Facebook has joined hands with the African integrated customer experience company Ajua to automate commercial interactions and customer support for businesses through WhatsApp.
For the second time this month an African MTN operator has announced a digital advertising services partnership, underlining the importance of mobile advertising to modern mobile business models, especially in low-income or low-margin markets.
Ethio Telecom, the state-run telco in Ethiopia, reported an 18.4% rise in full-year revenue to end-June to 56.5 billion birrs ($1.29 billion) and a 22% jump in subscribers to 56.2 million.
India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio continued to lead the market in mobile subscriber additions for the second straight month in April whereas troubled Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost customers.
Following hard on the heels of its launch of Hype – the in-browser chat service for Opera Mini users – in a number of African countries, global internet brand Opera has now added interest-based social clubs to the fast-growing chat service.
The telecommunications and media company Millicom which provides cable and mobile services in Latin America under the Tigo brand has announced the launch of ONEtv on Android TV (Google) in the markets where it operates in the region.
United Group's Android TV platform EON has made its debut in Croatia. EON is provided by Austrian-based Solford Alpine and users can subscribe online or through Telemach Croatia sales channels.
Pakistan’s Jazz is implementing cloud communications provider Sinch’s managed SMS Firewall and application-to-person (A2P) service for domestic and international messaging traffic.
Claro Argentina, a part of the América Móvil group, has partnered with DOCOMO Digital, the integrator of digital app stores, to facilitate the purchase of applications and content with direct carrier billing (DCB), within the Samsung Galaxy Store, using Claro's pre-paid or post-paid accounts.
It looks like Hype –the in-browser chat service for Opera Mini users – is not just hype after all. This week has seen the launch of the service by global internet brand Opera in South Africa, Zambia and Ghana.
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against the government of India over new legislation that would force the Facebook-owned messaging app to infringe user privacy protections.
IoT solutions specialist Kerlink has partnered with Vietnamese start-up Cloud Energy to develop and deploy new solutions to meet demand for IoT services in rural areas around Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
Vubiquity, part of the Amdocs Media division, has signed a content services partnership agreement with Telefonica Hispam, the Telefonica Group's Latin American business.
Slovak Telekom, a multi-play communications service provider in Slovakia, and the T-Mobile Czech Republic have selected Amdocs and Atrinet to accelerate its inventory workflows for greater growth and agility.
Beecell, mobile value-added services and solutions provider specialising in mobile content and interactive services, announced the launch of digital services for the "Hekaya" program in Jordan.
Telkom Kenya has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank for a partnership dubbed as 'Omoka Vinoma' that will see Telkom prepaid subscribers get access to 100% cashback on Standard Chartered current account transactions.
The Indian government has ordered Twitter to block dozens of tweets criticizing its handling of the pandemic amidst a recent surge in cases that have set a grim world record.
The GSMA has implored Myanmar’s authorities to restore internet access in the market after Telenor’s local operation confirmed that a mobile internet blackout had been in force since 15th March.
Digicel has signed an agreement with the Government of Curaçao under the School Digitalisation Project that will see 118 schools receive high-speed fibre optic internet connectivity.
Vodacom DRC has partnered with mobile technology firm Mondia to roll out a new healthcare service aimed at new mothers across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The global internet brand Opera has announced the launch of a new dedicated chat service, for which Africa will be one of the target markets.
ZTE Corporation has announced that Beijing Guodu Interconnection Technology, Shanghai Dahan Tricom and Nanjing Shumai Information Technology have become the first three partners to pass the ZTE 5G Messaging Openlab Technical Certification test.
Facebook has been blocked in Myanmar for its role in facilitating civil unrest following a coup that saw the military seize power from the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and declare a state of emergency.
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology looks poised to permanently block 59 Chinese apps – including TikTok and WeChat – on the grounds that they have failed to address the issues that incurred them a provisional ban last year.
Ugandans are now able to access the internet again following a five-day blackout that was imposed two days before the country’s presidential election.
There’s been adverse publicity about its planned privacy update, notably in the vast Indian market, but this week there’s been better news for WhatsApp in India with the announcement that Reliance Industries plans to embed its ecommerce app JioMart into WhatsApp within the next six months.
For the second time this week comes news of an offering of streamed film entertainment aimed at a mobile-centric market. This time the market is India.
Molotov, an OTT distribution platform that can be made available on all screens and connected devices, is making a major push into French-speaking Africa, adjusting its offering to the needs of a heavily mobile phone-dependent viewership.
The founder of Indian messaging app Hike has called on users to shun services from Facebook and opt instead for privacy-focused apps such as Telegram and Signal as his company exits the messaging market.
With two days to go until its presidential election, Uganda has imposed a blanket ban on all social media and messaging apps.
US-based travel app Tripadvisor was banned by the Chinese government as part of a list of 105 apps, which were deemed to promote pornography, prostitution, gambling, violence, and obscene content.
MegaFon Tajikistan is now offering commercial VoLTE services, which it claims is a first for the market.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published a draft of rules designed to limit mobile app developers from collecting user data, an attempt to regulate the growing technology sector.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) restored social media app TikTok, 10 days after the authority banned the app for what it deemed as “unlawful” content, however, it warned the app could be banned permanently if guidelines are not followed.
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