Naver, a Korean technology company whose interests include internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a sovereign AI business with Thailand-headquartered AI and cloud platform firm SIAM.AI for the joint development of a Thai large language model (LLM) and a tourism-specific AI agent.

Kenya’s National Treasury is widely reported to be preparing to sell part of its 35% stake in leading operator Safaricom.

Veon announced on Friday it has secured all regulatory approvals for its deal with Pakistan's largest conglomerate Engro to pool and manage their respective telecoms infrastructure assets in Pakistan.

Telkom Indonesia announced on Friday it is collaborating with Gadjah Mada University (UGM) to develop an earthquake detection system combining Telkom's subsea cable infrastructure with distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology.

Meta has announced it is partnering with Brazilian neutral network, digital infrastructure and data centre group V.tal to establish a new cable landing point for Meta’s Malbec subsea cable in Porto Alegre.

Vietnam’s telecoms regulator has reportedly ordered the country’s telcos to block messaging app Telegram over its alleged failure to prevent its users from using the app to commit crimes under Vietnamese law.

Veon has relocated the headquarters of its Uzbekistan subsidiary to a government-backed innovation hub, aiming to accelerate the development of digital services across Central Asia and tap into rising demand.

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar revealed it built 828 new base stations in the first quarter of 2025, continuing its modernisation project despite the ongoing Russian invasion.

IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Thursday it has formed a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to increase protection of critical telecoms infrastructure across Nigeria.

Vietnamese state-owned telco Viettel says it has successfully acquired a block of 700-MHz spectrum for VND1.95 trillion (US$75.3 million) – a band the government has been trying to auction off for the last couple of years – to bolster its 4G and 5G network.

The long-running story of service quality issues in Cameroon rumbles on with news that the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Board (ART) has initiated a new restricted tender for an audit of Cameroon's national fibre optic network.

Indian IT services group Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and networking company Tejas Networks have been the beneficiaries of a new contract from state-controlled operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said on Wednesday it has officially inaugurated an AI Experience Center (AIEC) in Jayapura as part of its bid to expand access to AI technology for communities across Eastern Indonesia.

The launch of a sovereign AI ecosystem in Malaysia that allegedly uses Huawei GPU chips took another twist on Wednesday when the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) issued a statement clarifying that the initiative is not a government project, and that Malaysia is compliant with export control laws governing chipsets.

e& UAE announced on Tuesday it has launched what it claims is the first commercial 5G network slicing product in the MENA region for business customers on its standalone 5G network.

Malaysia’s deputy communications minister has reportedly retracted her remarks earlier this week that a new sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem launched in the country includes GPUs supplied by Huawei.

Underlining the continuing diversification of space-based telecoms, satellite communications company Viasat has made two very different announcements in recent days – one involving satellite communications for buses and the other for private jets.

IHS Towers, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, says it has agreed to sell 100% of its IHS Rwanda Limited business, including its approximately 1,465 sites, to tower platform Paradigm Tower Ventures.

Africa Data Centres, which owns and operates Africa's largest network of interconnected, carrier and cloud-neutral data centre facilities, has announced the successful deployment at its CPT1 facility in Cape Town, South Africa of a self-cooling rack by business development consulting firm Gold Synergy.

Xiaomi reportedly revealed plans to invest CNY50 billion (US$6.9 billion) over the next 10 years to develop its own mobile processors, and is set to unveil such chips this week.

Thai operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) has denied reports that it is in the running to acquire the broadband subscriber base of state-owned National Telecom (NT).

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 said on Monday that its high altitude platform stations (HAPS) subsidiary Mira Aerospace has opened a HAPS manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi, making it the first such facility in the MENA region.

Nokia announced on Monday that South African ICT solutions provider Reflex will deploy its Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution to modernize and scale its network to enable faster onboarding of ISPs.

Malaysia's Communications Ministry launched on Monday what it's billing as a "Strategic Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure" – a sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem powered by Huawei GPUs that also marks the first national deployment of Chinese large language model (LLM) DeepSeek outside of China.

Kenyan operator Safaricom has recently launched a campaign called Maisha Poa Ni Digital (Life Is Cool Digital), aiming to accelerate digital inclusion across Kenya, specifically by encouraging Kenyans to switch from 2G phones to affordable 4G smartphones.

The extraordinarily long and complex story of the Indian government's adjusted gross revenue (AGR) payment demands on operators continues to make headlines with Monday’s news that India’s Supreme Court has rejected pleas from operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to support a waiver on their AGR dues.

African technology company Cassava Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sand Technologies, a global enterprise AI solutions company described as a key player in Africa’s emerging artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.

According to analyst firm Canalys, the Southeast Asian smartphone market declined in Q1 2025, marking the end of five consecutive quarters of growth due to economic headwinds.

A new benchmark in intelligent mining has been set at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia, China, with a fleet of 100 Huaneng Ruichi autonomous electric mining trucks entering into operation.

Digicel Vanuatu announced on Monday it has signed its 5th Undertaking to expand its mobile coverage to an estimated 99% of the population in Vanuatu as part of its Universal Access Policy (UAP) obligations.

Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata announced on Monday it will invest another US$100 million in its digital infrastructure, increasing its total cumulative investment in the country to more than US$3.37 billion.