Kazakhstan’s Kcell has launched its first 5G trial with 12 sites now live across the cities of Almaty and Shymkent.
Tele2 Russia has reportedly withdrawn its RUB478 million (US$6.2 million) lawsuit against Finnish vendor Nokia, after the company ceased supplying operators and departed the Russian market due to the invasion of Ukraine.
Several of Digicel Group’s major creditors have reportedly expressed reservations over Chairman Denis O’Brien’s proposed agreement for restructuring the group’s debt.
The Panamanian National Public Services Authority (Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Publicos, ASEP) revealed it received a bid for the telecoms licence vacated by Digicel Panama.
Philippines-based operator PLDT agreed to acquire cable TV and broadband provider Sky Cable, in a move to bolster the operator’s broadband offering.
Orange ended its exploration of Nigeria as a potential addition to its African footprint, as Middle East and Africa CEO Jerome Henique (pictured), bemoaned a lack of market conditions for the operator to enter.
The National Bank of Rwanda has granted fintech firm Flutterwave two additional licences that will boost its mobile finance offering in East Africa.
Fifteen months after conducting 5G pilot testing in the country, MTN Côte d’Ivoire has announced that its 5G services will be available by the start of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled for January in that year.
Indian ISP Netplus Broadband has tapped Nokia for its Multi-Access Gateway Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) application.
Helios Towers highlighted moves to lower capex for 2023 and focus on organic growth this year, as the company reported boosts to revenue and operating profit.
Hard on the heels of the announcement that it plans to use renewable solar energy for its facilities in South Africa, Africa Data Centres has now said that it intends to deploy what it calls a cutting-edge data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution in facilities in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
India’s IT and electronics minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar denied the government is planning to force smartphone makers to enable users to uninstall bloatware apps, and enforce mandatory checks, describing the story broke by Reuters as “plain wrong”.
Telecom Egypt chose IBM automation technologies to upgrade its OSS systems across mobile, fixed and core networks to enable the operator to reduce operational costs and minimise the time in finding and fixing network incidents.
India has reportedly set into motion a security law to force smartphone manufacturers to enable the removal of pre-installed apps on demand and screening of major OS updates reported Reuters.
Omani service provider Omantel and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), have announced plans to link the UAE and Oman through a newly activated 275-kilometre international fibre optic submarine cable named the Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG).
The government of Burkino Faso has chosen Telecel Faso’s new subsidiary Bridge Fiber Solutions (BFS) to operate and maintain the country’s fibre optic backbone network.
Africa Data Centres and operator Orange are both making plans to use solar power for at least some of their data centre power requirements in parts of Africa.
State-owned operator Guinee Telecom, formerly known as Sotelgui, will not relaunch operations until next year, dismissing reports claiming the operator will do so this year.
Argentina-based connectivity provider Servicio Satelital has partnered with neXat to provide its customers with advanced, satellite specific OSS/BBS tools via neXat’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution.
The Bolivian president has announced a US$20 million investment to build a new data centre in the city of El Alto, the country’s second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the west of the country close to the Peruvian and Chilean borders.
A good financial showing in 2022 from pan-African service provider MTN Group was accompanied by stern comments from the group’s CEO Ralph Mupita about the situation it faces in South Africa.
UZ-SAT, a joint venture between Uzbektelecom, Satellin Group, and private Uzbekistani enterprises, has selected Hughes’ Jupiter System to power satellite solutions in the market.
Developing Telecoms met recently with Huawei FinTech and Mobile Financial Services (MFS) team, to discuss the development and growth of Huawei’s MFS business. The interview started by asking them to outline how Huawei first entered the MFS market.
United Arab Emirates operator E& announced it is sending AED20 million worth of telecoms equipment to Turkey as part of efforts to aid the country in its recent natural disasters, reported Emirates News Agency.
Reliance Jio subsidiary Radisys acquired fixed wireless access (FWA) specialists Mimosa Networks for US$60 million from Airspan Networks, to move to accelerate Jio’s telecom network product development.
Satellite technology company Hughes Network Systems has announced that Mexican telecommunications and entertainment company Stargroup has selected the Hughes JUPITER System and managed satellite broadband to extend LTE service to customers in rural communities.
The Telecommunications Operators Association of Zimbabwe (TOAZ), the industry body that represents Zimbabwe’s telecommunications companies, has petitioned the country’s parliament to change the law so that operators can charge economically sustainable tariffs.
The Cape Verdean telecommunications service provider Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom) plans an IPO on the national stock exchange by the end of the year, according to Miguel Monteiro, president of the Cape Verde Stock Exchange, who revealed the plan in a recent press briefing.
Reliance Jio expanded its 5G network yet again, this time to 27 cities taking its total to 331 across India, as the operator aims to stay on pace against rivals that are also rapidly expanding their 5G network.
Smartphone shipments in Africa declined 16.2% year-on-year in Q4 2022, marking a sixth quarter of decline, as consumer and vendor confidence was cut by macroeconomic factors, according to analyst firm IDC.
Jamaica’s newest player Rock Mobile is reportedly on track to complete deployment of its 700MHz network by the end of this month.
Agility Logistics Parks (ALP) has announced the launch of tailored, master-planned data centre campus sites in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and Ghana, with more to come.
Bharti Airtel launched 5G in a further 125 cities bringing its total to over 265 locations across India, as it aims to cover priority locations in the next two years.
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