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Amsterdam (23 May 2017) – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON ) (“VEON”) and its subsidiary Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (EGX: GTHE) (“GTH”), today announced the acquisition of additional 4G/LTE spectrum in Pakistan, through their local 85% owned subsidiary, Jazz.

China Telecom Corp announced it has established the world's biggest coverage in the narrowband internet of things, which has a wide range of commercial applications in fields including smart parking and intelligent manufacturing.

China Telecom announced on May 17, 2017 that it has built world's most extensive new-generation commercial NB-IoT network.

Tokelau achieved a new milestone in its national development and nationhood aspirations when it officially launched its 4G LTE mobile network.

Minister for Telecommunications, Mose Pelasio in his keynote address to the nation said the milestone “brings us on par in the world of modern communications.

Kcell and activ customers in these two cities are already able to enjoy record data speeds on their smartphones and tablets. Visit www.kcell.kz to check out Kcell’s 4G+ coverage map.

Afghan Wireless, Afghanistan's first mobile communications company announced the launch of the 4G/LTE Network with Kabul City being the first location in the country to have the coverage, reports The Fast Mode on May 8, 2017.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is pleased to have acquired 2 x 5MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz band auction, for the reserve price of $286 million. This is $1.25 per MHz, per head of population. The acquisition is on the same terms VHA proposed to government in 2015.

Hong Kong – 10 April 2017  – 3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH, stock code: 215), and Huawei today announced plans for a series of network upgrades.

Progresif Cellular announced today that they have submitted an official request to start a trial of their 4G network.

The application was filed with the Authority for Info-Communications Technology Industry (AITI) which kicks off a process, that subject to AITI approval, could bring Progresif’s first 4G cell sites online within the next three months.

Announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the roll out of the network comes six months after the trial of the LoRaWAN technology and will be released on a project-by-project basis.

Telstra together with Ericsson today announced the upcoming deployment of LTE-B enabled in Telstra Media services and continued investment for the national roll-out of LTE-B in 2017 and beyond.

Tokyo, Japan - February 22, 2017 - KDDI and Samsung Electronics today announced they have successfully completed a 5G handover trial. It is Japan's first ever 5G multi-cell handover test using the 28GHz spectrum to be conducted in a real outdoor environment, on Tokyo's metropolitan expressway amongst towering skyscrapers. 

Monday, February 13, 2017, Austin, TX – Alepo – an award-winning, global provider of core network and IT software solutions for communications service providers, announced today, in partnership with Blue Arcus Technologies Inc., a leading provider of cost-effective mobile network solutions, the launch of LTE and WiFi services at TTC in Tuvalu.

MTN Irancell, Iran’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, has commercially launched its 4.5G LTE-Advanced services.

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