The planned merger of Airtel and Telkom Kenya has been suspended following an order from Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.

A report in today's Financial Times suggests that two private equity bidders are vying to buy Bulgaria’s largest telecoms company (and former monopoly), Vivacom, which was put on sale in July.

Among many 5G demonstrations planned or recently held, two that certainly put 5G centre stage – almost literally – are in Myanmar and Brazil.

Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 1.7 percent in the second quarter of 2019, totalling 368 million units. However, demand for high-end smartphones has slowed at a greater rate than demand for midrange and low-end smartphones.

In the latest development in the ongoing story of Huawei and US sanctions Huawei’s CEO has claimed that the company is already producing 5G base stations without US parts.

Satellite news relevant to Mexican consumers, as well as industry in the wider Latin American region, comes in the form of recent announcements from Hughes Network Systems and a new entity called AXESS Networks.

An interesting new addition to the growing number of African countries looking at 5G is the Republic of Cabo Verde, some 560 kilometres off the west coast of mainland Africa.

Malaysia, Nigeria and Bolivia have all been trialling 5G – at least one of them with an eye to 5G rollout in 2020.

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is planning to auction 5G spectrum in the 2600MHz, 26GHz and 28GHz bands later this year, but getting hold of that spectrum could be costly.

At the Mobile 360 Series – Digital Societies conference in Kuala Lumpur the GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, has launched the fourth edition of what it calls a key annual report on the region.

According to reports from the Philippines press, Globe Telecom has revealed plans to improve its wireless networks in the capital Manila, underpinned by an agreement with the city authorities.

Recent news from Vietnam, Lebanon and Mexico indicates growing 5G activity in all three countries.

Traditional approaches to driving internet network roll-out and uptake are failing to reach the remaining half of the global population still lacking online access, according to a new report issued by the ITU-UNESCO-founded Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.

Latin America is a vast region with huge economic potential – but amid backlash against Brazil’s recent destruction of natural environments for agricultural purposes, it’s clear that industrial growth cannot come at any cost.

For most people, islands in the Indian Ocean invoke the idea of luxury holidays on tropical beaches – the last place we would want to be interrupted by a business email.

South African data-only operator Rain has launched what is being called the African continent's first commercial 5G network.

Brazilian telecommunications firm Oi SA is said to be in talks with Spain’s Telefonica and Italy’s Telecom Italia to sell its mobile network.

Angola Cables and TM Global, the global and wholesale arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), are planning a new subsea route that could deliver much lower latency levels between Asia and South America.