PLDT and its mobile arm Smart Communications have partnered with Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) to develop digital solutions for cacao farmers in the Philippines.
Despite a slow start in the MENA region, 5G is projected to account for half of all mobile subscribers by 2030, by which time it also be a significant driver of GDP for the region, says a new GSMA Intelligence report.
Indonesia has changed some of the requirements of its electronic information and transactions (ITE) law after critics complained of potential or actual misuse.
UAE telecoms group etisalat by e& has announced a strategic alliance with Huawei to unveil what is described as the first net zero 5G Massive MIMO site deployment in the MENA region.
Colombia’s telecoms regulator confirmed four operators will compete at auction for 5G spectrum.
On the sidelines of COP 28, weather intelligence and climate adaptation leader Tomorrow.io has joined forces with MTN Group for an initiative aimed at providing life-saving early warnings and critical weather information to at-risk populations of more than 300 million people across Africa.
Philippines-base operator PLDT announced president and CEO Alfredo Panlilio will retire at the end of this year with chairman Manuel Pangilinan to take the reins.
Service providers Ooredoo Group and Zain Group, along with TASC Towers Holding have joined forces to create what is described as the largest tower company in the MENA region in a cash and share deal after talks that began in July.
PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications says it has successfully tested a fully functional Open RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) in a proof of concept (POC) with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo.
Veon’s Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar announced it will partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support businesses in Ukraine with cloud infrastructure and related services.
Liberty Latin America (LLA) subsidiary Liberty Networks has partnered with Gold Data to create a pan-regional subsea cable system connecting the US and Mexico to Colombia and Panama by combining two cable projects.
Operator Tigo Tanzania has partnered with DCB Bank to expand financial inclusion for the unbanked through a service partnership that will enable customers to access the bank's services through mobile payment service Tigo Pesaʼs network of mobile money agents.
Globalsat Group, a provider of mission-critical satellite and wireless connectivity solutions is partnering with satellite network operator Rivada Space Networks to provide access to a next-generation data network for customers in the energy, government, NGO, agriculture, utilities and transportation sectors throughout the Americas and beyond.
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres’ Thailand unit says it has signed a strategic MoU with industrial power company B.Grimm Power to study, design and jointly develop low-carbon energy solutions for the data centre sector.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said on Friday it has officially published the framework for developing 6G standards approved last month by the ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA).
Malaysia’s five mobile operators have finally signed share subscription agreements (SSAs) to take equity stakes in wholesale 5G operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), which also clears the way for a second 5G operator to be established next year.
Axiata Group secured a deal to sell off its majority share in its Nepalese operation Ncell, effectively ending the group’s business in Nepal after seven years due to a tax dispute.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Thursday that Malaysia’s Axiata Group has selected AWS as its primary cloud provider as part of its plan to accelerate digital transformation across its operating companies in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
Indonesian telecoms infrastructure Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) said it has added more towers and optical fibre to its portfolio via separate acquisition deals worth a combined US$167.3 million.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), India’s leading private sector player for aerospace and defence solutions, and Satellogic, a major name in sub-meter resolution earth observation (EO) data collection, have announced a collaboration for establishing and developing local space technology capabilities in India.
Warply, described as a leading fintech innovator with a growing presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry.
Caribbean and Central America-based mobile operator Digicel revealed former Inmarsat and Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri will take the reins as Chairman Designate from the company’s Founder Denis O’Brien.
DataVolt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three ministries in Uzbekistan that will see it developing green data centres in the market.
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Telekom Malaysia’s enterprise/government business arm TM One said on Wednesday it is collaborating with the government’s PLANMalaysia to help local city councils accelerate their smart city initiatives.
Telecoms tower company edotco announced a new partnership with integrated network solutions provider Zeta IOS to provide satellite-based solutions to boost rural connectivity in Malaysia.
Hybrid multicloud computing company Nutanix and enterprise networking and security group Cisco have announced a collaboration in the Egyptian market.
A group that gives African farmers improved access to localised weather data has enjoyed a major boost to its efforts to supply value-added weather intelligence services.
Axiata Group reported profits were hit by an asset charge stemming from its Nepalese unit however growth was reported across most of its operators.
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The Smart Africa Alliance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with pan-African digital connectivity solutions company Bayobab and infrastructure investment platform Africa50 to support the fibre optic cable initiative Project East2West with regulatory and policy engagements.
Chinese smartphone vendor Realme announced it had shipped 200 million units since launching in 2018, making it the fifth largest vendor according to Counterpoint Research.
Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata connected over 200,000 users to its 5G network in a trial of the technology before a wider nationwide rollout.
Indonesian operator XL Axiata revealed that Garut Resort Police have arrested a group of fraudsters who ran a scam by impersonating XL Home service officers to steal home broadband routers.
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