country by service provider Regional Telecom, using equipment provided by Alcatel-Lucent...
A major connectivity contract that constitutes part of the AfricaConnect project has been awarded to the African carrier’s carrier WIOCC by DANTE...
Malaysian operator DiGi Telecommunications is implementing Ericsson’s Device Connection Platform to provide its customers with everything they need to deploy, manage and monetize millions of machine-to-machine (M2M) and consumer-electronics devices...
With the advent of smartphones, an interesting dynamic is playing out between SMS and OTT across the telecoms industry. In developed markets, operators are unhappy about the growing dominance of smartphone-based services, but it’s a very different story in emerging markets.
Colombia’s first retail-based MVNO has been launched by Grupo Éxito...
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