Bharti Airtel and its subsidiary Bharti Hexacom are under fire for the lack of progress they have made deploying towers in northeast India as part of a INR16.5 billion ($237 million) government programme.
Airtel Kenya will not assume responsibility for Telkom Kenya’s debt following the completion of their merger.
9mobile has lodged an appeal against the Abuja Federal High Court’s decision to nullify the sale of the Nigerian operator to Teleology.
We spoke to Camtel’s CEO Judith Yah Sunday about the country’s connectivity projects and the technology it is using to execute its strategy.
MediaKind has been selected by Vodafone Qatar to deliver MediaFirst, its next generation cloud-based multiscreen TV Platform service, to consumers in Qatar.
PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong’s HKT, has completed a major Internet infrastructure upgrade in Mozambique.
TIM Brasil has selected Gilat’s satellite backhaul solution to enable 4G services to unserved areas, such as highways and small towns, as well as to the agribusiness IoT market.
Brazil’s Oi is preparing to put some of its assets on the market, with O Globo reporting that the sale is likely to include its tower infrastructure and parts of its mobile operations.
Ericsson has been selected by Batelco to commercially deploy 5G across Bahrain.
Tajikistan’s Tcell has launched a smartphone-based mobile finance offering branded as TezSum.
Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has signed an agreement to sell and lease back the passive physical infrastructure of its mobile tower portfolio to IHS Holding Limited (IHS) in a deal worth SAR 2.52 billion (USD 672 million).
Thailand’s NBTC has again delayed the country’s 700MHz spectrum auction, with the scheduled May date now deferred into August or September to allow the regulator to prepare adequately.
Tower leasing firm PT Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) has partnered with NTT Docomo to test a new site inspection service named docomo sky.
Liberty Latin America is acquiring an 87.5% stake in Caribbean operating group UTS (United Telecommunication Services) as part of its push towards greater convergence.
Vodafone Group has entered into a strategic consultancy deal with Movicel Angola to coordinate their operations across several verticals.
Mobile data firm Tutela has focused its latest 2019 Network Performance Report on Mexico.
MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company Clickatell to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage with the telco over WhatsApp.
Axiata group’s tower unit Edotco has formed site-sharing agreements with three of Pakistan’s major operators.
The Saudi Arabian telecom system integration market is projected to grow from $420 million in 2018 to $683 million by 2024, according to Research & Markets.
Czech search engine Seznam has demanded greater detail on Google’s plans to introduce greater competition across the Android device ecosystem.
The government of Nigeria has updated its broadband ambitions, aiming to increase penetration from 30% by 2020 to 70% by 2021, though most connections will be via mobile networks.
Fortumo has deployed its Trident Bundling Platform to connect Amazon with the Indian state-run telco BSNL, allowing it to offer its subscribers one year of Amazon Prime in select plans.
Russian telecom services provider ER-Telecom Holding has selected Netcracker’s Digital BSS as part of its digital transformation.
Interview with Judith Yah Sunday, Camtel Chief Executive Officer.
Nokia has stated that it will not sign any new business agreements in Iran after the US pulled out of an international pact to ease sanctions on the Middle Eastern country last year.
Telecom Italia would reportedly consider divesting its TIM Brasil operation if the hypothetical buyer offered a generous valuation for its stake in the Brazilian unit.
Eafricalab will use ACI Worldwide’s UP Retail Payments solution for Postillion to better serve consumers across 25 African countries.
At MWC 2019, we spoke to Orange’s MEA chief Alioune Ndiaye about the group’s ambitions in the region. Whether it’s eliminating the digital divide or empowering the masses through mobile money, Orange foresees a prosperous future for the continent.
The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has ordered market leader Nepal Telecom to pay NPR20 billion ($181 million) to renew its mobile licence.
Venezuela is currently undergoing country-wide blackouts that are leaving 98% of the population without internet connectivity.
The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has outlined a plan to deploy 50,000 telecom towers across the next seven years.
Western Union has teamed up with Thunes, a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, to enable Western Union customers to send funds directly into mobile wallets around the world.
America Movil is acquiring Nextel Brazil from its two shareholders for a combined $905 million.
Cambodian enterprise ISP SINET has chosen Nokia to launch new, high-speed broadband services in the country.
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