In a Friday statement, Africa's biggest mobile-phone operator MTN Group Ltd. (MTN) said that an internal investigation, into the procedure which the company had followed for obtaining a wireless-service license in Iran back in 2005, has revealed that it had not violated any laws to secure the license.

Announcing the launch of its new, cheaper uncapped ADSL products, which will complement its current Premium Uncapped ADSL product suite, Internet Service Provider MWEB has revealed that the new packages will be available from February 1, 2013.

According to the statistics revealed in content delivery provider Akamai's `Third Quarter 2012 State of the Internet' report, even though mobile broadband speeds in Australia are among the best in the Asia-Pacific region, the country is still lagging behind in fixed broadband speeds.

In an earlier-this-week announcement, French group Orange Telecommunications revealed that it may foray into the South African cellular communications industry by launching a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in the country.

In a strategic announcement made on Monday, MTN Uganda said that it intends deploying a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network in the country this year; with the move to make the service provider the leader in offering high-speed LTE technology in the East African region.

In a move which marks the fulfillment of MTN's earlier commitment to improve the MTN Play experience of the users and to deliver digital products and services, the company has recently launched a revamped MTN Play content portal - www. mtnplay. com - which brings along a number of enhancements.

In a move which marks the strategic expansion of the June-launched `Bitbuzz Freedom' service to Dublin, Wi-Fi provider Bitbuzz has revealed that the complimentary Wi-Fi service, which was recently rolled out on Dublin's Grafton Street, has now been extended to some areas of Henry Street, Temple Bar and the Hibernian Way.

The UK Government will reportedly blacklist Huawei if the country’s security & intelligence agencies find any malware or spyware in the Chinese communications giant’s UK operations, but any such move could lead to a damaging multibillion-pound trade war between the UK and China.

Blacklisting of Huawei could also derail the roll-out of the UK’s economically crucial 4G mobile internet services.