ZTE Corporation has released series of new 5G products and solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. 

India’s state-owned company Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd has cancelled a massive tender worth somewhere in the region of US$2.52billion which aimed to connect villages across 16 states with an optical fibre-based high-speed broadband network.

With more and more 5GNR networks in use, avoiding shadow coverage areas is becoming an important consideration to highlight the advantages of 5GNR. Repeaters and BDAs (bi-directional amplifiers) will continue to play a vital role, just as in the 3G/4G eras.

Orange has announced suppliers for its 5G standalone (5G SA) networks in Europe, including networks in Poland and Slovakia.

VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, has announced at MWC 2022 that it has been selected by Safaricom Ethiopia as its Telco Cloud Platform partner.

Sivers Semiconductors has announced multiple new products for licensed 5G bands at MWC 2022 resulting from its recent acquisition of mmWave company MixComm.

At MWC 2022 international communications company Ooredoo says it plans to update the industry on the many developments it has been working on since the last edition of the event, and will share news of its latest partnerships, products and solutions.

Open source solutions provider Red Hat has announced at Mobile World Congress 2022 that Turkish integrated telecommunications operator Turk Telekom has deployed Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading Kubernetes platform, for use across its business to develop and scale cloud-native applications from core to edge for faster innovation.

Nokia today announced the world’s first deployment of 5G Edge Slicing on a live commercial network with mobile operators, Cellcom and Telia.

Network software provider Mavenir has announced that it will be showcasing Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud-hosted 5G core network for various 4G/5G use cases at this year’s Mobile World Congress 2022. Mavenir is already working with customers for trials and deployment of Mavenir’s end-to-end solution on AWS.

India's Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has started discussions to create a framework for a fair assessment of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems to build public trust.

Shareholders of Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel have given their nod to the issue of equity shares by the firm to Google on “a preferential basis” following the tech giant’s recent acquisition of a 1.28% stake in the telco for USD 700 million.

The telecom market regulator of Romania, the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has approved its action plan for this year, which includes the auction for the awarding of frequency bands dedicated to applications using 5G technologies.

MTN Namibia has tapped Canadian firm NuRAN Wireless to deploy a minimum of 150 rural and suburban network sites over the next two years.

South African fibre broadband provider has acquired a 45% non-controlling stake in fibre/fixed wireless access provider Herotel.

Zimbabwean operator Econet Wireless and Botswana’s Mascom have this week both announced 5G launches that are to begin in their countries' capital cities.

Bahrain Telecommunication Company, trading as Batelco, has announced a net profit attributable to equity holders of the company of BHD65.9 million ($174.8 million) up 16% from the previous year's figures of BHD56.7 million ($150.4 million).

Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel has acquired a strategic stake in Singapore-based Blockchain platform Aqilliz for an undisclosed sum.

Pakistan-based fintech platform NayaPay has raised $13 million in one of the largest seed rounds in South Asia.

Globe Telecom cracked down on network disrupting signal boosters but has called for backup from regulator the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to toughen up rules to combat illegal equipment use, reported the Inquirer.  

Saudi Arabia’s Salam (formerly ITC) has selected Optiva’s BSS Platform to enable its new MVNO.

Telekom Kosovo (TK) has hit another setback in its long-running spat with Dardafon with the loss of another arbitration case.

Indian operator Vodafone Idea (aka Vi) has announced a collaboration with A5G Networks, an innovator in autonomous mobile network infrastructure, to enable Industry 4.0 and smart mobile edge computing in India.

Indonesian telecommunications tower company Mitratel (Dayamitra Telekomunikasi) pledged to put US$69.5 million into constructing new towers in remote locations across Indonesia.

Nokia is showcasing the UBT-T XP Dual Band radio, the latest addition to its award-winning Wavence product family, at Mobile World Congress 2022.

Nokia continues to maintain its leadership position in India’s optical networks market for four rolling quarters from Q4 2020 to Q3 2021, said a study.

Dubai-based telecom infrastructure solutions provider Arc Solutions has signed an agreement with Israel ISP and IT solutions provider Bezeq International (BI) to deploy its network in Bezeq International’s data centre in Tel Aviv.

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company invested US$350m (€309m) in Asian data centre operator Princeton Digital Group (PDG), backed by Warburg Pincus.

Satellite-direct-to-phone telecoms company Lynk Global, whose global commercial service is poised to launch later this year, says it has signed multiple commercial contracts with a number of mobile operators covering seven island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean.

Leading business services provider IBM has announced a multi-million dollar investment in its resources to help businesses prepare for and manage the growing threat of cyberattacks to organisations across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region – including new facilities in India.

Indian digital ICT solutions provider Sify Technologies Limited has concluded power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Vibrant Energy Holdings, which describes its  mission as 'to lead the transition of corporate and industrial customers to a more sustainable, resilient, and low-cost energy future', for 231 MW of solar and wind energy capacity.