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.

The government of India has approved the state-owned operator BSNL’s request for a holding of 2.1GHz spectrum as it prepares to launch a commercial 4G offering next year.

The Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Programme (PNGSDP) has partnered with Digicel to execute a new telecommunications vision to benefit present and future generations in the country’s Western Province.

The second quarter of 2018 saw renewed growth in the Philippines’ smartphone market, with Chinese brands increasing their share of this market.

GTT Communications is upgrading its fibre network across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Mobile platform and services provider Syntonic is forming a new Brazilian unit to expand into South America following its asset purchase of the Zenvia Mobile Servicos Digitais business unit.

Fenix International, part of global utility ENGIE, has reached 30,000 Zambian households just 9 months after expanding into the country in partnership with telecom MTN.

Vodafone Group has formed a new partner market agreement with Telecom Argentina as part of an effort to strengthen its presence in Latin America.

Orange Digital Ventures Africa has made a second investment in South African mobile points of sale (mPOS) firm Yoco.

Thai operator True has confirmed that it intends to challenge a THB94 billion ($2.9 billion) fine that it has been issued by a tribunal relating to a dispute with rival operator TOT back in 2005.

GlobeNet and Facebook have begun construction of the new submarine cable system that they announced in May.

Xiaomi has begun the process of transferring Indian customer data to cloud servers housed within the country.

Sky and Space Global, which works to provide affordable communications to the world's equatorial regions, has expanded its reach into Indonesia and Suriname.

Nigeria’s government has agreed a $328 million loan from Chinese state bank Exim to upgrade the country’s telecoms infrastructure.

BringCom has completed its acquisition of Datanet in Uganda after receiving final approval from the Uganda Communications Commission.