Tunisia’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Anouar Maarouf has stated that the UAE’s Abraaj Group has obtained a 35% stake in Tunisie Telecom.

MegaFon has signed a cooperation agreement with Rostelecom to jointly develop 5G networks.

PLDT’s chairman and CEO Manuel Pangilinan has stated that the company may form a strategic partnership with a Chinese firm, either for its digital arm Voyager Innovation or for the operator as a whole.

Reliance Jio’s Reliance Jio’s disruptive entry into the Indian market forced India’s incumbent operators to write off investments of $40-$50 billion, according to Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal.

Econet is reportedly considering listing $1 billion in shares on the London Stock Exchange, while its discussions over potentially acquiring some of Millicom’s African assets are ongoing.

Safaricom Kenya has renewed its Parts Management Service (SPMS) agreement with GSM Systems East Africa.

Electronic payment solutions firm Toka has selected XIUS to launch Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services through the brand Tokamóvil in Mexico.

Bharti Airtel is among the operators interested in acquiring assets and spectrum from Reliance Communications (RCom).

Timor Telecom is providing a trial Wi-Fi service in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili using SES Networks’ fibre-like connectivity.

As Altice prepares to sell off some of its non-core assets to write down its €51 billion of debt, its Dominican Public unit has emerged as the most likely first casualty.

Following an examination of Line Mobile’s business model, Thai regulator NBTC has ruled that the company does not require an MVNO licence.

Intracom Telecom has supplied Zakład Obsługi Systemu Monitoringu (ZOSM), the Monitoring System Services Company of the Polish capital Warsaw, with its latest generation Point-to-point and Point-to-Multipoint wireless systems.

MTN Group is querying a XOF134 billion ($213 million) bill issued to it by the regulator of Benin for unpaid frequency fees.

Fibre optic cable manufacturer AFL is moving into the Indian market via a new partnership with Bangalore-based start-up Citadel Intelligent Systems.

Slovak Telekom has gone live with Netcracker's converged Revenue Management solution for its residential and VSE/SoHo customers.

Peter-Service and Rostelecom are launching a project to implement a unified CRM system for Russia’s B2B segment.

Nokia and China Unicom are deploying Nokia Flexi Zone small cells and an AirScale low power radio head in 31 provinces in China.

Solomon Telekom Company Limited, trading under the name Our Telekom, is boosting its capacity with SES Networks to support the launch of its upcoming 4G/LTE network across the Solomon Islands archipelago.

Ericsson has been selected by RCS & RDS to modernise its mobile network in Romania, allowing its Romanian subscribers to enjoy enhanced mobile broadband services.

Apple will cooperate with the Indian government to develop an anti-spam mobile app for its iOS operating system.

Bango has launched operator-billed payments for Google Play users with 9mobile in Nigeria.

Mobile payment company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor are launching direct carrier billing for consumers in Serbia.

Qualcomm has signed non-binding MoUs to supply components to three Chinese smartphone manufacturers – Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.

The short-term outlook remains difficult for telecoms operators in Yemen, reports Research & Markets.

Omantel has increased its holding in Zain Group, obtaining a 12.1% stake for $1.35 billion.