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Kuwait adopts LTE with enthusiasm as Zain’s data consumption soars 15 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
In only six months, Zain has switched 9.3% of its Kuwaiti customers to adopt LTE. They ask for it, and they’re making use of it: they use four times as much data as 3G customers, COO Hani ElKukhun tel...
Synergies help Telenor’s European business as company runs internal managed services 11 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
Telenor is running its central and eastern European operations with the help of an internal managed services arrangement, says Kjell-Morten Johnsen, former CEO of Telenor Serbia who now has Europe-wid...
NSN’s Rouanne and his mission to cloudify the mobile base station 1 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
The base station is becoming more than just the radio link between the mobile network and the subscriber. According to Marc Rouanne of NSN, it will become the hub for cloud-based applications and cont...
LTE will live side by side with wifi, says Telefónica’s technology chief 26 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
As demand for bandwidth increases, wifi will no longer be a poor option for users, says Enrique Blanco, Telefónica CTO. LTE smartphones will be able to roam to wifi hotspots, with automatic, seamless ...
O’Brien waiting for Myanmar decision but is ‘ready with plans B, C and D’ 15 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
Denis O’Brien, founder and chairman of Digicel, is waiting on the decision on whether the company wins one of the two Myanmar licences. The company is ready to go if it gets a positive decision, he te...
Canadian government thwarts Telus Mobilicity deal 5 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
Christian Paradis, the industry minister of Canada, has blocked a $367.34 million bid for Mobilicity from Telus.
GBI CEO Ahmed Mekky plans to expand fibre bridges from Gulf to rest of the world 8 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
GBI chief Ahmed Mekky has set up the first regionally owned subsea network serving the Gulf, now with an overland back-up into Europe, and is considering expansion into data centres and services, he t...
CEO Jayhun Mollazade plans move from WiMax as Azerbaijan network to switch to TDD LTE 5 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
WiMax capacity is running out for Azerbaijan operator AzQtel, so the company is considering bids from vendors to replace the kit with TDD LTE, CEO Jayhun Mollazade tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
Millicom’s new CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht sets annual 40% growth target as company plans cable expansion 2 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
Millicom, the Swedish company that trades under the name Tigo in Latin America and Africa, plans to expand from mobile voice to cable, mobile banking and other services, CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht tells...
Ooredoo CEO Nasser Marafih: a three-year plan behind Qtel’s rebrand 28 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Nasser Marafih, CEO of Qatar Telecom, explains why the company is changing all its businesses worldwide to a single brand, Ooredoo, as it plans network upgrades
