Sub-3GHz spectrum continues to be an important topic for the telecoms industry, but addressing it is becoming increasingly urgent as operators face rising data demand with limited resources.
There’s been a lot of backtracking after Monday’s news that the low Vodafone Idea/Vi share price could delay plans for the Indian government to take equity in the operator.
Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nedaa, the security network provider of the Dubai government.
Dolphin Telecoms has been issued an MVNO licence by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ).
The role of solar power in enabling a sustainable approach to telecommunications provision has been underlined recently by initiatives in Chile and Zimbabwe.
Malaysia’s Maxis has confirmed that its board is evaluating the governance requirements for signing an access deal with the country’s 5G wholesale vehicle Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB).
Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) has signed an agreement with Kacific which will improve connectivity in underserved areas and provide the operator with an enterprise-level back-up service to help mitigate the impact of future outages.
Huawei SVP and president of Asia-Pacific Simon Lin (pictured) opened the second day of Huawei Ultra-Broadband Forum 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. There he highlighted in his keynote speech "Advanced Connectivity, Boost Growth" - how the pandemic has transformed the lives of consumers and enterprises, while laying out a roadmap for operators to upgrade their network’s sustainably to sustain the growing demand for connectivity.
Rohde & Schwarz, known for its solutions in test and measurement, technology systems, and networks and cybersecurity, has received an order from the Malaysia telecoms regulator.
Angolan President President Joao Lourenco has issued a decision finalising the transfer of ownership stakes in mobile market leader Unitel from private companies Vidatel and Geni to the state – effectively nationalising the operator.
What can cash-strapped Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) do after plans for the conversion of dues it owes to the Indian state into a government stake were once again delayed, this time due to the operator’s low share price?
Malaysian operators Celcom Axiata, DiGi Telecommunications, Telekom Malaysia and U Mobile have now signed agreements to access – for ten years – the much-delayed wholesale 5G network rolled out and run by state agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB).
Romania’s National Authority for Management & Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) confirmed that three operators have applied to bid in its upcoming multi-band spectrum auction.
Telkom SA has launched a high-speed 5G network using technology from Huawei.
In what is described as its largest-ever financing for mobile telecoms network expansion in Africa, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to €100 million financing (about US$99.5 million) with operator MTN Nigeria to support the telecommunications company’s network expansion programme.
Venezuela’s telecoms sector has not been flush with positive developments of late – the country’s economy has been in a downward spiral for well over five years now, and this has caused a staggering decline in a sector that had seen average to strong growth up until around 2015.
Bharti Airtel, one of the big three operators in the Indian market, has contracted Aviat Networks for wireless multiband radio solutions.
Less than a week after the merger of Thai operators True Corp and Total Access Communication (DTAC) got the go-ahead, Norway's Telenor, which owns DTAC, has asked for clarification from regulator the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) on the conditions it has imposed.
The Digital Poland Association (Cyfrowa Polska) has called on the country’s government to license 3.5GHz C-band spectrum for 5G use “as soon as possible.”
E-Networks has tapped Mavenir to deploy Guyana’s first 5G VoLTE network.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instructed the local units of Airtel and MTN to repeal the tariff increases that they imposed last week.
Satellite operator SES has signed a multi-year capacity renewal deal with operator Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division, to enable the delivery of enhanced 4G/5G-ready services via its O3b mPOWER network, SES’s next-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, in at least eight of 23 cities the operator serves via SES’s multi-orbit satellite network across the region.
Benin’s state-owned infrastructure firm SBIN (Societe Beninoise d’Infrastructures Numeriques) has entered the country’s mobile market as its third player.
Kenyan operator Safaricom has announced the commercial availability of 5G in the country – though only in Wi-Fi form for now.
Two recent Nokia deals, in Indonesia and Azerbaijan, emphasise network enhancement and improved customer experience but also, the vendor says, offer the potential for cost savings for operators.
Leading IT infrastructure and services company NTT has announced the opening of its latest data centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
A brief roundup of recent Ericsson news underlines the company’s diverse capabilities, encompassing cognitive software in the Middle East, uplink record-breaking in Brazil and, through an affiliate, network maintenance in Montenegro.
Cameroon’s main operator Camtel has according to local media, announced plans to bring on board local companies to help operate its FTTH fibre optic networks in two major cities: Yaoundé and Douala.
Nokia has confirmed the extension of its existing relationship with the world’s largest power utility, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC).
Thai operators AIS and True hailed their efforts and government initiatives to create an ecosystem that supports 5G, which has accelerated the companies to prep for the next stages of the technology such as network slicing and healthcare solutions.
Earlier this year we reported on the launch of Africa’s first metaverse and plans to commercialise a 3D virtual reality experience set in a virtual world called Ubuntuland. Well, Ubuntuland is about to be home to an Africa-first virtual concert.
IP Infusion, a provider of open network software solutions for wireline and mobile network operators, has announced a deal with Extreme Labs, an internet exchange point (IXP) focused on internet optimization that operates the largest internet exchange in India.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF) has made a non-binding offer of nearly US$6 billion to acquire 51% of STC’s towers unit TAWAL.
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