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Telecoms operators face market disruption from competition, new technologies, and new business models. In 2017, technology business unit leaders will need to re-evaluate their business and look to investing in new services and capabilities.

To address market disruption of their traditional business but still continue to grow, operators must innovate and refine their own processes, as…

Yahoo's Flurry this week released its annual State of Mobile report, which found that social and daily habits apps dominated time spent on mobile apps in 2016.

Specifically, the study found that the time spent in social and messaging apps grew by four times (394%) over the last year, compared to an average growth of 69% across all tracked segments.

In its eighth year, the study…

Myanmar has formally awarded its fourth and final nationwide telecoms license to a joint venture consisting of Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel and local ICT companies.

The consortium has been awarded a 15-year license to offer nationwide services in a move sure to heat up competition in the burgeoning market, Reuters reported.

The joint venture will be named Myanmar…

Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, has entered a collaboration with distributed FinTech company Ripple to offer cross-border payments solution through Blockchain technology.

Ripple is a blockchain-based financial settlements solution that aims to reduce the time and cost of transactions. Axis is the first bank in India to partner with Ripple.

The technology…

Singapore's M1 and StarHub are considering expanding their mobile infrastructure sharing arrangements to gain a greater competitive edge against new market entrant TPG Telecom.

The companies announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding covering the evaluation of potential further collaboration in network infrastructure sharing.

M1 and StarHub have been sharing…