Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Mobile money services MTN MoMo in South Africa and EcoCash in Zimbabwe have partnered to provide what are described as effortless direct cash transfers between the two countries.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 8, 2024

MTC Namibia launched its mobile financial service, MTC Maris, as the Namibian government hailed the operator for “stepping ahead” of its rivals, while urging them to follow suit in order to connect the fifth of the population that remains unbanked.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If accepted, the deal could significantly reduce TIM’s debt burden and provide the company with the financial flexibility to invest in its core operations and future growth.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This was “primarily due to lower revenue, higher specific costs and higher net finance expenses,” the company explained. In response, CEO Allison Kirkby outlined several measures to mitigate this impact, including potentially passing costs on to mobile and broadband customers. Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%.

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HCL Tech

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company’s strong alignment with CFO strategies, partner ecosystem and expertise in technology applications like digitalCOLLEAGUE , EXACTO™ and TOSCANA© , cements its status as a global leader in finance and accounting services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2024 totaled $13.7

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

As part of the railway deployment plan for HS2, mobile and broadband providers would be offered access to spare capacity in the 2,000km of fibre cabling and 80 telecoms masts being constructed alongside the railway, which will connect London and Birmingham.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Hurricane Helene knocks out a fifth of mobile sites in US Southeast Vodafone Germany leans into fibre infrastructure sharing to reach 11m EE activates 25 Freshwave small cells in London

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 30, 2024

News The sale, taking place over the next five years, will help the company improve its cash flow Kyocera, a Japanese manufacturer of telecom equipment and semiconductor materials, is planning to sell up to a third its stake in KDDI, Japan’s second largest telco, according to a Bloomberg article published today. trillion ($10.4

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The central banks of Cambodia and Malaysia have launched the first phase of a cross-border payments system that initially enables Cambodian travellers to purchase good and services in Malaysia using QR codes.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 21, 2024

NTT DoCoMo , a leading Japanese mobile network operator, has successfully tested a hybrid quantum-computing-based network optimization solution from D-Wave Quantum. Potential areas include finance, retail, traffic, and logistics. The post DoCoMo and D-Wave Elevate Telecom with Quantum Optimization appeared first on VoIP Review.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 19, 2024

North Korea’s Pyongyang Information Technology Bureau is reportedly conducting inspections of the country’s electronic payments network to update equipment and stabilize operations in a drive to boost confidence in the country's transition to digital finance.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 7, 2024

billion that the company raised in April and May via equity financing , and it is quickly putting these funds to good use. However, Vi did successfully raise $4.4 Last month, Vi inked a $3.6 billion network equipment deal with Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung. The deal will see the vendors supply Idea with equipment over the next three years.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

Malaysia’s five major mobile operators – CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia, and YTL Communications – were initially highly resistant to working with DNB, arguing that they could rollout 5G infrastructure far more effectively as individuals. Fadzil says the government is likely to choose a winner by the end of the year.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 22, 2024

22, 2024 – A major cable industry group is warning that a proposed 60-day mobile phone unlocking standard could open the door to billions of dollars in fraud. “Handset fraud has blossomed into a billion-dollar industry: criminals obtain handsets under a subsidized/financed arrangement in the U.S., WASHINGTON, Oct.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion telecoms equipment deal with Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung. Idea says this will not only allow the company to offer more advanced mobile services to a wider audience, but will also improve the network’s power efficiency, thereby delivering cost savings. billion Idea raised in April and May via equity financing.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 6, 2024

Paymentology, a card issuing and processing platform, has announced a partnership with Salaam Bank’s Waafi in Somalia.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Globe Telecom president and CEO Ernest Cu said on Monday that unauthorized transactions that affected some GCash wallet users in the Philippines over the weekend were the result of a glitch, and that no funds were lost.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Global payment infrastructure provider Thunes said on Tuesday it has expanded its collaboration with Philippine mobile payments platform GCash to enables users to top up their wallet balances directly within the app using funds from UK and European bank accounts.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Kyocera, a major Japanese manufacturer known for its telecom equipment and semiconductor offerings, is preparing to divest a significant portion of its holdings in KDDI , Japan’s second-largest telecommunications company. This strategic move aims to bolster Kyocera’s finances and improve cash flow. trillion ($10.4

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion telecoms equipment agreement with Nokia , Ericsson , and Samsung. By collaborating with Samsung for the first time, and continuing its longstanding partnerships with Ericsson and Nokia, Vodafone Idea aims to deliver advanced mobile services to a broader audience while improving operational cost efficiency. billion to 1.2

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Kenyan and Ethiopian service provider Safaricom has extended its M-Pesa Global service – which enables M-Pesa registered customers to send and receive money globally – to Ethiopia, allowing customers make mobile money transactions from Kenya to Ethiopia.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

KaiOS,  whose mobile operating system brings the internet to affordable devices, has announced a partnership with payment giant Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments solutions for developing markets, beginning with Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 6, 2024

MTN Nigeria says it has taken full ownership of Mobile Money Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) after buying the 7.17% share owned by Acxani Capital for around NGN6.95 billion (US$4.36 million).

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) says that Mastercard has partnered with its fintech subsidiary U Microfinance Bank (UBank) to issue a new physical and virtual debit card for its mobile financial services platform UPaisa.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Ericsson announced on Friday announced that it has completed a major tech stack upgrade for Pakistan’s Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB), giving its mobile wallet easypaisa a cloud-native platform on which to scale up its services.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

to telecom infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge. The financing involves contributions from DigitalBridge, the parent company of Vertical Bridge, and CDPQ, a significant shareholder in Vertical Bridge. This could be particularly beneficial for mobile network operators looking to optimize their capital and operating expenditures.

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HCL Tech

AUGUST 19, 2024

Shiv Walia started his professional career with HCL in 1993 and served across several finance leadership roles over the last many years. He is currently Corporate Vice President & Global Head of FP&A and Business Finance Operations. Shiv Walia has been integral to our success over the last many years.

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Mark Goldberg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

New Frontiers in Broadband, an Ivey telecom policy workshop , is coming up on the afternoon of October 16 in downtown Toronto. Recently, ISED launched a consultation on mobile coverage and satellite networks. The post New frontiers in broadband appeared first on Telecom Trends.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mastercard announced on Tuesday it has launched Mastercard Pay Local, a new global service that enables digital wallet users in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and Africa to pay locally when they travel.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Visa says it is collaborating with QR payment providers across the Asia-Pacific region to kick off a scheme that would enable digital wallet users in the region to make QR payments at merchants when traveling abroad.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

International money transfer operator Sasai Money Transfer has announced that it has partnered with Airtel Money, the payments division of operator Airtel, to expand what it describes as its revolutionary offer of free remittances to more African markets, this time targeting Uganda.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Safaricom and Mastercard announced on Thursday that they have signed a partnership to accelerate adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya.

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Teligistics

AUGUST 31, 2023

Whereas other cost management strategies might be limited to one pillar, like telecom expense management or mobile device management, total expense management is exactly what it sounds like: the total of a business’s expenses. Our knowledge goes beyond telecom solutions.

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AWS Telecommunications

MAY 29, 2024

This will enable AWS customers to support use cases across regulated industries that require data to remain local, such as telecom, finance, public sector, and healthcare, as well as industries that depend on low-latency applications like gaming.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

T-Mobile met with agency staff last week to reiterate its position that the rule would block a planned phone unlocking mandate. The decisions haven’t stopped the FCC’s Democratic majority from enacting rules over the objections of the telecom industry, but ISPs have had some success taking up the new avenues of attack in court.

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AWS Telecommunications

MARCH 6, 2024

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 welcomed over 100,000 attendees, 2,700+ exhibitors, sponsors and partners, and 1,100 speakers and thought leaders, to explore industry topics including AI, monetization opportunities, and the transformative power of the cloud for telcos.

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