Following hard on the heels of a Nokia-Vodafone Idea agreement announced earlier this week, tech giant Nokia and Indian operator Bharti Airtel say they are expanding their partnership with the deployment of Nokia’s Packet Core appliance-based and fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions.
It's true. The localization of content, applications, and compute in local hubs like São Paulo—paired with submarine cable delays, network buildout logistics, and the simple fact that bandwidth demand can't keep doubling—has slowed bandwidth demand in Latin America.
At Mobile World Congress 2025, Developing Telecoms spoke with IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid to discuss IPv6 and Net 5.5G development, and their impact on global digitization in the AI era.
Satellite services provider Q-KON has reportedly brought South African telecoms player Vox onboard as a reseller of its Twoobii Super Smart Satellite Solutions for enterprise customers powered by Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO satellite network.
Vietnam has reportedly given SpaceX regulatory clearance to establish at least one ground station in the country for its upcoming Starlink pilot offering, which would not only optimise traffic but also enable the government to police it.
Thailand’s Association of Digital Television Broadcasting (ADTEB) reportedly urged the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Monday to either scrap its plan to auction 3500-MHz spectrum to telcos or postpone it until it comes up with a feasible migration plan for digital TV broadcasters.
Alcatel is planning to restart mobile phone sales in India – or, more accurately perhaps, French technology brand Alcatel, operated independently by China-headquartered TCL Communications under a license from Nokia, is making a comeback in the Indian market.
Samsung Electronics has appointed mobile chief Roh Tae-moon as acting head of its consumer and smartphone unit following the death of former boss Han Jong-Hee.
Developing Telecoms was pleased to meet up with senior representatives from Orange Liberia, ZTE and the ITU during MWC 2025. We were there to learn more about how a key project employing ZTE’s Rural EcoSite technology is providing reliable and affordable connectivity and driving digital inclusivity, by enhancing rural coverage in underserved regions of Liberia.
Vietnam-based operator MobiFone has officially launched its 5G mobile services, making it the third provider to commercialise 5G in the Southeast Asian country.