Mexico’s Movistar has reportedly pushed back its deadline for switching off its 2G network.

In a bid to encourage domestic smartphone manufacturing, India’s government has granted incentives worth INR450 billion ($6.12 billion) to 16 local and overseas firms.

Jordan’s Ahli Bank has implemented Temenos’ cloud-native Infinity solution to help it develop and deploy digital and mobile banking experiences.

Airtel Africa is to expand its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enable 4G coverage in Kenya using Ericsson’s radio access network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G.

After more than a decade of civil war which destroyed much of its infrastructure, Liberia became a prime example of an almost entirely wireless telecommunications market.

The telecom market in Bhutan is dominated by the mobile sector, which accounts for the vast majority of voice and data connections. This is partly the result of poor fixed-line infrastructure, and topographic issues which has rendered it easier to deliver services based on mobile infrastructure.

Tunisia has one of the most sophisticated telecom infrastructures in North Africa. Penetration rates for mobile and internet services are among the highest in the region.

Sudan makes up the northern part of a country which in 2011 was separated to form the new state of South Sudan. Three quarters of the former population live in the north, where mobile market penetration is far higher.

Namibia was slow to introduce competition in the mobile market, with a second operator not licensed until 2006.

Recent announcements from Oman and Nigeria underline the continuing growth of data centres across multiple regions outside their traditional homes in the US and Europe.

Following a public tender, Mauritania’s Autorité de Régulation (ARE) has finally found bidders for the country’s three available provisional 4G licences.

Algeria’s regulator has issued fines to the country’s three mobile providers for failing to improve their 4G/LTE coverage.

Peruvian regulator Osiptel (Organismo Supervisor de Inversion Privada en Telecommuniciones) has ordered the local unit of Movistar to implement measures to let subscribers manage their subscriptions more easily.

MTN Zambia has partnered with ZTE to construct a cross-border optical transmission network backbone in Zambia.

Orange is expanding its fibre networks in two of its markets – Poland and Cote d’Ivoire.

Brazilian regulator Anatel has cleared operators with spectrum holdings in the 850MHz band to extend their rights up until 29th November 2028.

BT Group has closed the sale of its Latin American units and assets to CIH Telecommunications Americas.

Huawei is set to deploy over 2000 telecom sites in rural locations across Ghana.

The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has signed a collaboration agreement with Huawei Kenya that seeks to deepen financial inclusion in the banking sector through further deployment of technology and building fintech capacity.

Veon is taking full ownership of Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited (PMCL), which trades as Jazz.

Angola is edging further away from mobile duopoly status with the news that Leonel Augusto, the chairman of the Angolan Institute of Communications (INACOM) has supported Africell’s aim of launching services in the second half of next year.

Ooredoo Qatar’s CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani has claimed that the operator’s coverage in the market has reached “more than 90% of populated areas.”

Turkey’s regulator has cleared the government-backed Turkey Wealth Fund to take a controlling stake in fixed and mobile operator Turkcell.

Colombian provider Avantel has been cleared by the country’s Superintendency of Companies (Superintendencia de Sociedades, Supersociedades) to continue operations while reorganising its liabilities.