Wireless Networks Indian mine hosts private 5G proof of concept Private 5G continues to make steady inroads into the Indian market. Advanced 5G infrastructure specialist Tidal Wave Technologies and...
Operators Telenor may be sued over sharing of customer data with Myanmar junta Myanmar civil society groups Defend Myanmar Democracy and the Myanmar Internet Project have announced plans to sue the Norwegian telecoms giant...
Cyber Security Airtel Business to boost Indian Railways' digital security Airtel Business, the enterprise arm of India’s global communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel, says it has secured a multi-year contract...
Satellite Networks 4iG SDT agreement with Axiom Space could boost Hungary’s space industry Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defence (4iG SDT) says it has signed a preliminary, non-binding commitment letter with US-based Axiom Space, a...
Data Centres & Networks Atlas Renewable plans to develop data centres in Brazil US company Atlas Renewable, Latin America's largest privately-owned renewables independent power producer (IPP) and one of the world's...
Tech Indian institutions partner to accelerate telecoms innovation The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has signed a memorandum of...
Optical & Fixed Networks Nokia helps South Africa’s fibertime to connect underserved communities South African company fibertime, which says its aim is to connect townships to affordable world-class internet, is working with tech giant Nokia...
Enterprise Ecosystems Seacom and Sentech aim to boost South Africa’s telecoms SMMEs Subsea cable operator and managed connectivity service provider Seacom says it has signed an MoU with broadcast and digital services...
Data Centres & Networks Raxio, Laser Light to boost internet services in seven African markets African data centre operator Raxio Group says it has signed an agreement with digital network operator Laser Light Africa to accelerate internet...
Wireless Networks IHS Brazil, Claro, Vivo and TIM install shared tower in Combu Independent tower operator IHS Brazil said on Thursday it has collaborated with Brazil’s three largest mobile operators – Claro, Vivo and TIM –...
Data Centres & Networks Big data centre win for Elea in Brazil Data centre infrastructure platform Elea Data Centres has won what it describes as the largest IT infrastructure contract of its kind ever...
Wireless Networks GlobalLogic and Poland’s Plus launch private 5G network in Krakow This week sees yet another 5G private network launch, in this case through a collaboration between Polish operator Plus, tech giant Ericsson and...
Energy & Sustainability Botswana and Nigeria to house renewable energy-powered data centres Botswana and Nigeria are in the data centre news after recent announcements signalling plans to develop facilities in both countries powered, in...
Wireless Networks Operator e& launches first RedCap use case in the UAE Operator e& UAE says it has enabled a technology called Reduced Capability (RedCap) on its 5G standalone (5GSA) network,...
Data Centres & Networks ByteBridge signs AI-related MoUs targeting Middle East and APAC markets IT infrastructure and data centre solutions company ByteBridge, has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the past week, one...
Operators Telecom Egypt appoints Tamer El Mahdi as chief Telecom Egypt has appointed Tamer El Mahdi (pictured) as its new CEO and managing director, succeeding Mohamed Nasr.
Operators CCP approves PTCL acquisition of Telenor Pakistan The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has finally cleared Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited’s (PTCL) acquisition of rival Telenor...
Revenue & Billing Peru’s Guinea Mobile uses Totogi to support MVNE business growth Guinea Mobile, a Peruvian MVNE, running on operator Claro Peru’s network and powering seven digital brands, has selected SaaS specialist Totogi’s...
Energy & Sustainability Planned Paraguay data centre will use hydroelectric power A previously little-known company called X8 Cloud Infrastructure has announced plans to build an artificial intelligence and cloud services data...
Satellite Networks Will Mauritania join the African space race? The government of Mauritania has indicated that it intends to develop a national space programme focused on nanosatellites to strengthen...
Consumer Ecosystems Airtel plans India’s first AI/ML-powered, cloud-based location service Airtel Business, part of global communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel Limited, has entered into a strategic partnership with...
Optical & Fixed Networks Taliban escalates internet blackout in Afghanistan The Taliban has intensified its internet crackdown, triggering a nationwide connectivity blackout across Afghanistan.
Wireless Networks MTN South Africa and Ericsson complete 5G core modernisation Ericsson said on Monday that MTN South Africa has successfully completed its core network modernisation project that will give its mobile...
Operators From IaaS to outsourced networks: does cutting capex cost control? Deploying a mobile network has never been cheap, but the scale of the intensive capital expenditure required is increasingly pushing smaller...
Cyber Security Ooredoo Group announces rollout of advanced cybersecurity services Ooredoo Group, the international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, has announced the...
Vendors Qvantel acquires Optiva to scale up AI-enabled BSS portfolio Finland-based business support systems (BSS) provider Qvantel announced it is acquiring rival Optiva, in a move aimed at expanding its scale and...
Data Centres & Networks Submer aims to create a data centre ecosystem in India Submer, a major name in data centre design and immersion cooling, has announced its strategic expansion into the Indian market, positioning the...
Mobile Finance Orange Egypt launches gold trading for Orange Cash Wallet users Orange Egypt has partnered with Egyptian online gold trading platform mnGm to launch what they say is the country’s first digital platform for...
Operators True to appeal $124m ruling True Corp will challenge a decision by the Central Administrative Court which dismissed its appeal against an arbitration order requiring the...
Customer Management Mastercard addresses ID security in Africa and payments ecosystem development in Syria In a busy week for the payments giant, Mastercard has announced an extended digital identity partnership in Africa and a memorandum of...
Optical & Fixed Networks Seacom reveals plans for AI-ready ‘Seacom 2.0’ subsea cable Subsea cable provider Seacom revealed on Thursday it will build a new subsea cable system, Seacom 2.0, that will provide AI-level capacity across...
Enterprise Ecosystems PLDT addresses remote connectivity and MR healthcare in the Philippines PLDT Enterprise, the corporate arm of Philippines operator PLDT, has in recent days announced not only a remote connectivity initiative but a...
Optical & Fixed Networks Mexico’s Telmex launches TMX5 submarine cable Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), a Mexican telecommunications company and a wholly owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant America...
Wireless Networks NLT, TNS and floLIVE partner to boost eSIM in Latin America NLT Telecom, a Brazilian operator focused in IoT, floLIVE, a provider of connectivity and network services, and TNS, which provides connectivity...
Wireless Networks Motorola Solutions boosts comms in São Paulo Subway The São Paulo Subway, one of Latin America's largest subway transportation operators, which operates in the most populous city in Brazil, has...
Humanitarian Comms World Bank Group approves Zambian digitisation project The World Bank Group has approved the Digital Zambia Acceleration Project (DZAP), a project that aims to support Zambian government efforts to...
Vendors Huawei unveils “ACT" pathway for enterprises to accelerate industrial intelligence Huawei has launched a three-step "ACT" pathway to enable intelligent transformation for enterprises, with the aim of helping them harness the...
Data Centres & Networks Telecom Egypt sets up new PoP in Jordan via ADH data centre Telecom Egypt says it has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Jordanian Tier III carrier-neutral data centre Aqaba Digital Hub that it...
Optical & Fixed Networks USTDA funds study to extend Medusa cable along Africa's west coast The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has agreed to fund a feasibility study for a plan to extend AFR-IX Telecom’s Medusa subsea cable...
Operators Loc8 enters Namibia’s 5G race with 2026 launch plan Loc8 has reportedly entered Namibia’s 5G arena, aiming to launch its network in Q1 2026 after years of securing telecoms licences for both 4G and...
Satellite Networks Globalstar expands its Estonian ground station Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Globalstar...
Satellite Networks Project Kuiper satellite internet is coming to Kazakhstan A new agreement announced this week between Amazon's Project Kuiper low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network and Kazakhtelecom, the...
Optical & Fixed Networks Softbank, Meta plan to light “Candle” connecting Japan and SEA Japan’s SoftBank announced on Monday that it has formed a consortium with Meta, IPS, Telekom Malaysia and XLSmart to develop a new subsea cable...
Investment Airtel Chad plans major network upgrade Operator Airtel Chad is reportedly planning a XAF50 billion (about US$90 million) investment plan aimed at improving network quality and...
Mobile Finance Safaricom announces biggest M-Pesa upgrade in ten years A scheduled upgrade to its M-Pesa mobile finance service, announced last week by Kenyan operator Safaricom, was successfully completed today. It...
Mobile Finance How will Senegal’s planned mobile taxes affect economic development? Late last week, the Finance and Budgetary Control Committee of the National Assembly of Senegal adopted a bill taxing digital financial services,...
Vendors Nokia to modernise Viettel’s broadband network in Hanoi Nokia has signed a contract to modernise Vietnamese operator Viettel’s broadband network in the capital city of Hanoi.
Regulation Law changes, grants and new strategic plans announced for Zambia’s ICT sector It’s been a busy week for ICT in Zambia with the approval of two new bills for the digital economy, a new strategic plan announced by Zambia's...
Customer Management Jumia teams up with financing group to boost Kenyan smartphone sales Ongoing efforts to make smartphones affordable to more Africans while still ensuring a margin for sellers are continuing. In fact, this week has...
Data Centres & Networks Iraq to build first data centres with Nokia to boost digital sovereignty The Iraqi government has announced plans to construct the country’s first data centres in partnership with Nokia.
