South African 5G pioneer Rain has announced further growth for its 5G network, to which it recently added eight new regions.

2Africa can now officially boast that it is the longest subsea cable system in the world after the announcement that it has been extended to the Arabian Gulf, Pakistan and India.

It may come as a surprise to some readers that a major operator in Bahrain still runs a 2G network. Well, it won’t be doing so for much longer. Operator Batelco is phasing out its 2G network to make way for what it calls transformation towards advanced mobile development.

The government of Botswana is upgrading its private wireless transmission network using Intracom Telecom’s OmniBAS microwave product family.

Philippines telco Globe Telecom will launch 5G standalone (SA) technology in the Philippines as it looks to bring a wide range of use cases to customers.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs, is opening a new data centre design facility in Zagreb, Croatia.

Call4tel, a global manufacturer of unified communications appliances, has appointed Nology, a leading IP solutions provider in South Africa, as its local authorised distributor of the Call4tel 3CX PBX certified appliance range.

Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), a subsidiary of UAE-based Digital DEWA, signed a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) agreement with Nozomi Networks, provider of Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) security.

The Czech regulator has announced plans to regulate the country’s mobile data market next year after deciding there isn’t enough competition.

It’s finally happening. The long-awaited Brazilian 5G spectrum auction is set to go ahead on 4 November.

The Government of Togo and Bboxx, a next generation utility, have announced what is described as the first-ever memorandum of understanding (MoU) to sell smartphones in Togo on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Guinea-Bissau’s National Regulatory Authority for ICT (ARN) is reviving the country’s state-backed Guine Telecom (Companhia de Telecomunicacoes da Guine-Bissau) including its mobile unit Guinetel.

Telekom Slovenije has tapped Nokia to supply broadband equipment to allow its FTTH network to offer 10Gb/s, with deployment slated for this year.

India's department of telecommunications (DoT) has amended the commercial VSAT license rules to enable sharing of satellite infrastructure and backhaul connectivity for cellular mobile services and access service providers.

Mongolia-based operator ONDO (IN Mobile Network LLC), the fifth mobile operator in Mongolia, received a license to provide mobile services from the national telecommunications regulator Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC).

Finnish multinational telecommunications giant Nokia and South Africa-headquartered miner AngloGold Ashanti have successfully trialled 5G connectivity at an underground mine in Jerico, Colombia.

The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to form a permanent joint committee to develop the system for regulating free competition in the Egyptian telecom market.

The continuing growth of India’s data centre industry shows no sign of slowing down. This time it's the Indian ICT service and solution provider Sify Technologies Ltd that has announced major plans.

Pakistan’s government has settled a long-running spat with Etisalat that arose following the UAE-based group’s purchase of a minority stake in PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited).

Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost over 1.4 million subscribers in July 2021 whereas Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added 6.5 million and 1.9 million subscribers, respectively, during the month, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

South Africa's data center market size will witness investments of USD 3071 million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 15% said a report.

Beijing, the Capital of China, now has 45,700 5G base stations as of the end of August, with 5G users totaling over 12 million, said the report.

Africa Data Centres, the only pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centres on the continent, has completed its new Johannesburg data centre, based in its Midrand Campus which is one of the largest in Africa.

Kenyan operator Safaricom has confirmed that it plans to launch a commercial 5G network in 2022.

Leading Indian operator Bharti Airtel has selected networking products company Tejas Networks to enhance its optical network capacity in key metropolitan markets.

Burkino Faso’s government has detailed its National Strategy for the Development of the Digital Economy, which seeks to boost connectivity in urban areas.

Belarusian infrastructure provider beCloud has partnered with mobile operator A1 to boost 4G/LTE coverage in the Vitebsk region by “almost seven times”.

Lynk Global has signed its first commercial deals with operators in the Bahamas and the Central African Republic.

Kalyanaraman Rajaraman has been appointed by the Government of India as the new secretary in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). He has replaced Anshu Prakash, who was the former DoT secretary.