Marketers have long understood the ubiquitous nature of SMS messaging and have taken advantage of it to contact subscribers with advertising, promotions and information.
Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its subsidiary Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) have launched India’s first “Make in India” Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Shine Technologies and Econet Wireless have announced a deal to bring network-level ad blocking to 40 million subscribers across Africa.
Telegram, which positions itself a secure messaging app, has experienced its most extensive hack to date in Iran.
Verizon Digital Media Services has partnered with Bharti Airtel to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India.
Vodafone Czech Republic has launched a new Wi-Fi Calling service based on the WIT VoWiFi solution.
Tanzanian market leader Vodacom is deploying PeerApp’s content-caching solution across the market.
Jamaican operator Digicel has selected Agama to provide its end-to-end DTV monitoring solution.
A new agreement between TIM Brazil and Gemalto will see the firms cooperate on the development of a mobile marketing tool focused on app installation.
Emerging markets offer Amazon Prime an untapped $70 billion revenue opportunity for OTT services according to a new report.
OTT Video services in the Philippines are set to expand with the launch of a new service from the country's second largest MNO Globe Telecom.
Jongla has launched what it claims is the world’s lightest instant messaging service in Africa, claiming to use less bandwidth and just 10 per cent of a handset’s memory compared with rivals.
Mobile operator MTN has introduced a new mobile and web app in Uganda called WebPhone.
Bharti Airtel is providing its global customers with low-cost calls to the Philippines via a new partnership with Globe Telecom.
Smile Communications has introduced East Africa’s first VoLTE services in Uganda and Tanzania.
Brazilian mobile operator Oi has launched Gemalto's new SmartApp solution.
Bulgarian LTE operator Max has selected Genband’s fring OTT solution to launch its next generation Voicer app.
Tigo Tanzania has announced that it will offer free WhatsApp services to its 10 million users.
There is a “sweeping trend” across the world towards OTT television consumption on mobile devices, which are now the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content.
Russia’s MTS is launching a new app offering several communications services across Moscow.
Vietnamese operator MobiFone has become the first operator in the country to launch a Wi-Fi calling service.
Google and Apple are both looking to launch major services in China next year.
Ooredoo Maldives and Facebook have partnered to connect more people to the internet with the launch of Free Basics in the Maldives.
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have long focused on protecting their Person-to-Person (P2P) communications revenue against the rising popularity of OTT messaging, either through partnership opportunities or developing their own competitive services.
Collaborative communications provider FreeConferenceCall.com has launched free conference calling in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
