After disrupting the mobile market through Reliance Jio, could Reliance Industries Ltd be about to do the same for e-commerce?
The first African tech start-up to list in New York has been performing well on the stock exchange – and MTN in particular has cause to be grateful.
Further evidence of the importance of connectivity to rural industries comes from an initiative designed to boost Brazil’s agricultural sector.
Highly competitive pricing for services in the Indian mobile market may be a headache for operators but it has apparently benefited online video sharing.
Anam and Apigate have partnered to deliver a highly accessible and secured messaging platform aimed at both enterprises and mobile operators that enables businesses to scale digitally.
MediaKind has been selected by Vodafone Qatar to deliver MediaFirst, its next generation cloud-based multiscreen TV Platform service, to consumers in Qatar.
MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company Clickatell to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage with the telco over WhatsApp.
Czech search engine Seznam has demanded greater detail on Google’s plans to introduce greater competition across the Android device ecosystem.
At a press conference held at the Mobile World Congress 2019, Lifecell announced a new Digital Operator (DO) vision and 1440 strategy partnership with Digicel Group, expanding Lifecell’s experience and know-how in digitalisation to countries across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific.
Although most, or 65%, of mobile Internet users visit Google, they spend most of their time on social networks Youtube and Facebook, according to Latvia’s mobile operator BITE. These websites also consume the largest amount of Internet capacity.
WhatsApp is under renewed scrutiny in Indian ahead of the country’s national elections, which will be held across April and May.
FreeConferenceCall.com has launched free conference calling in Uganda.
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has formed a new long-term partnership with Taboola to bring personalised news to mobile users across Asia.
WhatsApp has blocked hundreds of thousands of accounts of user accounts in Brazil amid the mass proliferation of fake news messages via the app in the run-up to the country’s presidential elections.
Latin America’s pay TV market has received a boost from this year’s World Cup – and online services are hoping for a boost from regional club football.
OTT services continue to be a hot topic lately, as recent news from India and Latin America proves.
Fixed and mobile customers of Movistar Chile can now subscribe and pay for Netflix on their bill.
Global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor Intracom Telecom has joined forces with COMATEC in order to deploy an IPTV solution in a luxurious compound in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
WhatsApp has provided assurances to the Indian government that it will develop tools to prevent the spread of misinformation that has led to violence within the country.
Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has signed a three-year agreement with media firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
Apple has blocked around 25,000 gambling apps from China’s App Store following criticism in the Chinese media.
Bulgarian operator Vivacom is extending its contract with Ericsson to deploy 4G Voice service and Wi-Fi calling.
In an effort to combat the spread of fake news, WhatsApp is implementing restrictions on forwarding messages to groups.
Supported by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, the combined telecom and pay-TV service revenue in Malaysia is poised to grow at a CAGR of 2.4% over the forecast period 2017-2022.
Perpetual Communications Limited (PCL) has selected Annecto Telecom as its exclusive technical and trading partner to provide voice, data, SMS and VAS aggregation services in Nigeria.
Fixed-line operator HGC is partnering with SMS Firewall vendor Anam to deliver an SMS A2P Gateway and SMS Firewall for Vietnamobile.
Microsoft and Apple have urged the UAE’s telecom authorities to lift their current ban on third party voice and video calling services.
Russian operators have been ordered to block access to the secure messaging app Telegram from today (16th April).
Telegram has appealed to the European Human Rights Court (EHRC) over a fine of RUB 800,000 fine ($13,984) issued to the secure messaging firm by a Russian court.
Tigo Tanzania has entered into a partnership with Uber which will allow all Tigo customers to use the Uber app for free.
Fortumo and Apigate, a subsidiary of Axiata Digital, are launching content services in Cambodia via Smart Axiata’s Direct Carrier Billing API.
Ooredoo Group is scaling up real-time and one-stop shop solutions stretching from the Maldives and Oman.
AdaptiveMobile Security has announced a new agreement with an African operator group.
According to the latest research from Dataxis, 34 LatAm mobile operators have already deployed OTT as an added value product for their clients.
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