Pakistani market leader Jazz was the only bidder in the country’s latest spectrum auction, underlining that the country’s operators lack an appetite for further spectrum acquisition.

IPSTAR International has chosen the Jupiter System from Hughes Network Systems to extend the reach of broadband throughout India.

Actility and machinestalk have partnered for the deployment of a large-scale LoRaWAN network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

China Telecom has launched what it describes as the “world’s most extensive new-generation commercial” narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) network.

Malaysian digital mobility services provider Webe is launching direct carrier billing on the Google Play app store with Fortumo.

Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone SE handsets in India, and will begin selling them in the market as early as this month.

FreeConferenceCall.com is launching its services in Afghanistan.

Plintron is entering the Indian telecom market after receiving the country’s first unified licence specifically for MVNOs.

Polish IoT specialist Netemera is deploying the country’s first nationwide low-power, wide-area (LPWA) network as part of its “Network for Machines”.

Hurricane Electric has added new regional network connectivity in Africa by establishing a new point of presence (PoP) at the Djibouti Data Centre (DDC).

UAE-based du is partnering with Epsilon to forge simple, fast and efficient connectivity between the operator and data centres in Europe and Asia.

Airtel Nigeria and Ericsson are launching a new OTT streaming service called Nuvu.

The GSMA has expressed concerns about the Bangladesh Government’s plan to impose higher fees for 4G licensing ahead of the next round of spectrum auctions.

BringCom Incorporated, a provider of connectivity solutions to developing countries, has reached a tentative agreement to acquire African network service provider Datanet.

Lebanese internet service provider Connect has selected InfiNet Wireless solutions to serve as the backbone of its new wireless network infrastructure.

Spirent Communications has scored the first contract for its Tweakker line of device intelligence solutions in South America through Brazil’s mobile virtual network enabler/aggregator (MVNE/A) Surf Telecom.

FreeConferenceCall.com has launched free conference calling services in Tanzania.

Delivering internet services at 5G speeds to subscribers in rural areas and living in places where it is not feasible or economical to deploy fibre is a major challenge.