A new partnership between Seacom and network provider Ciena will deliver increased reached and enhanced capacity to African ISPs.

Indonesian operator XL Axiata is planning another infrastructure sale in an attempt to further reduce its debt.

Polish operator Play (P4) has implemented Callup’s remote SIM management system, SIM OTA.

Brazil’s Oi is currently looking to secure financing from two banks as it seeks to merge with TIM.

Satellite CSP SpeedCast has signed an agreement with O3b Networks to deliver state-of-the-art O3b satellite connectivity in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Millicom’s Tigo Paraguay has commissioned a new data centre from Flexenclosure to be built in Paraguay.

Russian operator MegaFon has partnered with China Unicom on its DREAM project.

South African operator Cell C has stated its belief that regulating OTT players could have an adverse effect on the industry.

MTN Nigeria has claimed that it refuses to pay “a dime or penny” of the $3.9 billion fine that it has incurred in the market for failing to comply with security regulation.

Indonesia’s Biznet has deployed solutions from Ciena on its 100G fibre-optic terrestrial and submarine networks.

Millicom is considering a launch of its Tigo mobile brand in Mexico as competition improves following new regulation.

Ericsson and Huawei have expanded their global patent licensing deal.

Indonesian operator 3 PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia (H3I) has partnered with net mobile AG to enable direct carrier billing for Windows apps purchases.

MTN Nigeria has acquired the CDMA operator Visafone after a protracted negotiation period.

China Unicom and China Telecom have signed a cooperation agreement to compete more effectively against market leader China Mobile.

Mobile operator Tigo Tanzania has announced its seventh quarterly payment in a row of US$ 2.1 million to its 4.6 million Tigo Pesa users.

The Polish city of Rzeszow has launched an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) to enhance smart city capabilities...

Ocean Networks has appointed Natixis to act as exclusive equity and debt advisor for the South America Pacific Link (SAPL) fibre optic cable system project currently under way.

Seaborn Networks has raised the US$500 million financing for its Seabras-1 direct point-to-point submarine cable connection between New York and São Paulo.

International communications provider Ooredoo has announced the launch of its mobile money service, AsiaHawala, in Iraq, claiming to be the first mobile money provider to launch in the country.