Canadian RAN provider NuRAN Wireless secured an operating licence in Cameroon as part of wider ambitions to deploy 10,000 sites across the African continent. 

Chinese equipment vendor ZTE announced it it will supply equipment to Claro Ecuador to extend its fibre network. 

Airtel announced the milestones of connecting 900,000 customers to its 5G network in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and 1.7 million in Kerala.

Benin and Togo have signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) enabling free international mobile network roaming between the two countries.

UAE operator etisalat by e& has been busy of late. Two more partnerships with Ericsson have been announced to add to this week’s 5G downlink speed record achieved alongside the tech giant.

The Africa-focused GSMA event MWC Kigali 2023 is well under way and is proving a useful platform for some major service providers to comment on government policy across the continent – notably on taxation.

There's been yet another piece of generative AI news today. G42, a UAE-based technology holding group, has announced a partnership with OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company behind ChatGPT, to deliver cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to the UAE and regional markets.

Operator Airtel Nigeria has announced a collaboration with MediaTek, a leading global fabless semiconductor company that powers nearly two billion connected devices annually.

According to a number of press reports, Senegal is now preparing for the launch of its first satellite, initially scheduled for 2021 and postponed to 2023 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chilean regulator Subtel has published the outline of a new 5G public tender that, it says, “seeks to continue providing better connectivity to the country and be a contribution to the reduction of the digital divide”.

Nokia has collaborated with Pakistani fixed-line provider Cybernet to deploy the country’s first DWDM network operating at 600Gbps per wavelength.

Airtel Uganda has pushed back the closing date for its initial public offer (IPO).

Tech giant Ericsson and operator du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (EITC), have signed a partnership agreement to offer the Ericsson Connected Recycling platform as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Government of Rwanda and SoftBank Corp have confirmed the successful testing of SoftBank's proprietary 5G communications payload in the stratosphere installed on a solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype.

Nigeria’s Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) is having a  busy week already, with the industry association expressing concerns about unpaid bank debts and the cost of spectrum licenses.

UAE operator etisalat by e& has announced a 5G standalone (SA) deployment and a 5G downlink speed record.

A preliminary agreement with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation & Aerospace will see Starlink provide high speed internet access to around 2000 rural schools across the country.

According to industry body the GSMA over half (54%) of the world’s population owns a smartphone, but the rate of new mobile internet users has slowed. 

Paratus, a provider of ICT network solutions, fibre, and satellite connectivity, has launched what it calls two game-changing cross-border fibre links enhancing connectivity for Mozambique.

Tecnotree has implemented a Business Support System (BSS) upgrade for MTN South Sudan.

Madagascar’s Axian has closed its acquisition of additional shares in Senegal’s Free.

Argentina’s communications regulator Enacom has confirmed the country's planned upcoming 5G spectrum auction for 24 October and suggested it will raise about US$1.05 billion.

Paraguay is the latest market in which Starlink has procured a licence for satellite broadband.

Newly launched Beninese mobile provider Celtiis has deployed the Captura NG solution from Oculeus to help manage its wholesale operations and network of national and international interconnect partners for its voice and messaging services.

CSquared has selected Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to bring high-speed broadband services to Togo.

In yet another reminder of the opportunities for private 5G in multiple industries, John Deere, a global leader in the delivery of agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, has outlined plans to launch its first private 5G network in a new factory in Brazil later this year.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a leading provider of pan-African digital infrastructure, has partnered with wingu.africa a provider of carrier-neutral data centre services, to introduce Tanzania’s second Azure Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) stack.

Plans for Colombian operators Tigo and Movistar to move towards unifying their networks have been approved by Colombian business regulator the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC).

American Tower Corporation a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate, has released its 2022 sustainability report in which it says it has decreased its direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (scope 1) by 11% from 2019.

State-owned telecommunications operator Mauritius Telecom says it is assessing opportunities in several African nations as part of what is describes as a key strategic initiative to diversify out of the Indian Ocean island market.

Digital systems integrator BCX has launched an Africa Local Public (ALP) cloud service, with Alibaba Cloud, aimed at delivering innovative technology solutions to businesses across the continent.

Cambodian operator CamGSM PLC says it has cleared two key regulatory hurdles to listing its planned US$20 billion sustainability bond next month.