Pan-African data centre developer and operator the Raxio Group has held a ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of its fifth – and Côte d’Ivoire’s first – Tier III carrier-neutral colocation data centre.

American Tower Corporation’s African subsidiary ATC Africa and PowerX have announced a strategic partnership that, they say, will bring the efficiency and environmental benefits of PowerX’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to Africa’s telecommunications industry by optimizing energy usage at tower sites.

There’s been further success in Latin America for satellite networking technology, solutions and services company Gilat.

Venezuela’s Digitel has upgraded its network capabilities using Optiva’s BSS platform.

Recent days have brought some cause for celebration for Mexican telecommunication company Altan Redes as it finally emerged from bankruptcy.

MTN Group has named Lebanon’s M1 New Ventures as the buyer of its Afghan unit as it prepares to finalise its exit from the market.

Fintech firm Yabx has announced that it is entering the Nigerian market.

Pan-African network operator Paratus Group has announced a multi-year agreement with global telecommunications provider OneWeb to build a gateway in Luanda, Angola. It will be operational in the second half of 2023.

Cloud services company Amazon Web Services (AWS) has this week announced the opening of its first office in Lagos, Nigeria.

Huawei's Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution won the Access Innovation Award at the 24th World Communication Awards (WCA), recognizing the Chinese vendor’s technical innovation and business achievements in the access field.

Satellite networking technology, solutions and services company Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has been selected to support a multi-million-dollar e-learning project in Peru.

Argentine state-owned satellite company ARSAT has said it has opened a tender for the extension of the national Refefo fibre optic network at border crossings. Offers have to be supplied by 17 November.

Major Indian operator Bharti Airtel has announced two big achievements for its 5G network this week: one million 5G users and the first airport in India to get access to its 5G network.

Pan-African operator MTN Group and technology giant Microsoft have announced an ambitious strategic alliance agreement to, as they put it, “accelerate digital and cloud transformation working towards a shared vision of driving Africa’s growth”.

GetaFIX, the Philippines’ largest neutral internet exchange (IX), and leading IX operator DE-CIX, have announced a strategic partnership that will connect the Philippines to DE-CIX’s Southeast Asian distributed interconnection ecosystem.

Indian managed data centre service provider Yotta Infrastructure has unveiled what it describes as North India’s first hyperscale data centre, at an inauguration ceremony at its Greater Noida Data Centre Park.

Several Latin American operators are set to shut down networks based on older technology standards.

Costa Rican regulator Sutel (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones) has called on the government to help it regain control over unused 2.6GHz spectrum holdings, which it claims are “vital for the development of 5G in Costa Rica.”

At the 8th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2022), Huawei unveiled its Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution with an industry-leading centralized Wi-Fi access network (C-WAN) architecture.

Qatar Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has selected a solution to monitor mobile operators’ network quality supplied by network lifecycle automation expert Infovista.