Yet another country has mandated SIM registration and set a deadline after which unregistered subscribers may be penalised. This time it's Mauritania, where the authorities are pushing for a process that will involve biometric data in the interests, they say, of enhancing national security and a government drive to combat increasing mobile fraud.
Safaricom Ethiopia has reportedly hit five million subscribers less than a year since it launched in the populous East African nation, with ambitions to double that figure in March.
Cloudera, a data company with a focus on enterprise AI, has announced a collaboration with a leading Indian fintech platform, PhonePe.
Turkcell Group, owner of the leading mobile operator in Turkey, has announced plans to invest around US$240 million in green energy projects.
In the final instalment of our recent series focusing on e-waste in emerging markets, we reached out to a major Asian operator to learn more about how they plan to achieve a major sustainability pledge - Thailand’s True Corp, which has announced that it aims to achieve zero e-waste to landfill by 2030.
Omani data centre provider Datamount announced plans to launch a data centre in the Muscat Governorate.
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly sent a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to ask for a reserve price for a number of bands to be sold in the next 5G spectrum auction – but they don’t seem to include 6GHz.
The Ecuadorian government announced it will extend America Movil’s current service contract, enabling the operator to continue operations in the country until a new permanent deal is hammered out.
Two Vodafone Idea (Vi) partnerships have made very different headlines in the past week: one because it has just been signed. The other, however, is not to continue beyond its initial two-year term.
In an unusual but potentially highly effective application of satellite technology, two companies, Satellogic and Quant, are bringing satcoms-supplied data to the Saudi Arabian real estate market.
CelcomDigi revealed in the first half of the year it saw a gain of 391,000 subscribers taking its total to 20.48 million since its mega-merger six months ago, as it reported its H1 results.
Another African country has clamped down on social media. This time it’s Somalia, which has banned TikTok and Telegram.
Viettel Group, Vietnam’s largest telecommunications group, which boasts a growing international footprint, has selected the MX960 Universal Routing Platform from Juniper Networks, a provider of secure, AI-driven networks, for its network refresh.
African infrastructure private equity manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and N+ONE Datacenters, an African data centre owner and operator, are joining forces to develop a new pan-African data centre and cloud services platform with a short-term target capacity of 40 MW.
Telenor reshuffled its executive suite, appointing Petter-Borre Furberg (pictured, left) as the new head of Telenor Asia, replacing Jorgen Rostrup (pictured, right) who will head up Telenor Nordics.
Petronas Digital, the digital arm of Petronas, a Malaysian global energy group with a presence in over 100 countries, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Microsoft and Cegal, a global tech company specializing in energy and security, to accelerate digital innovation for the upstream value chain.
5G is on its way to 69 underground metro stations in India’s capital territory. In fact, according to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), 29 underground stations have been successfully upgraded to 5G and infrastructure work is in progress at the remaining 40 underground stations, including associated tunnels.
Ericsson announced it will open an AI laboratory in Vietnam in a move to enhance education on emerging technologies such as AI and 5G.
Chinese smartphone vendor Honor will launch manufacturing in India as part of plans to relaunch in one of the world’s largest smartphone markets and aims to capture 5% of market share by volume in 2024.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-based operator Flow announced plans to shut down its 2G network this year to free up spectrum to bolster 3G and 4G services.
The Chadian government fined Airtel Chad XAF5 billion (US$8.3 million) for failing to meet quality of service requirements.
Telenor Pakistan promoted COO Khurrum Ashfaque (pictured) to CEO, replacing Irfan Wahab Khan who will take a new role as SVP in Telenor Asia.
Now Telecom parent company Now Corporation teamed up with US equipment vendor Celona to deliver private 5G networks to the enterprise sector in the Philippines.
A number of policy initiatives have been announced by India’s Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw this week, focusing on improving the reach of IT and the issues of SIM card security and bulk connections.
Apple manufacturer partner Foxconn has reportedly begun production of the iPhone 15 in a factory in Southern India, as the semiconductor giant continues to pivot away from its reliance on Chinese manufacturing.
A US Trade and Development Agency-funded feasibility study for Nigeria’s Hotspot Network Limited has led to the issuance of financing for the deployment of 120 solar-powered rural telecommunications base stations across 22 states in Nigeria.
Is Brazilian regulator Anatel about to decide on the conditions of use of standard power devices in the 6GHz band and ensure their unlicensed use in outdoor and indoor environments?
The proposed sale of United Group’s mobile telephony towers in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia to Saudi telecom infrastructure company Tawal has been approved by Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition.
Huawei's latest security products and solutions garnered much attention at the recent Huawei Network Summit (HNS) 2023 in Jakarta as the vendor expands its capabilities in this key sector.
Global smartphone shipments are predicted to dip 6% to 1.15 billion units by the end of 2023, the lowest in a decade as economies continue to see macroeconomic headwinds cut consumer spending.
Veon has applied for a digital banking licence via its Bangladesh-based unit Banglalink, as the group looks to expand into fintech services.
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s news about its sister company Vumatel’s success in the South African FTTH market, fibre infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has launched a R400 million (about US$21 million) fibre network infrastructure expansion project.
2Africa, the largest submarine cable system in the world, which will interconnect Europe, Asia and Africa, officially reached Mozambique this week, on 15 August, in the city of Nacala-Porto.
Despite recent good news regarding a loan of 20 billion rupees (about US$240 million) to meet payment obligations, Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has reported widened net losses during the first three months of its financial year to the end of June 2023.
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