RCS-Communication, a leading ISP in South Sudan, has established the first site for Avanti’s HYLAS 4 high-speed satellite broadband service in-country.

Teraco’s data centre clients in Cape Town and Johannesburg are set to benefit from the cross connection to the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).

First Brick Holdings has announced plans for multiple investments to boost the digitalisation of East and Southern Africa with the funding, and development, of several data centres across the region.

Over the past twelve months, the number of African networks that have joined France-IX in Paris and Marseille has increased by 60% and traffic from African ISPs has increased by 90%.

At AfricaCom 2018, Nokia will again showcase how it is shaping the future of technology to transform human experiences with effortless, simple and dependable technologies.

FreeConferenceCall.com has launched free conference calling in Uganda.

Indonesia’s government has made a commitment to ensure telecommunications and broadband access for the country’s fast growing population of 267 million people.

The four mobile operators active in Myanmar are launching a collaborative campaign to raise awareness of possible pitfalls related to data usage.

Vodacom Mozambique has signed an agreement with Intelsat SA for a satellite solution to deliver 3G services to meet the growing data demand generated by the country’s tourism sector.

Ooredoo Myanmar and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have entered a two-year partnership undertaking joint activities to unlock the potential of digital technologies for the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on women and youth.

African tech player Mara has announced their newest product, the Maraphone – the first made-in-Africa, full-scale smartphone, soon to be manufactured in plants across Africa.

As Cape Town gears up to host AfricaCom 2018, here’s a quick reminder of what’s on offer and what you’ll be missing out on, if you have not yet registered to attend Africa’s leading technology, media and telecommunications event, taking place at the CTICC, Cape Town, 13 – 15 November 2018.

Thailand’s second largest operator group True Corp has extended its strategic convergence transformation engagement with Amdocs for ongoing development and support until end of 2021.

In a recent financial stability review, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) noted that the $10 billion debt which Nigeria claims to be owed by MTN represents a risk to South Africa’s economy.

Tata Sons has stepped up to pay the lion’s share of Tata Teleservices INR100 billion ($1.4 billion) debt to the Indian government, despite Bharti Airtel being formally obliged to do so.

CETel is set to deliver fibre-like connectivity into Africa via the medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation O3b.

Vodafone Romania has selected mobile carrier payment solutions provider RGK Mobile to deliver carrier billing services for its customers.

EdgeConneX has acquired the Linxdatacenter facility in Warsaw, Poland.

The government of Tanzania has claimed that Bharti Airtel’s proposed IPO of its African operations would be illegal as it was not consulted on the matter despite holding a 40% stake in Airtel Tanzania.

Hutchison 3 Indonesia has implemented Nokia's Spectral Performance Management solution to increase its network efficiency and boost customer experience.

Parallel Wireless has partnered with Ghana’s LTE network Telesol to connect citizens and businesses in Ghana with 4G wireless services.

After participating in Thailand’s latest 900MHz spectrum auction as the sole bidder, dtac has obtained a 10MHz block for THB38.06 billion ($1.15 billion).

MDXI has partnered with global IXP platform provider Asteroid to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for West Africa.