Liberty Latin America (LLA) has extended its reach in the Latin American market with the confirmation of its latest acquisition.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend up to PLN 325 million (approximately $83.2 million) to Polish infrastructural telecommunications group Nexera to help finance the rollout of a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) access network.

In an effort to boost its rural coverage, Vodafone Romania deployed more than 700 LTE base transceiver stations between March 2020 and June 2021.

Venezuelan mobile operator Digitel has signed an agreement with Optiva for a multi-year support renewal and upgrade of its online charging system.

The Ethiopian authorities are to allow the new licence offered to a Safaricom-led consortium in May to be upgraded to include mobile financial services.

Two recent news stories from Nigeria underline the fact that efforts are continuing in the country to expand connectivity to less-well-served areas, in these two cases through rural satcoms and urban Wi-Fi.

Argentina's telecommunications regulator Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (Enacom) approved funding totalling ARS 671.6 million (USD 33.5 million) to improve broadband connectivity in the country.

It wasn’t too long ago that pan-African operator MTN seemed keen to have another try at the second Ethiopian telecoms licence it failed to win in May. That opportunity has now been offered, but MTN may no longer be as keen to get involved.

The private equity investor I Squared Capital (ISQ), which owns HGC Global Communications, is to buy Mexico’s largest data centre operator KIO Networks.

Brazilian investment fund The Bordeaux Participações fund transferred BRL 2.5 billion (US$ 4480 million) in the account of the government of Parana and took the last step towards the purchase of Copel Telecom.

MTN Nigeria, the biggest operator in the pan-African MTN Group in terms of subscriber numbers, says it is planning to invest 600 billion naira (about $1.46 billion) over the next three years to expand broadband access.

We reported in early July that Djibouti was planning to open up its telecoms sector to competition. Now the country has set Thursday 16

South African operator MTN has announced plans to invest some $11.8 million in network expansion in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

Somalia’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has set a deadline of 31st August for all unlicensed service providers nationwide to apply for an operating permit.

Telefonica finally looks clear to shift its Costa Rican unit after the country’s President Carlos Alvarado Quesada granted authorisation for its acquisition by Liberty Latin America (LLA).

The Moldovan telecom market has been affected by a combination of high unemployment and economic difficulties which have led to

Latvia’s telecom market continues to benefit from investment and from regulatory measures aimed at developing 5G and fibre-based

The economic prosperity of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) largely rests with the country’s continuing integration with the EU. GDP

Serbian state-owned telecommunications operator Telekom Srbija will establish a subsidiary in North Macedonia called Mtel and start offering mobile services there by the end of 2021.

The on-again-off-again story of the sale of two full-service telecoms licences in Ethiopia is  back in the news after an announcement from  the country’s government that it plans to reopen bidding for its second telecoms operator licence, which did not attract acceptable

Digicel Fiji has launched a satellite broadband service branded as Digisat that aims to deliver affordable universal data connectivity to remote communities across Fiji.

Uruguay’s state operator Antel is aiming to invest US$147 million into upgrading its fibre-optic network throughout 2022.

Ericsson has won a 3% share of a joint 5G radio contract offered by China Telecom and China Unicom.

Axiata Group and its Indonesian subsidiary XL Axiata have signed a non-binding agreement to acquire a 66.03% holding in Indonesian broadband provider LinkNet.

Jamaica’s telecom sector has for many years been propped up by the mobile sector, which accounts for the vast majority of internet

Although Bolivia had enjoyed strong economic growth prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, GDP remains among the lowest in South America.

In common with several other mid-sized countries in the region, Ecuador has a small telecom market dominated by the mobile sector.

Honduras is among the poorest countries in Central America and has long been plagued by an unstable political framework which has

France’s Iliad has made a non-binding offer to take over Poland’s largest cable firm UPC as it seeks to establish a fully converged operation in the market.

The European Commission has granted conditional approval for Orange Group to acquire a 54% controlling stake in Telekom Romania Communications (TKR).

Over 1,300 rural sites will gain access to connectivity in Peru as part of Peru's national programme to bridge the digital divide, according to the two signatories of a new satellite backhaul deal.

Neptune Communications has partnered with Parallel Wireless to deliver the Caribbean’s first O-RAN compliant 4G LTE solution in Barbados.

The Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) has opened a public consultation inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on its proposals for 5G spectrum bands.

Brazilian internet service provider (ISP) Unifique Telecomunicações said it raised BRL818 million ($158 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) after pricing its shares at BRL8.60 each, not far from the bottom end of the indicative range.

Two Nigerian communications industry associations have backed a proposed move by the country’s regulator towards collocation and infrastructure sharing.

International (and pan-African) operator Orange and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have inaugurated a new Orange Digital Centre in Bamako.

Telecom company Lumen Technologies is selling its Latin American network services to private equity firm Stonepeak Partners for $2.7 billion.

China is developing high-end microchip production at an unprecedented rate and mass production of domestic 14nm chips will be realized next year, according to Dr. Yungang Bao, of the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology (ICT).

The mobile money bandwagon continues to gather pace in Africa. Local press reports indicate that leading Angolan operator Unitel is about to launch a service called Unitel Money.

Bolivia is to expand its deployment of fibre and of cellular antennas to more municipalities across the country’s nine departments, according to recent reports from the Bolivian public works, services and housing ministry.

Nigeria’s government has again pushed back the deadline by which mobile phone users must register a valid National Identification Number (NIN) with their operator.

Angolan newcomer Africell is set to be granted a number of tax and customs exemptions after the country’s parliament unanimously approved the proposal.

The DRC’s state-owned provider SCPT (Societe Congolaise des Postes et Telecommunications) has signed a US$35 million infrastructure modernisation agreement with LMS Holding.

Ecuador is set to reform its Organic Telecommunications Law following a new decree signed by president Guillermo Lasso.

The development of 700 MHz 5G base stations will drive 5G investment in China in the second half of 2021.

Far from struggling with the pandemic, India’s smartphone market looks set for a boom this year, according to reports from two analyst firms.

Argentina-based private holding company Grupo Werthein has reached an agreement to acquire AT&T's Vrio digital entertainment services business in Latin America.

Eight ISPs in the Brazilian Northeastern states of Paraiba, Pernambuco, Ceara, and Rio Grande do Norte have merged to create Proxxima Telecomunicacoes, with 95,000 subscribers and 350,000 households connected to fibre.

For the second time this month an African MTN operator has announced a digital advertising services partnership, underlining the importance of mobile advertising to modern mobile business models, especially in low-income or low-margin markets.

Uzbekistan’s state provider Uzbektelecom claims to have made significant strides in its push to replace its copper communication networks with fibre-optic infrastructure.