Developing Telecoms

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...

3 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 12 May 2025 1 India DoT TRAI Spectrum Allocation South Asia Satellite Internet LEO Satellite The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Friday it intends to charge satellite internet players up to 4% of their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) over a five-year period to use spectrum allocated to them for satellite broadband services. According to a statement from TRAI, both geostationary and non-geostationary satellite operators will have to pay a minimum annual...

3 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 12 May 2025 1 Indonesia Philippines TELIN Enterprise Connectivity Southeast Asia Radius Telecoms Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin says it has signed a MoU with Phillippine telecoms service provider Radius Telecoms to boost cross-border connectivity services for enterprises in the Philippines. Under the MoU, signed at last week’s International Telecoms Week event in the US, Radius will resell Telin’s international ethernet private lease circuit (IEPL) services to...

3 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 12 May 2025 17 Central South Asia Location-Based Services Sri Lanka Parental Controls Dialog Axiata Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata has launched a location-tracking service for school vans, which it says will not only improve student safety, but also make school transportation more efficient. Revealed on Thursday, the Dialog Suraksha School Van Location Tracker – developed by The Connection Workshop, a subsidiary of South Asian Technologies – is being marketed to school van...

3 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 12 May 2025 1 Apps Sub-Saharan Africa Ethio Telecom Ethiopia Kenya Safaricom e-commerce TeleBirr Safaricom Ethiopia MSMEs Earnings The two competitors in the Ethiopian mobile communications duopoly can both claim to have inspired positive headlines in recent days, with Ethio Telecom announcing a major new e-commerce service launch and Safaricom Ethiopia highlighting improved financial results. Ethio Telecom has announced the launch of Zemen GEBEYA, a digital...