Capacity on four satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications is mobilised by leading German and international media to cover the German federal election...
Zambia to license fourth mobile operator The Zambian government has given the go ahead for a fourth mobile operator to be selected to compete with Airtel, MTN and Zamtel...
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Cell-phone subscriber numbers increased in UAE According to the TRA, total subscriptions to UAE telecommunication services increased to 23.36 million by the end of July from 23.31 million in June 2017…
Egypt based starup raises investment for its e-payment services The Egyptian fintech startup Vapulus for E-payment has closed seed investment deal with a regional venture capital fund raising US$ 250,000 as it prepares to launch its first phase of operations in Egypt, Jordan, and...
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Unearthing Africa’s telecoms sector growth potential Africa is the second largest continent in the world, with a population of more than one billion people and the social and economic impact that telecommunications have had on Africa over the past decade is astounding...
Open Fiber inks wholesale FTTH deal with Wind Tre Open Fiber inked an agreement with Wind Tre that will see the recently-merged mobile operator offer FTTH to 60% of the Italian population using its wholesale fibre network…
South Asia
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Dialog's mobile services fully restored in Sri Lanka While expressing regrets over the inconvenience to its customers arising from network disturbances, Dialog announced that the services were fully restored in less than 60 minutes...
Chunghwa Telecom, Fox+ partner on OTT services Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom teamed up with video streaming platform Fox+, a unit of Fox Networks Group, to provide OTT services on the local market…
3G and 4G Networks
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Tele2 Estonia upgrades LTE network for faster speeds Mobile operator Tele2 Estonia has started upgrading 112 of its LTE base stations which will allow upto three times faster mobile internet speeds for end-users…
China 4G subscriber base hits 927 million China’s big three mobile operators continued their steady march toward 1 billion 4G subscriptions with figures from each company showing they picked up a combined 23.5 million LTE subscribers in August, taking their...
Global Telecom Update
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Rome to launch 5G trial in 2018 Italian telecommunications operator Fastweb has signed an agreement with the Rome city council to begin trials of 5G and future Wi-Fi technologies in 2018...
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Google signs handset partnership with HTC Google has signed a handset deal with HTC which will see Google acquire HTC's Pixel division as part of the software giant's latest investment in smartphone...
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Orange pre-installs cellular connectivity to aid IoT growth Orange has partnered on what it claimed is the first Internet of Things module with integrated cellular connectivity and launched a programme aimed at growing the cellular IoT ecosystem...
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