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Operators

Tele2 Russia withdraws case against Nokia

Tele2 Russia has reportedly withdrawn its RUB478 million (US$6.2 million) lawsuit against Finnish vendor Nokia, after the company ceased...

Operators

PLDT enters agreement to acquire broadband provider

Philippines-based operator PLDT agreed to acquire cable TV and broadband provider Sky Cable, in a move to bolster the operator’s broadband...

Wireless Networks

Netplus selects Nokia access management for broadband in India

Indian ISP Netplus Broadband has tapped Nokia for its Multi-Access Gateway Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) application.

Devices & Platforms

India dismisses smartphone law story

India’s IT and electronics minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar denied the government is planning to force smartphone makers to enable users to...

Devices & Platforms

India to demand bloatware removal from smartphones

India has reportedly set into motion a security law to force smartphone manufacturers to enable the removal of pre-installed apps on demand and...

Satellite Networks

UZ-SAT chooses Hughes Jupiter System to bridge the digital divide in Uzbekistan

UZ-SAT, a joint venture between Uzbektelecom, Satellin Group, and private Uzbekistani enterprises, has selected Hughes’ Jupiter System to power...

Operators

Jio subsidiary forks out $60m for FWA company

Reliance Jio subsidiary Radisys acquired fixed wireless access (FWA) specialists Mimosa Networks for US$60 million from Airspan Networks, to move...

Operators

Reliance Jio expands 5G network

Reliance Jio expanded its 5G network yet again, this time to 27 cities taking its total to 331 across India, as the operator aims to stay on pace...

Operators

Bharti Airtel launches 5G Plus in more locations

Bharti Airtel launched 5G in a further 125 cities bringing its total to over 265 locations across India, as it aims to cover priority locations...

Operators

Telkom explores minority stake sale in fibre arm

South African operator Telkom said it could put up for sale a minority stake in its core fibre business by March, as the company explores options...

Operators

Reliance Jio expands standalone 5G network to 236 cities

Reliance Jio expanded its standalone 5G network to 10 more cities in India taking its total base of cities to 236.

Operators

Indian government clears Vi equity conversion and becomes largest shareholder

Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been directed by the country’s government to convert its outstanding dues on both Adjusted Gross Revenue...

Enterprise Ecosystems

Skyvera acquires STL’s BSS unit

India’s STL (Sterlite Technologies Limited) is divesting its support, monetisation, networking, and analytics solutions business to Skyvera.

Operators

Grameenphone revenue up despite SIM ban and falling profits

Bangladesh’s Grameenphone has recorded increased year-on-year revenue for its seventh consecutive quarter, shrugging off

Operators

Bite Lithuania hails record 5G speeds ahead of launch

Bite Lithuania hailed 5G data speeds up to 2.679Gbps, which it claimed bested rival records, as the operator edges closer to launching its...

India’s DoT queries operator cable landing applications over stakeholdings

Regulation

India’s DoT queries operator applications for cable landings

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cautioned several operators for applying for authorisation to land submarine cable systems in...

Operators

IOH nears full nationwide network integration

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) said it is nearing complete nationwide network integration, a move that will boost coverage and customer...

Operators

Russia reportedly objects to Veon exit

The Russian government has reportedly objected to operator Veon planning to join a raft of companies in selling off assets in the country and...

Data Centres & Networks

Uzbektelecom signs up NEC, NTT, IIJ for data infrastructure push

Uzbekistan's state-owned operator Uzbektelecom has signed a new infrastructure agreement with four Japanese firms - Internet Initiative Japan...

Operators

Globe Telecom blocks 2.7bn fraud messages, calls

Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom blocked 2.72 billion fraudulent calls and messages in 2022, more than double the 1.15 billion figure...

Wireless Networks

Jio and Airtel boost 5G footprint while Vi claims speed boost from new upgrades

Indian market leader Jio has connected 184 cities across India to its Standalone (SA) 5G network, noting that its latest expansion added a...

Maxis holds off signing up to Malaysia 5G plan

Operators

Maxis holds off signing up for Malaysia 5G plan

Maxis, the last Malaysian operator yet to sign an access agreement with state-owned 5G agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), said it would...

Operators

Play hails network deployment

Polish operator Play hailed its fixed network build-out in 2022 which resulted in the deployment of 10,500 base stations and over six million...

Operators

Tele2 Latvia pledges €20m for network upgrade in 2023

Tele2 Latvia announced it will invest €20 million to upgrading its network and the deployment of 5G this year, as well as constructing a new data...

Operators

Orange aims to cover half of Slovakia with 5G

Orange Slovakia pledged to double its 5G coverage by the end of 2025, which currently covers a quarter of the population, while also repeating...

Wireless Networks

Dialog successfully trials 5G ahead of 3G shutdown

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata has claimed the country’s first successful mmWave 5G trial.

Operators

Bite merges with broadband subsidiary Mezon

Lithuanian operator Bite began a plan to merge broadband subsidiary Mezon this year, a tie-up it claimed will provide competition against rival...

Regulation

Kazakhtelecom units bag all available spectrum in 5G auction

Kazakhstan’s 5G spectrum auctions have concluded, with both available blocks of spectrum acquired by the consortium of Kazakhtelecom subsidiaries...

Operators

BSNL pledges 5G upgrade within 2023 – but asks for more spectrum

Indian telecoms minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has confirmed that state operator BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) plans to upgrade its 4G...

Operators

MegaCom begins rebranding as MEGA in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s state-owned MegaCom has rebranded as MEGA.

Regulation

Sri Lankan regulator lining up 5G licensing process for 2023

The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has confirmed to the country’s government that it is preparing for the...

Regulation

Kazakhstan set to auction first 5G spectrum

Kazakhstan is putting two 1×100MHz blocks of 5G mobile spectrum up for sale, with bidding scheduled for 20th December 2022.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Megafon Tajikistan taps Vox for A2P voice fraud protection

MegaFon Tajikistan (TT Mobile CJSC) has signed an exclusive partnership with Vox Solutions to help identify Application to Person (A2P) voice...

Regulation

Sri Lanka sets up new firm to handle introduction of number portability

Bharti Airtel Lanka CEO Ashish Chandra confirmed that a new firm, Lanka Portability, has been established to oversee the implementation...

Operators

NCTL gives green light to Jio unit’s Infratel acquisition

India’s National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has cleared the proposed acquisition of Reliance Infratel (RITL) by Jio’s infrastructure subsidiary...

Energy & Sustainability

Amazon develops, buys sustainable energy in Indonesia

Amazon penned an agreement to develop four solar panel projects in Indonesia with state-owned energy company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN,...

Operators

Kyivstar restores east, south connectivity as Russia retreats

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar restored connectivity services in the south and eastern parts of Ukraine, as Russian troops retreat from key...

Operators

AIS progresses broadband acquisitions

AIS announced its acquisitions of Jasmine International broadband units is going ahead despite certain conditions set for the buy being rejected...

Operators

MTN exits Afghanistan with sale to M1

MTN Group has named Lebanon’s M1 New Ventures as the buyer of its Afghan unit as it prepares to finalise its exit from the market.

Wireless Networks

Uzbektelecom taps Huawei and ZTE for major expansion programme

Uzbekistan’s state-backed provider of fixed and mobile services Uzbektelecom has signed a raft of new deals with Chinese vendors Huawei and...

Wireless Networks

Airtel claims first Indian 5G launch with Jio set to follow this month

India’s first 5G services went live over the weekend, with Bharti Airtel announcing its commercial 5G launch at the India Mobile Congress (IMC)...

Operators

Robi Axiata hires former Ooredoo Myanmar chief

Bangladeshi operator Robi Axiata hired former Ooredoo Myanmar head Rajeev Sethi as its new chief executive officer, an appointment to advance...

Vendors

Ericsson scales up Indian 5G manufacture as Vi strikes OnePlus deal

Ericsson is boosting the scale of one of its Indian manufacturing plants to meet demand for 5G equipment from its customers in the market.

Devices & Platforms

Is India’s device market ready for 5G?

The long-running saga of India’s 5G spectrum auctions has finally seen some closure in 2022.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Airtel and IBM bringing secured edge cloud services to Indian enterprises

IBM has partnered with Bharti Airtel to help deploy the operator’s edge computing platform in India, which will include 120 network data...

Wireless Networks

Mobiuz goes live with 5G services in Uzbek capital

Uzbekistan’s state-owned mobile provider Mobiuz has begun offering 5G services in areas of Tashkent.

Operators

Sri Lankan operators impose 20% hike in mobile and data tariffs

Amidst the country’s continuing economic and political crisis, Sri Lanka’s four major telecom operators have implemented a 20% increase in their...

Devices & Platforms

Bangladesh urges smartphone adoption with 3G device ban

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will implement a ban on manufacturing and importing 3G devices in a bid to drive...

Regulation

Google opposed to India’s social media self-regulation proposal

Google has declined to back a proposal by the Indian government to create an entity that would allow the social media sector to self-regulate,...

Energy & Sustainability

Robi installs solar-powered base stations as part of green drive

Bangladeshi operator Robi Axiata has revealed plans to power more than 1600 base stations using renewable solar energy.

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