There’s been much excitement over the recent news that the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) is ready for commercial service, but another important undersea cable connectivity project involving Africa is also about to make history.

An interesting development in the ongoing infrastructure sharing debate came in the form of a recent presentation by the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of a new policy on infrastructure sharing.

Fixed and mobile customers of Movistar Chile can now subscribe and pay for Netflix on their bill.

Will the MTN IPO in Nigeria go ahead? Or could it be scuppered due to an ongoing row with government about allegedly unpaid tax and money the authorities claim was illegally taken out of the country?

A new report suggests that Indonesia can have a major role in the spread of digital communications services throughout Southeast Asia if it gives mobile operators access to vital spectrum bands.

Over-the-top (OTT) TV services in Mexico need greater regulation to ensure they pay taxes. That was the call from some speakers at a panel session called “How OTT pay TV will change TV” at the recent NexTV Series Mexico & Central America event.

Telia’s mooted sale of its majority stake in Kcell to fixed-line provider Kazakhtelecom has been abandoned after the two parties failed to agree on a price.

After being linked last week to a possible bid for Nextel Brazil, Telecom Italia has confirmed that its board is considering its investment strategy, which could include divesting non-core assets.

Axiata’s tower unit Edotco has stated its goal of strengthening its position in its current markets via two or three acquisitions across the next year.

Israeli data security firm C-Data has selected CloudBlue’s digital commerce platform for its cloud services division.

Malaysian data network provider Celcom Axiata Berhad has signed an agreement with Ericsson to expand and upgrade its LTE network in Malaysia.

Global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor Intracom Telecom has joined forces with COMATEC in order to deploy an IPTV solution in a luxurious compound in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The assets of bankrupt Indian operator Aircel have attracted bids from several interested parties, including Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio.

Myanmar’s two biggest mobile providers are picking up the pace of their 4G deployments.

E-learning solutions provider Astria Learning has renewed its partnership with MTN Zambia, which will see the operator provide free Internet access to students completing online courses.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has eased its pressure on MTN Group, causing the operator’s shares to rise more than they have in the past six months.

Axiata’s tower subsidiary Edotco has been denied regulatory permission for its planned acquisition of 13,000 towers from Pakistan Mobile Communications (PMC) for $940 million, forcing it to abandon the deal.

Nexans has manufactured and tested 6,000 km of submarine fibre optic cables for the South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) project connecting Cameroon to Brazil, enabling a faster and more stable Internet connection between Africa and South America.

A new low-cost satellite broadband service will be launched across Iraq and Afghanistan as SatADSL and Talia agreed to expand their long-term partnership.

MTN intends to continue its preparations for an IPO on its Nigerian unit despite the country’s government fining the group $10.1 billion.

Orange is providing significant investment to MainOne’s West Africa submarine cable system.

DOCOMO Digital has partnered with Vodacom in Tanzania to give customers the option to pay for content on the Google Play Store using Vodacom Airtime carrier billing.