In September, Tech Mahindra, India’s sixth largest software exporter announced the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Comviva Technologies, a Bharti Group company, and a global player in providing mobile value added services (VAS), mobile money and mobile payment solutions. The acquisition represents a further move by the Tech Mahindra into the telecom space, as India continues to ramp up its software and telecom applications interests across the Middle East and Africa

Comviva’s Mohapatra says ring back tones have enjoyed enormous success with operators across geographies and the company is confident of replicating this success in Africa

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Parker Moss, Alcatel-Lucent’s VP of Strategy and Marketing Wireless was in the region recently discussing the importance of metro cells, and advising on ways service providers may start thinking beyond the box. Moss offered Comm. a more detailed view of the growing importance of small cells in the evolution of mobile networks

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Did you miss the talent opportunities offered up during the recessionary market – or did you manage to land some competitive advantage in the topsy-turvy global talent market of the last few years? Craig Coverman, CEO of executive search firm Eutopia, explores the realities for organisations operating in the telecom arena today – and how the market for talent has developed during this period

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Amr El-Leithy, Alcatel-Lucent’s Head of Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Azerbaijan region talks to Comm. about the mobile broadband revolution taking place across the region; the likely winners from it; and what strategies service operators may look to adopt in order to better monetise the opportunities

Amr El-Leithy is Alcatel-Lucent’s Head of Middle East, Africa, Turkey and Azerbaijan

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As mobile service providers increasingly focus their investments on 3.5G and 4G infrastructure, ensuring good quality indoor coverage for these high-capacity networks becomes more of a challenge. Comba Telecom, a wireless enhancement solutions specialist, is hard at work helping network operators overcome these challenges, and Denis Ng, the company’s Director of Technical Marketing and Solutions talks to Comm. about the considerations that need to be taken into account when designing and deploying the most robust next generation networks

Denis Ng, is Comba Telecom’s Director of Technical Marketing and Solutions

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