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Ovum’s recently developed global forecast of contact center agent seats through the year 2020 projects a slight upward trend in the total number, from 9.3 million to 9.6 million. However, the +0.5% CAGR is driven primarily by the Middle East and Africa, Central and South America, and Asia-Pacific regions. The more mature markets of North America and Europe are projected to remain relatively…

Indosat Ooredoo has partnered with mobile payments platform provider Fortumo to launch direct carrier billing in Indonesia.

The partnership is expected to enable the Indonesian mobile operator’s 69.8 million subscribers make online payments by charging purchases to their mobile account, without the need to use a credit card.

“This strategic collaboration with Fortumo will bring…

Hong Kong's largest operator HKT has reported a 30% increase in profit for the first half of 2016, despite facing “challenging” economic and market conditions.

The operator grew its net profit for the half-year to HK$2.32 billion. Total revenue increased 3% year-on-year to HK$16.39 billion, with ebitda increasing 2% to HK$5.86 billion over the same period.

HKT attributed the…

Chinese carrier-neutral network service provider DYXnet Group has established high-end carrier-grade connectivity among key Asian data centers.

Last month, DYXnet Group launched its new 10G backbone ring in Greater China, which links tier-1 cities including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei .

It comes in the wake of the merger between DYXnet's Virtual Private…

Broadband Forum has completed work on the technical specifications for the first virtualized residential gateway as part of efforts to bring NFV to the home.

The Network Enhanced Residential Gateway specifications provide requirements for virtual customer premise equipment.

NFV-based residential gateways will allow operators to provision new services centrally from cloud…