Two Saudi companies have been given a green light to develop data centres in one of Saudi Arabia’s newest – and possibly smartest – cities.

SICO  Technology, described as Egypt’s first smartphone maker, plans to get into the African electronics market assembling handsets for other companies, according to recent news reports.

Nepal has seen widespread fixed broadband outages resulting from a clash between the state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and several of the country’s ISPs.

Guyana’s government has demanded that U-Mobile, which operates as Digicel Guyana, pay overdue fees totalling GYD1 billion (US$4.6 million).

Avanti Communications has announced the launch of a new managed satellite service for rural connectivity branded as Avanti EXTEND.

Late last week President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerians, in an Independence Day broadcast, that after a government team had had "extensive engagements" with Twitter, the ban on Twitter's operations in Nigeria was to be lifted. But there are strings attached.

Satellite broadband is coming to rural and unserved areas in Egypt after the announcement of a new deal involving a major name in networking technologies and services.

NuRAN Wireless, a supplier of mobile and broadband wireless infrastructure solutions, says the first site in Cameroon relating to its network as a service (NAAS) contracts with Orange SA went live last week and, the company adds, has already begun to generate significant traffic.

Zain Saudi Arabia has selected Netcracker’s cloud-based digital BSS and customer engagement solutions for its digital transformation programme.

Vodafone Oman (Oman Future Telecommunications) has tapped Ericsson for its 4G and 5G core networks along with a greenfield radio access network (RAN).

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has concluded the auction of 1800MHz spectrum in two of the country’s regions, with several operators acquiring holdings.

Africa and the Middle East (AME) telecom operators to add 7.58 million 5G subscribers in 2021 due to expanding coverage of 5G networks, said a study.

The tower business spin-off planned by telecommunications giant America Movil has got the green light from the company’s shareholders, who have overwhelmingly approved the plan.

Leading communications and entertainment company Liberty Latin America and telecommunications giant America Movil have announced an agreement to combine their respective Chilean operations, VTR and Claro Chile, to form a 50:50 joint venture.

Three operators have procured 2300MHz spectrum holdings in Kyrgyzstan’s recent spectrum auctions.

Kazakhstan’s state provider KT (Kazakhtelecom) is selling a 24% stake in its majority-owned mobile subsidiary Kcell.

The Ecuadorian Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society (Mintel), and the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (Citel) have signed a memorandum of understanding to connect rural and difficult-to-access areas of the country.

Ooredoo Oman has signed a new ICT and managed services agreement with Huawei which will come into effect on 1st January 2022.

The Brazilian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Desktop Sigmanet acquired LPNet, one of the largest broadband operators with FTTH in Sao Paulo, where it has around 127,000 accesses and covers more than 40 municipalities.

The Chilean regulator Subtel has confirmed that 5G rollout is to go ahead. The country’s Comptroller's Office has approved decrees that authorize the commercial deployment of 5G throughout the country – in at least some bands.

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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.