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African smartphone market grew by 6%

Developing Telecoms

The African smartphone market saw smartphone shipments grow by 6% year-on-year to 17.8 million units in Q2 2024, continuing recovery over the past three quarters against macroeconomic volatility.

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Indonesia smartphone market grows

Developing Telecoms

The Indonesian smartphone market grew 20% year-on-year in Q2 boosted by the vendor promotion during the holiday season.

Marketing 224
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Kaios and Mastercard to help SMEs in developing markets adopt digital payments

Developing Telecoms

KaiOS,  whose mobile operating system brings the internet to affordable devices, has announced a partnership with payment giant Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments solutions for developing markets, beginning with Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria.

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Multiple players battle for share of Ugandan remittance services market

Developing Telecoms

International money transfer operator Sasai Money Transfer has announced that it has partnered with Airtel Money, the payments division of operator Airtel, to expand what it describes as its revolutionary offer of free remittances to more African markets, this time targeting Uganda.

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QoE specialist Aprecomm eyes the UK altnet market at Connected Britain

Total Telecom

We saw consistent growth in the enterprise market,” said Pramod. Quality of service as a differentiator Explaining this rapid growth, Pramod explained that network quality and reliability had rapidly become a key differentiator for CSPs in a competitive market. India is a very cost-sensitive market.

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Lobby group files lawsuit to support Starlink's access to Kenyan market

Developing Telecoms

In a rather unusual turn of events, a Kenyan lobby group has apparently filed a lawsuit against operator Safaricom, along with regulator the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), and Kenya’s Competition Authority, demanding that they allow satellite operator Starlink access to the Kenyan market.

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LATAM smartphone market rises on budget devices

Developing Telecoms

The Latin American smartphone market recorded a fourth consecutive quarter of growth after being fuelled by affordable devices.

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