G-Core Labs is expanding its infrastructure in the Middle East by opening a new point of presence for its content delivery network in Tel Aviv.

BSS and IoT provider Nexign has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with Cairo-based, systems integrator Giza Systems.

Vodafone Ghana and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) have partnered with the GSMA to support the deployment of innovative mobile internet connectivity solutions for unconnected rural communities.

FVC has partnered with Avaya Holdings to help businesses across North, West, East, Central Africa and Egypt (NWECA) deliver customer experiences with UCC and cloud solutions.

Rwanda’s mobile industry has joined forces with the GSMA to drive mobile internet adoption and increase digital literacy in the country.

Tata Communications subsidiary TCTS (Tata Communications Transformation Services) has partnered with the Smart Africa Alliance to launch its pioneering Skill Africa Program.

Telenor has warned that an accounting error at its Bangladeshi unit Grameenphone has had a one-off but substantial impact on its Q2 earnings.

CenturyLink has collaborated with Alphabet's Loon to deliver internet connectivity to tens of thousands of people cut off by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Peru.

Kyrgyzstan had implemented full competition across all segments of its telecoms sector over a decade ago, reports Research & Markets.

Following the recent inauguration of their advanced Tier III AngoNAP data centre facility in Fortaleza, Brazil, Angola Cables has announced that it has launched Angola Cables Cloud Service to the African market.

Hot on the heels of Shanghai, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced that it aims to accelerate the pace of 5G deployment by rolling out 65,000 base stations by 2021.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened a public consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum in the in the 700MHz, 2300MHz and 2600MHz bands.

The most recent Mobile Number Portability (MNP) chart released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows 9mobile as gaining the highest ports-in consistently over the past year.

Telecom Cambodia has signed an infrastructure-sharing agreement with Viettel’s local unit Metfone that will see the operators start jointly trialling 5G this month.

Georgian telecoms provider MagtiCom has chosen Sicap's Cloud-based Device Management Centre (DMC) to replace its existing platform.

The island nation of Mauritius has long been a pioneer in the telecom sector, reports Research & Markets.

Bhutan has long been isolated from the rest of the world - both in terms of its government and geography and particularly with regard to its telecommunications, reports Research & Markets.

Tuvalu Telecom has selected Cataleya to deliver cost-efficient, leading edge voice solutions to its widely dispersed customer base.

Huawei is reportedly prepared to invest as much as PLN3 billion ($789 million) into Poland across the next five years if it is able to provide 5G equipment without restrictions.

Although delayed by the long civil war which ended in 1992, Mozambique was one of the first countries in the region to embark upon telecom reform, reports Research & Markets.

Filipino operator Globe Telecom has awarded Gilat a three-year contract to enable Wi-Fi services over satellite to schools and hospitals, in addition to cellular backhaul throughout the Philippines.

After more than a decade of civil war which destroyed much of its infrastructure, Liberia became a prime example of an almost entirely wireless telecommunications market, reports Research & Markets.

Research & Markets’ latest report notes that Mali has a challenging geography for the provision of telecommunication services, with large tracts of the country consisting of sparsely populated desert.

Libya's civil war has crippled the country's economy and disrupted its telecommunications sector. Much of the telecom infrastructure has been destroyed or stolen, including about a quarter of the country's mobile tower sites, according to Research & Markets’ latest report.

Armenian continues to attempt to put an effective national telecommunications service in place, reports Research & Markets.

Cameroon’s Telecommunications Regulatory Agency has fined the local operations of MTN, Orange and Viettel a collective XAF3.5 billion ($6 million).