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.

Dalkom Somalia has Somalia signed an agreement for satellite services with Intelsat SA that will expand its broadband enterprise and direct-to-home (DTH) services in East and Central Africa and the Middle East.

MFS Africa and Paga have partnered to connect Paga users and Nigerian bank account holders to remittance senders from around the world.

Bharti Airtel has approached Google to discuss the possibility of installing Wi-Fi hotspots across India to bolster its broadband coverage.

Samsung is aiming to double the amount of handsets it manufactures in India to ten million units a month with a KRW700 billion ($623 million) investment.

SES has been selected to lead a project to extend high-speed communications infrastructure throughout Burkina Faso.

Kalaam Telecom has partnered with Versa Networks to launch Bahrain’s First Secured SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) infrastructure that provides an end-to-end solution to simplify and secure the WAN/branch office networks.

Mauritius-based IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the IOX Cable System.

Ingenu and Upland Global Wireless Technology have deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Nigeria.

The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has rescinded operator Ncell’s permission to deploy 4G services after a parliamentary committee ordered it to block the launch.

The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has again postponed the release of the terms for its upcoming 2.1GHz and 2.3GHz spectrum auctions.

Banglalink and ZTE have completed the migration of 60 million legacy users to the world’s largest virtual Subscriber Data Management (vSDM) platform in Bangladesh.

Thailand’s AIS is enhancing its customer experience by upgrading its revenue management solution from Netcracker.

Carlos Slim is reportedly looking to sell a minority holding in tower firm Telesites, which was formerly a unit of Slim’s America Movil before being spun off due to regulatory pressure.

India’s sixth largest operator Reliance Communications has called for government intervention to ease the debt burden and fierce competition faced by players in the telecoms industry.