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Safaricom Enables Seamless Money Transfer between M-PESA and PayPal Wallets

Safaricom and PayPal announced a collaboration that enables Kenyans to seamlessly move money between their M-PESA and PayPal accounts, in partnership with TransferTo. The new service eliminates…

KT Plans Cellular 5G Commercial Launch for Corporate Customers in March 2019

Korea Telecom (KT) announced that it plans to offer 5G cellular service for corporate customers starting in March 2019, according to the Yonhap news agency. “It is…

Telia Sweden Launches New Solution for Targeted Advertising with Real-Time Customization

Telia and media groups - TV4 Group, Discovery Networks and Modern Times Group (MTG) - have teamed up to launch a new targeted advertising initiative in Sweden.…

Simbapay Launches AI-powered Pan-Africa Remittances Chatbot

SimbaPay, a London based digital money transfer provider recently announced the launch of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance)…

Elite Rolls Out Carrier Ethernet in London

UK's business ISP and wholesale provider Elite announced next-gen London Dark Fibre network and On-net exchanges – expanding its On-net reach by more than 100,000 postcodes in…

Spark's LoRa IoT Network Goes Live Across New Zealand

New Zealand Operator Spark this week announced that its long-range, low-power network is now available for commercial use in 60% of the places New Zealanders live and…

TIM Launches Virtual Prepaid Mastercard for Mobile Banking

Telecom Italia (TIM)'s newly launched electronic money solution co-developed by Italian bank Sella Group, TIMpersonal allows TIM mobile customers to request a virtual prepaid Mastercard card via…

Samsung Pay Officially Launches in Italy, Now Available in 21 Markets Worldwide

Following expansions in Mexico and Canada last year, Samsung announced that Samsung Pay is now available in Italy, making the mobile payment service available in 21 markets…

Swisscom Slashes Data Roaming Charges up to 50%

Swisscom announced in a statement that almost all of its roaming data packages will fall by 20 to 50 per cent, depending on the country, starting on…