Angola’s government has issued the country’s fourth mobile licence to Africell Holdings.

As 5G, cloud, and AI pick up pace, amid their pursuit for digital transformation enterprises of all sizes are confronting once-in-a-generation challenges.

It now looks pretty certain that there won’t be a 5G spectrum auction in India this year. However, there may be an auction of some sort – involving 4G.

Telecommunications company takeovers and sales have been in the news in Brazil recently as a regional broadband provider plans to buy up three rivals and a delayed auction of a power group’s communications subsidiary is put back to later this year.

Two news stories related to the ever-topical subject of taxation of service providers have recently emerged: in Indonesia a new tax is about to be imposed, while in Syria an unpaid tax is being pursued.

Press outlets in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have reported that PNG DataCo, a telecommunications carrier established by the PNG government, along with its partners, has landed the Kumul submarine cable in Kokopo, the capital of East New Britain.

Reliance Industries is on something of a hot streak of overseas investment, having sold a 1.34% stake in its digital unit Jio Platforms to US-based private equity firm General Atlantic.

The three leading Indian operators may be looking at even more fines – this time for missing rollout targets, though at least some of the blame for this is being assigned to the recent lockdown.

Saudi Arabia offers one of the most progressive telecoms markets in the Middle East and is well positioned to capitalise on the potential opportunities offered by 5G, reports Research & Markets.

China Telecom Global (CTG) has selected Angola Cables as its preferred carrier to bolster its long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The ICT sector in Cameroon is making steady progress enabling the country to make better use of the digital economy, reports Research & Markets.

Helios Towers is acquiring 65 wireless telecommunications sites in South Africa from Eagle Towers SA.

The Sultanate of Oman has established a progressive mobile sector that comprises substantial coverage of both 3G and 4G LTE networks, reports Research & Markets.

A number of recent stories relating to meeting end user demand have emerged from Peru in the course of the week: two relate to congestion, while a third involves providing services where none may have previously been available.

The Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) has now issued all of the 2.5GHz spectrum licences won during the country’s multi-band spectrum auction in December 2019.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has a troubled history, and accordingly its national telecom system remains one of the least developed in the region, reports Research & Markets.

Mobile money was a key driver of revenue growth for Airtel Africa’s first year-end results since its IPO in July 2019.

A number of telecommunications-led initiatives in India are offering the country new ways to manage the coronavirus threat.

Ethiopia was one of the last countries in Africa to allow its national telco a monopoly on all telecom services including fixed, mobile, internet and data communications, reports Research & Markets.

Following the announcement that it has permission to operate in Kenya, Loon has said that it is expanding its footprint in Africa.

Reliance Industries has attracted a further INR113.7 billion ($1.5 billion) of investment into its Jio Platforms tech unit, this time from Vista Equity Partners.

Recent Indian news reports have suggested that discussions earlier this week involving the Digital Communications Commission, the Department of Telecommunications’ highest decision-making body, may presage a delay in the 5G spectrum auction process.

Poland is still optimistic that 5G spectrum will be sold at auction this year even though it has delayed the sale of 3.4GHz-3.8GHz licences.

Emergent Telecommunications has selected du and Batelco’s joint venture Arc as the lead consultant for the Orient Express submarine cable system.

It looks like someone has jumped the gun on 5G rollout in Nigeria, as the country’s telecommunications regulator has felt obliged to challenge recent reports that have appeared on social media.

Following the example of its neighbour South Africa, where MTN Group, Vodacom, Telkom, Liquid Telecom and Rain Networks have all been granted temporary additional spectrum, Zimbabwe has also announced plans to free up spectrum for emergency use.

NASSCOM, India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies, has been asked to respond to calls from the country’s IT sector seeking changes to the country’s taxation and labour laws as the industry gears up to deliver more services remotely.

Airtel Uganda and Avaya are teaming up to facilitate remote working and learning for organisations across Uganda in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus).