The Indian government approved chip manufacturer Micron Technology’s plan to build a US$2.7 billion semiconductor packaging and testing facility in West India.
Guatemala’s regulator SIT (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones) is reviewing several requests for spectrum licences in the 700MHz band.
American Tower Corporation has rebuked Smile’s allegation that it “illegally disconnected” the Ugandan operator from its network.
Lynk Global has partnered with Palau’s largest operator PNCC to provide satellite-direct-to-mobile phone services to the island nation using Lynk’s “cell-towers-in-space”.
Satellite company SES ceased merger talks with rival Intelsat, it confirmed in a statement today (June 22).
South African operator Cell C has announced the successful completion of its move to a virtual radio access network model – some months before its originally announced target date.
Ericsson’s new Mobility Report highlights continuing global 5G growth, with India apparently leading the way.
STT GDC Indonesia, a leading data centre provider, has officially launched its first data centre facility, STT Jakarta 1, in Bekasi, Jawa Barat. The data centre campus will support up to 72 megawatts of critical IT capacity, with STT Jakarta 1 supporting up to 19.5 MW.
Somalian service provider Somtel is deploying the DZS Saber compact and environmentally hardened coherent optics solutions to future-proof its dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone network for reliable, cost-effective delivery of high-bandwidth aggregation and transport services.
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has talked up the potential benefits of privatising state-owned ICT companies.
Safaricom and Kenyan operator Jamii Telecommunication have reportedly partnered with Shenzhen TeleOne Technology to locally manufacture smartphones, with a factory to be operational in two months' time.
Nicaragua’s telecoms regulator Telcor (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos / Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications and Posts) is set to have its powers expanded by the country’s National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional).
Amsterdam-headquartered operator group Veon pledged to invest through its Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar, US$600 million into its network over the next three years as the country continues its fight back against the Russian invasion.
Winity, which became a new Brazilian national mobile operator in 2021, and satellite operator Hughes have announced a pilot project involving prepaid mobile internet in remote areas.
Malawian asset financier Yellow has closed $14 million in series B funding to expand its business, which involves digital and financial products related to connectivity and solar power.
Chile’s Entel is now offering 3.5GHz 5G coverage in Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.
Google is reportedly searching for suppliers in India to build its Pixel smartphone range as the US company pivots away from manufacturing in China.
Thai operator True Corp revealed ambitions to reduce e-waste dumping into landfills to zero by 2030, as it launched a campaign to spur customers to donate old devices to collection points.
Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has lost its longstanding legal battle against Turkmenistan after it was allegedly forced to abandon its operations in the market in 2017.
Telefonica-owned business-focused company Movistar Empresas and Nokia have announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of companies in the Latin American region through the development of industrial IoT networks.
Digital communications technology corporation Cisco has announced plans to establish a data centre in Saudi Arabia dedicated to cloud-delivered security.
MWC Shanghai 2023 will be held at the end of this month, with executives from telecom operators and mainstream equipment manufacturers set to deliver keynote speeches sharing their insights into development, opportunities, and challenges in the mobile industry.
4G/LTE provider Smile, which operates in Uganda and East Africa, has apologised to its customers for the outage that has affected its services since January 31st 2022 and explained the root cause of the issue.
Spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and satellite communications company SpaceX has launched a new Indonesian communications satellite as part of an ambitious project called SATRIA.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies, says it has successfully installed the Mauritius Telecom T3 subsea cable connecting Mauritius to South Africa.
Yet another collaboration aimed at the underbanked is claiming strong expectations of growth, this time in Nigeria where Google Cloud and banking platform Moniepoint are working together.
Chilean operator WOM claimed it had deployed 80% of planned 5G sites after the operator had missed mandated targets and was subsequently fined.
Israeli state-owned energy firm EAPC (Europe Asia Pipeline Company) is set to build a fibre optic cable creating a continuous link from Europe to the Gulf and Asia.
Four Southern African governments – Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana – have announced plans for an end to mobile roaming charges for their citizens starting in August.
Airtel Nigeria has confirmed that it will launch commercial 5G services today (19th June 2023).
State-owned service provider Angola Telecom has this week announced the launch of a new service called Conecta Angola, whose aim is to reach the most remote areas of the country where, previously, none of the country’s mobile operators had been active.
In what could prove to be a highly significant development for mobile operators, a number of South Africa’s broadcasters have agreed to the newest deadline to vacate the so-called ‘digital dividend’ bands.
MTN Group has warned that its operations in Cameroon are in jeopardy over a dispute in which it claims to play no part.
China Mobile has split contracts for two 5G networks worth a combined CNY7.8 billion ($1.1 billion) between five vendors, with Huawei taking the lion’s share.
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