Devices & Platforms Indosat and Accenture partner to work with AI cloud platform in Indonesia Indonesian digital telecommunications company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, through its subsidiary, data communication, internet, and IT services...
Regulation SIM disconnection begins in Nigeria as consumer group requests more time Is Nigeria finally carrying out its threat to disconnect unregistered SIM cards? A number of outlets are reporting that with the Nigerian...
Operators Oi taps Nokia for Wi-Fi upgrade in Brazil Brazilian provider Oi deployed Nokia software to enhance broadband subscriber experiences, open new revenue channels and protect its assets from...
Data Centres & Networks Saudi’s Aramco Digital announces multiple AI partnerships Aramco Digital Company and Groq, a major name in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) inference, have announced a partnership to establish...
Energy & Sustainability IHS Nigeria, Jaza Energy to power 250 rural towers with solar hubs IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Monday it has formed a strategic partnership with Jaza Energy to deploy solar...
Satellite Networks Intelsat invests in next-gen satellite terminals to chase multi-orbit dollar Global satellite player Intelsat has revealed a new satellite terminal strategy that it claims will make it the first satellite player to offer...
Investment Two new initiatives aim to address East African digital inequality Kenya's ICT Authority has reportedly launched an ambitious US$2.4 billion project to reduce digital inequality, modernise business processes, and...
Mobile Finance USSD service boosts Nigerian mobile transaction options A reminder that in large parts of Africa internet connectivity is not always guaranteed comes from PalmPay, a financial platform with over 30...
Regulation Brazil unfreezes X, Starlink accounts after US$3m transfer Elon Musk-owned companies Starlink and X saw freezes to their accounts lifted after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the transfer of...
Optical & Fixed Networks MIDC completes merger with Phil-Tower Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC) merged with Phil-Tower Consortium (Phil-Tower) in a move to stay competitive against...
Satellite Networks Chinese LEOsat player GalaxySpace expands reach with PCCW Global Chinese LEO satellite contender GalaxySpace has signed a deal with Hong Kong carrier PCCW Global to expand its market reach overseas by...
Optical & Fixed Networks Brookfield Asset Management forms Indian tower giant Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT) sealed the acquisition of American Tower-owned ATC India for INR210 billion (US$2.5 billion), making...
Regulation Somalia’s NCA, IFC to revamp submarine cable landings The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations...
Operators India’s BSNL trials 5G; market leader Jio trials 5G network slicing India’s state-owned operator BSNL has reportedly started 5G trials in the country ahead of its imminent launch of 4G. However, mobile market...
Enterprise Ecosystems Ericsson taps 12 top telcos to form global network API sharing JV Ericsson announced on Thursday it is starting a new venture with at least a dozen big-name telcos to combine and sell network APIs, with the aim...
Wireless Networks Uztelecom launches 5G across Uzbekistan, teases 5G-A news State-owned telco Uzbektelecom, which operates as Uztelecom, announced on Thursday that it has launched its non-standalone (NSA) 5G network in...
Optical & Fixed Networks Sparkle supports capacity boost for India’s Airtel Business Italian company Sparkle, an international telecoms service provider, has signed an agreement with Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Indian service...
Data Centres & Networks Brazil welcomes massive data centre development The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and Scala Data Centers, a leading Latin American platform of sustainable data centres in the hyperscale...
Optical & Fixed Networks Liquid upgrades Kenya-Uganda fibre route with terabit capacity Cassava Technologies’ African tech business Liquid Intelligent Technologies announced on Wednesday it has upgraded its 1,300-km fibre route in...
Optical & Fixed Networks BPCS set to build subsea cable linking Bangladesh to Singapore The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium is ready to start work on building the country’s first privately-owned subsea cable,...
Regulation Nigeria’s NCC introduces device management system to combat phone-related crime Regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has introduced a device management system (DMS). The NCC DMS is described as a...
Energy & Sustainability Will data centre boom worsen Mexico's water supply problems? Querétaro, strategically located in central Mexico, has low susceptibility to earthquakes and is near to Mexico City. These attributes, along...
Optical & Fixed Networks Argentina’s Refefo upgrade finally close to completion Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has approved extra financing to finish a project undertaken by Argentinian state-owned telecommunications...
Wireless Networks The Slow Adoption of Standalone 5G As global demand for data continues to surge, the need for more robust and efficient connectivity solutions becomes paramount. Enter 5G...
Data Centres & Networks Orange Business upgrades Egypt healthcare with connectivity Orange Business announced the completion of a connectivity project with healthcare company Grifols Egypt to improve the supply and delivery of...
Mobile Finance PTCL’s Ubank and Mastercard launch Upaisa debit card Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) says that Mastercard has partnered with its fintech subsidiary U Microfinance Bank (UBank) to...
Optical & Fixed Networks Kenya Pipeline Company joins leading ISP to boost intercity data capacity Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), a state corporation that transports, stores and delivers petroleum products to consumers, but that also has a...
Cloud & Virtualisation Vodafone Qatar signs major Microsoft Azure deal Vodafone Qatar has signed what is described as a landmark five-year partnership agreement with Microsoft, which, it says, will see the...
Operators Debt issues worsen for India’s MTNL Just under three weeks after India’s Union Bank froze the accounts of state-run telecom firm MTNL over non-payment of...
Devices & Platforms India: the semiconductor deals just keep on coming Semiconductor growth in India continues apace, with a number of deals announced in the past few days.
Operators Xavier Niel seals deal for Lifecell in Ukraine A consortium led by Xavier Niel-owned investment company NJJ Holding completed the acquisition of Ukrainian operator Lifecell from Turkcell for...
Satellite Networks Starlink boosts traffic for rural Nigerian cell sites 45%, says AMN Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) said on Monday that it has connected more than 100 rural base stations in Nigeria to Starlink’s LEO satellite...
Satellite Networks Lobby group files lawsuit to support Starlink's access to Kenyan market In a rather unusual turn of events, a Kenyan lobby group has apparently filed a lawsuit against operator Safaricom, along with regulator the...
Business GSMA announces former Vodafone Africa, APAC, Middle East boss as director general The GSMA revealed former Vodafone executive Vivek Badrinath (pictured) will take the hot seat as director-general of the GSMA from Mats Granryd...
Vendors Team Telecom Armenia taps Nokia for fibre upgrade Nokia announced Team Telecom Armenia deployed its fibre solution to deliver faster internet speeds to enterprises in the Central Asian...
Wireless Networks Will enhanced automation help Open RAN find an audience? Open RAN has long been billed as an appealing option for vendors in emerging markets but numerous factors have stalled adoption. The cost of...
Satellite Networks China’s Geespace adds ten more LEO satellites to constellation Chinese LEO satellite operator Geespace said on Friday it has launched a third batch of satellites for its planned LEOsat constellation that it...
Operators MTN CEO Mupita cleared of wrongdoing allegations MTN Group’s board publicly backed CEO Ralph Mupita after an independent investigation found no evidence to support allegations of misconduct made...
Operators Telekom Malaysia pushes AI with singing platform Telekom Malaysia (TM) deployed an AI-powered music platform that modulates voices, a move designed to develop the operator’s expertise in the...
Operators Claro Colombia to inject $200M into fibre for AI prep Claro Colombia announced US$200 million will be used to upgrade its fibre optic network, a move to pave the way for advanced technologies such as...
Data Centres & Networks If Gartner’s Magic Quadrant turns to US hyperscalers, how will emerging markets react? The Gartner Magic Quadrant has been a highly influential metric in the technology sector for over ten years. As an ostensibly objective analysis...
Wireless Networks Ooredoo Qatar successfully tests Wi-Fi 7 on FTTR devices Service provider Ooredoo Qatar has announced the successful completion of its trial of Wi-Fi 7 technology. The trial was completed on...
Vendors Sierra Leone and Malawi announce digital development deals with Chinese vendors Two recent deals in Sierra Leone and Malawi underline the continuing role of Chinese telecommunications in general, and tech giant Huawei in...
Optical & Fixed Networks New JV will address dark fibre infrastructure provision in Mexico SierraIG, a joint venture (JV) between dense dark fibre infrastructure provider SummitIG and Neutral Networks, a Mexican company focused on...
Operators Globe expands coverage on Philippines' largest island Globe Telecom expanded coverage with 20 new sites across four provinces in the administrative region of Central Luzon, a move to boost digital...
Wireless Networks Huawei's Tong Wen: 6G Needs Real Innovation to Reshape Mobile Industry At the IEEE PIMRC conference held on September 4, 2024, Dr. Tong Wen, Huawei Wireless CTO, presented his views on the development direction of...
Humanitarian Comms ETC lights up gigabit subsea link in Sudan for humanitarian ops The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) for Sudan reports that it has installed a new dedicated subsea fibre connection in Port Sudan to...
Optical & Fixed Networks Telesonic and Hotspot Network poised to enhance Nigerian connectivity Two positive announcements for Nigerian connectivity have made headlines in the past week – one from pan-African operator Airtel Africa’s...
Regulation QoS issues back on the agenda as Mauritanian operators face more fines Not for the first time, officials in Mauritania have targeted mobile operators for alleged failure to provide a service of acceptable...
Satellite Networks Starlink agrees to block X to stay online in Brazil Space X subsidiary Starlink reversed course and agreed to block access to fellow Elon Musk-owned company X (formerly Twitter), to maintain its...
