Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata says it has successfully completed what it claims is the first-ever trial of Voice over New Radio (VoNR) on a Standalone (SA) 5G trial network in Sri Lanka.

Madagascar’s Axian has closed its acquisition of additional shares in Senegal’s Free.

Argentina’s communications regulator Enacom has confirmed the country's planned upcoming 5G spectrum auction for 24 October and suggested it will raise about US$1.05 billion.

Paraguay is the latest market in which Starlink has procured a licence for satellite broadband.

Newly launched Beninese mobile provider Celtiis has deployed the Captura NG solution from Oculeus to help manage its wholesale operations and network of national and international interconnect partners for its voice and messaging services.

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) says it needs spectrum in the 6-GHz band to enable nationwide 5G coverage without sacrificing data speeds, and that allocating it for Wi-Fi use would be wasting it.

Fixed wireless access (FWA) services are still forecasted to gain traction across Southeast Asia to help bridge the digital divide – but the experience in the Philippines shows that operators shouldn’t take that growth for granted.

Netherlands-based operator group Veon has announced that it has completed its exit from Russia with the closing of the sale of its Russian operations to a group of senior members of the PJSC VimpelCom management team, led by VimpelCom CEO Alexander Torbakhov.

CSquared has selected Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to bring high-speed broadband services to Togo.

In yet another reminder of the opportunities for private 5G in multiple industries, John Deere, a global leader in the delivery of agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, has outlined plans to launch its first private 5G network in a new factory in Brazil later this year.

Thai mobile operator AIS has partnered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) with a new campaign to boost the country’s tourism numbers by making mobile digital services easier to use.  

Nokia revealed on Tuesday that it has built a new 400G national optical backbone network for Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a.k.a du.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading provider of pan-African digital infrastructure, has partnered with wingu.africa a provider of carrier-neutral data centre services, to introduce Tanzania’s second Azure Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) stack.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW), the leading stock exchange in the CEE region, has selected Equinix, a leader in hosting financial markets and trading ecosystems, as the provider of the state-of-the-art data centre where GPW’s proprietary Warsaw Automated Trading System (WATS) will be launched.

Plans for Colombian operators Tigo and Movistar to move towards unifying their networks have been approved by Colombian business regulator the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC).

American Tower Corporation a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate, has released its 2022 sustainability report in which it says it has decreased its direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 1) by 11% from 2019.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) says it’s collaborating with Setara Networks (a.k.a. Tara) to launch zero-fee instant transaction features to further accelerate the adoption of digital payments in Indonesia.

Vodafone and Orange say they have completed the first 4G calls over a shared Open RAN network in rural areas of Romania.

Philippine startup telco NOW Telecom says that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has renewed its license to operate mobile services using the 800-MHz band, keeping its hopes alive to crack the market’s mobile sector.

Two new data centres will support growing hyperscale and enterprise demand in India’s Chennai region, according to the partners in a major joint venture.

State-owned telecommunications operator Mauritius Telecom says it is assessing opportunities in several African nations as part of what is describes as a key strategic initiative to diversify out of the Indian Ocean island market.

Digital systems integrator BCX has launched an Africa Local Public (ALP) cloud service, with Alibaba Cloud, aimed at delivering innovative technology solutions to businesses across the continent.

Pakistan and Indonesia are preparing to auction 5G spectrum in the near future.

Cambodian operator CamGSM PLC says it has cleared two key regulatory hurdles to listing its planned US$20 billion sustainability bond next month.

Philippines mobile operator Globe Telecom says it’s managed to reduce incidents of cable theft as it announces plans to boost collaboration with local government units (LGUs) and law enforcement authorities to combat the problem.

Philippines telco PLDT and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications say they have expanded their Ligtas Kit programme nationwide, with 58 kits now deployed to municipalities and cities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to provide resilient communications during natural disasters.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has met with yet more financial woes after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) dismissed its appeal relating to its outstanding licence fees for the fiscal years between 2015-16 and 2016-17.

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has issued three 5G licences following its sale of spectrum in the 700MHz and 800MHz bands last week.

Mauritania’s regulator has once again threatened to issue fines to the country’s three main operators over poor quality of service (Qos).

Kenya’s cabinet is seeking to reverse the government’s purchase of a 60% majority holding in Telkom Kenya obtained from Helios Investment Partners in October 2022.

Brazilian regulator Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes) has confirmed that it plans to provide subsidies as an incentive to accelerate the transition from legacy 2G and 3G network architectures to 4G and 5G standards.