James Barton

1 day ago | developingtelecoms.com | James Barton

Details James Barton 14 May 2025 1 Latin America Telefonica Market Exits Features Telefonica has been active in Latin America for decades – but in late 2019, it announced plans to withdraw from many of the markets in this region, divesting or spinning off its operations in a process that is ongoing. From a business standpoint, this made sense – aside from its Brazilian unit, Telefonica’s Latin American operations accounted for just a fifth of its operating profits. We spoke to GlobalData’s...

6 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | James Barton

Details James Barton 09 May 2025 1 Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria Senegal Sonatel Phase3 Telecom Terrestrial fibre Phase3 and Sonatel have activated a new terrestrial fibre route stretching 3,500km from Lagos, Nigeria, to Dakar, Senegal. The route will provide scalable, low-latency connectivity, boosting cloud and content capacity across West Africa. This collaboration marks the next phase of Phase3’s East-West fibre expansion, extending its Lagos-Accra corridor to reach Dakar, one of West...

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | James Barton

Details James Barton 06 May 2025 57 Sub-Saharan Africa 4G Smartphones South Africa MTN 5G MTN has announced that it will offer up to 1.2 million of its prepaid subscribers an option to buy a 4G smartphone for just ZAR99 ($5.42). The move comes as South Africa prepares to shutter 2G and 3G services by the end of 2027 in a bid to free up spectrum for 4G and 5G services. This has been met with criticism from some corners, with Reuters reporting that critics claim it could worsen the digital...

2 weeks ago | developingtelecoms.com | James Barton

Details James Barton 01 May 2025 63 Asia-Pacific Thailand Malaysia Philippines Vietnam Unified Communications Cataleya Session Border Control Aarenet Cataleya and Aarenet have announced that they have established full interoperability to facilitate their expansion into Southeast Asia. The two firms will jointly offer solutions in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Cataleya is a provider of Session Border Controller (SBC) technology while Aarenet is known for its Class 4/5...

2 weeks ago | developingtelecoms.com | James Barton

Details James Barton 25 April 2025 39 Asia-Pacific Oracle Our Telekom Solomon Islands Digital Transformation Solomon Islands operator Our Telekom is partnering with Oracle for an end-to-end digital transformation initiative. The operator aims to digitise customer engagement and accelerate time-to-market for new products and services in its home market. This initiative spans the entire customer lifecycle—from service registration and provisioning to digitally coordinated service delivery—with...