VEON drops offer to buy GTH stake in Pakistan and Bangladesh
VEON has terminated its offer to acquire the assets of Global Telecom Holding in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
VEON has terminated its offer in the wake...
Vodafone Sakhi mobile safety service launched
Vodafone Idea has launched Vodafone Sakhi, a mobile based safety service for women, in India.
Features including Emergency Alerts, Emergency Balance, and Private Number Recharge,...
GSMA launches Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity
GSMA launched a new Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity, aimed at expanding digital inclusion through innovative new technology solutions.
UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)...
Millicom buys Cable Onda for $1 bn to expand in Latin America
Millicom announced the acquisition of 80 percent stake in Cable Onda, a cable and fixed telecommunications services provider in Panama, Latin America.
The transaction values Cable Onda...
India telecom gross revenue dips 10% in June quarter: TRAI
The latest TRAI report on Indian telecom operators shows that the gross revenue declined 10 percent year on year and 6.10 percent quarter on...
Columbitech powers Sprint Secure Mobile VPN technology
Sprint, the fourth largest telecom operator in the US, announced the availability of Sprint Secure Mobile VPN technology -- powered by Columbitech -- for...
Sicap inks mobile device management deal with O2
Sicap Schweiz announced its mobile device management deal with O2, a telecom service provider in the Czech Republic.
O2 will utilize Sicap’s Mobile Device Management Centre (DMC) to...
Reasons for lowest mobile subscriber churn since Q1 2009
Telecom subscriber churn in the global wireless industry reached 2.8 percent per month in Q2 2018, the lowest level since Q1 2009.
The low churn...
Telecoms get 15-days to prepare for stopping Aadhaar use
The biometric-issuing authority UIDAI, behind the controversial Aadhaar, sent a circular to telecom operators to submit a plan to stop using the 12-digit unique...
BSNL offers free Amazon Prime Video subscription
BSNL has joined hand with Amazon India to offer free Amazon Prime Video subscription to BSNL customers for one year.
The state-run telecom operator said...
BT transfers 31,000 employees to Openreach
UK telecom operator BT Group announced completion of the transfer of 31,000 employees to Openreach as part of its commitment to create a separate...
Axiata rejects Keppel offer for buying M1
Axiata, a leading telecom operator in Malaysia, is likely to reject an offer from Keppel Corp to increase Keppel’s stake in Singapore-based mobile service...
Deutsche Telekom brings Data Hub for enterprise customers
Deutsche Telekom today announced Data Intelligence Hub, a marketplace for trading in data, targeting its enterprise customers.
Data Intelligence Hub (or DIH) offers a centralized...
FCC fines $120 million for illegal caller ID spoofing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed $37.5 million fine against Affordable Enterprises of Arizona and $82 million on Philip Roesel and his companies for illegal...
Keppel and SPH to hike stake in M1
Keppel Corp and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have offered to buy the remaining shares in Singapore-based telecom operator M1, Reuters reported.
The companies, through a...
Fiber and 5G get focus in India’s Digital Communications Policy 2018
India’s National Digital Communications Policy 2018 approved by the Cabinet gives special attention on fiber infrastructure for broadband expansion and 5G networks.
A copy of...
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