Retail giant Alibaba is reportedly nearing a deal to obtain ZTE’s software subsidiary, ZTEsoft Technology.

London-headquartered NGO Save the Children International (SCI) has awarded Speedcast a contract to provide connectivity to a network of 40+ sites in Africa.

Etisalat Nigeria has lost the support of UAE-based investment fund Mubadala after the operator failed to agree renewed terms on a $1.2 billion loan that it took out four years ago.

Tanzania’s telecom authorities have opened up telecom operator listings to foreign firms following weak showings from domestic-only IPOs.

SenRa Tech has partnered with low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) provider Senet to deploy LoRaWAN connectivity throughout India. 

The government of Poland has awarded a tender for the design, build-out and operation of advanced fibre optic networks to Nokia in partnership with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of M&G Investments.

Etisalat Nigeria is launching its time-based mobile data solution BlazeOn, powered by Comptel’s FWD solution, in the Nigerian market.

The Konnect Africa broadband venture set up by Eutelsat Communications has this month officially launched new-generation services, starting in Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda.

Tata Communications has launched three new nodes for its IZO Private Cloud service to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud adoption while ensuring regulatory compliance.

China’s three largest operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – registered a further 24.3 million 4G subscribers in May 2017.

Wirecard and VEON have signed a global payments and processing agreement that will benefit hundreds of millions of mobile users across the world.

Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom has selected Netcracker’s Billing solution as one of the key platforms for its large-scale IT transformation.

Zain Iraq has extended its managed services contract with Ericsson until 2021.

Digicel Group is rolling out Squire Technologies’ SVI_STP (Signal Transfer Point) across multiple sites in their Caribbean, Central American and Asia Pacific networks.

SES and Orange Central African Republic have partnered to provide connectivity services in the Central African Republic.

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering its users a new way to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts.

Telia could sell off some of its 25% stake in Russia’s MegaFon as it streamlines its focus to its core markets of the Nordics and Baltics.

Satellite communications provider CETel has acquired Onlime’s Managed Satellite Services for an undisclosed amount.

East African operator Djibouti Telecom has joined its IP network with Hurricane Electric, the world's largest IPv6-native Internet backbone.

Contactless mobile money payments provider Youtap has partnered with MatchMove to provide its customers in Africa and Asia with an off-the-shelf open-loop payment acceptance solution for closed-loop wallets.

Nokia and China Mobile are deploying millions of home gateways to provide residential customers across 29 different provinces in China with access to fibre-based ultra-broadband applications and intelligent home services.

Tigo Rwanda has partnered with Ericsson to completely overhaul its Business Support System (BSS) ecosystem.