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VTB switches to single telecommunications network for branches across Russia

Rostelecom has created a single telecommunications network for almost 1,700 VTB branches across Russia.

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Africell puts mobile money at the heart of expansion plans

Mobile money service AfriMoney was today relaunched on a new faster and more secure platform with a wider array of services as its operator, Africell, puts mobile money at the heart of its expansion plans in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and DRC.

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MoneyGram forms money transfer partnership with Airtel

MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a new partnership with Airtel Africa PLC, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa.

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Orange and NSIA launch Orange Bank Africa

Telco Orange has joined with bancassurance outfit NSIA to launch Orange Bank Africa, catering to the needs of the continent's financially underserved.

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Westpac upgrades branch bandwidth with SD-WAN roll out

Westpac is rolling out fibre optic network technology across all of its branches in an initiative to boost download speeds for customers and improve video-conferencing connectivity.

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BSO expands into South America with 10 new data centre locations

BSO, the global telecoms operator powering the digital age, has officially entered the South American market, marking another milestone in the company’s fast-paced international expansion and once again demonstrating its experience in emerging market connectivity.

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Singtel’s Dash launches insurance savings plan

With low bank interest rates and an uncertain economic climate, consumers looking to start their savings journey now have another option with Dash EasyEarn. This insurance savings solution is offered exclusively through Singtel’s Dash app and underwritten by Etiqa Insurance.

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Softbank to offer carrier billing from Bango for Amazon purchases in Japan

Bango (AIM: BGO), the mobile commerce company, announces that it has enabled carrier billing for mobile operator SoftBank Corp. (TSE : SOBKY), on Amazon.co.jp. Amazon (NASDAQ : AMZN) customers with a SoftBank mobile phone account can now pay for goods, membership fees and subscription services, and charge the cost to their mobile phone bill.

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Video conferencing startup Aveni raises £520k

Scottish fintech startup Aveni has raised £520,000 for its video conferencing-based AI technology.

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Payguard to deploy Nuapay to provide open banking payments for telephone orders

Leading provider of account to account payment solutions, Nuapay, today announces that it has been selected by PayGuard a brand of Fusion Telecom to provide open banking payment services to its call centre customers.

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Free Senegal adopts Comviva's mobiquity for mobile money service

Free, Senegal’s second largest mobile network operator, has deployed mobiquity Money to enhance its mobile money service ‘Free Money’ and deliver a world class digital payments experience to its customers.

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Colt cuts latency between Tokyo and Hong Kong stock exchange

Colt Technology Services, a leading provider of agile, high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, today announced that it has succeeded in reducing latency between Tokyo and Hong Kong stock exchanges substantially, realising the fastest connectivity between these two regions.

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Orange Money launches e-wallet in Jordan

Orange (Orange.jo) Jordan officially launched its mobile e-wallet service, Orange Money, during a press conference that was held on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020.

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Wirecard moves into IoT with Sprint

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and Sprint (NYSE: S), a leading US communications services company, today announced a new relationship that will integrate Wirecard’s unified commerce solutions into Sprint’s Curiosity™ Internet of Things (IoT) platform to deliver the “Internet of Payments”.

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Colt upgrades IQ network with optical technology

Colt Technology Services today announced that it has upgraded its award-winning Colt IQ Network by deploying the most advanced optical technology.

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VTB Bank selects Effortel to manage MVNO offering

Effortel, the mobile virtual network operator and enabler (MVNO/E), today announced that it was selected by Russia’s VTB Bank to develop and manage its mobile service offering VTB Mobile.

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HSBC standardises on Zoom for enterprise comms

Banking giant HSBC is rolling out a video-first enterprise communications platform from vendor Zoom around the world.

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Singtel’s VIA mobile payment alliance debuts in Japan

Singtel’s VIA, Asia’s first cross-border mobile payment alliance has launched in Japan.

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Telekom Slovenije launches mobile wallet

After Telekom Slovenije redefined the TV experience with the NEO platform at the end of 2018, the company continues this trend by redefining how mobile phones are used.

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Botswana telco revamps mobile money product

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC), Botswana’s fastest and widely available mobile network, has revamped and introduced SMEGA, its mobile money service.