Almost three years after acquiring Telenor’s operations in Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia, PPF Group has confirmed that it will stop using the Norwegian group’s branding from 1^st March 2022.

It looks like this may finally be the end for any form of home-grown version of 5G in India – even one merged with standards body the 3rd Generation Partnership Project's (3GPP) global 5G standard. The country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now apparently decided to abandon 5Gi, as the local standard is known.

Rock Connect has selected Nokia to deploy a 4G-LTE Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Jamaica.

Earlier this week, Latvia’s Public Utilities Commission SPRK closed its tender of 1.5GHz spectrum without confirming the results. Bite Latvia has now stated that it will acquire spectrum in the 1432MHz-1452MHz range for EUR200,000.

Kazakhstan is finalising new draft legislation covering spectrum licences ahead of a competitive tender later this year.

India's No. 2 mobile-phone operator Bharti Airtel announced that it will receive a US$ 1 billion investment from Google as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund.

Malaysian multinational telecommunications conglomerate Axiata will be acquiring a 66.03% stake in one of Indonesia's biggest cable TV operators and fixed broadband internet provider, Link Net, for about $604 million, paving the way for expansion in the archipelago's untapped fixed broadband market.

Nokia has joined hands with OIV, a provider of communications infrastructure in Croatia, to deliver a 5G private wireless network solution for AD Plastik’s automotive component manufacturing facility in Croatia.

Kenya will be launching its first software-defined nanosatellite later this year, according to the two companies behind the development and launch of the satellite.

Microwave link measurement has taken to the skies of Paraguay  after a recently announced deal involving drones.

Globe Telecom, a provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines, has launched the first-ever Eco-SIM cards in Asia for its postpaid mobile customers.

Global connectivity provider Epsilon Telecommunications is providing customers with access to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region in Indonesia. This is the second AWS Region in Southeast Asia other than Singapore.

TIME dotCom, a fixed-line telecommunications provider in Malaysia, has become the first telecommunications provider in Southeast Asia to obtain the MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification.

Israel’s Partner Communications has been awarded a contract for a new fibre link connecting two continents.

In a major deal anounced this week, Eutelsat Communications has been selected by Intersat to help deliver internet connectivity for three countries in West Africa.

Infobip has implemented a WhatsApp-based chat banking solution for fintech start-up Afridig Wallets.

Nokia announced it is working with French multinational firm Alstom to deliver a private wireless network for the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation’s (NCRTC) Delhi to Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

Sterlite Technologies (STL), an integrator of digital networks, announced a partnership with India's largest power distribution company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has commissioned a new 21-megawatt solar power plant in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra as part of its commitment to reduce carbon footprint and contribute to the global efforts to curb the effects of climate change.

After a few months during which South Africa’s operators have had a number of reported disagreements with each other or the South Africa regulator, MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies have now joined forces in a common cause: to take on criminals.

The Jazz Digital Park (JDP), named after leading Pakistan operator Jazz, was formally inaugurated by Kaan Terzioğlu, the CEO of Jazz owner Veon Group, this week.

Is the Indian government hoping to bring a new mobile phone operating system to its home market? That appears to be the implication of a number of recent reports in the Indian press.

The finance ministry of Chad has decreed that equipment related to telecom and internet services, including network equipment, devices, modems and routers, are exempt from import duties and taxes for the next five years.

Latvia’s Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) has concluded its tender for 1.5GHz spectrum permits, with the regulator’s council due to approve the results by the end of January 2022.

Transsion has selected network positioning services from location data and technology platform HERE Technologies to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets including Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.

Satellite communication companies, OneWeb and Hughes partnered to provide high-speed, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband connectivity across India.

Ericsson has established a network operations centre (NOC) in Malaysia dedicated to Digital Nasional Bhd’s (DNB) 5G network as well as its key performance indicators. DNB is Malaysia's single wholesale 5G network operator.

Mexican telecommunications service provider GigNet has announced a deal to install a private high-speed internet and Wi-Fi network for Mera Corporation.

IHS Towers, which describes itself as one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, just got even bigger after a major acquisition in Brazil.

Will South Africa’s next spectrum auction now go ahead on 8 March as planned? A compromise gesture on the part of operator Telkom, whose court proceedings threatened to derail the process, implies that it may.

Integrated satellite and terrestrial network operator Intelsat has made news recently – both in disaster relief and in the more sedate area of commercial and business aviation services.

Following reports late last year that Philippines telecommunications company DITO had hit its target of five million subscriptions before the end of 2021 in the nine months since its commercial launch in March, recent announcements suggest that the company is aiming even higher.