The prime minster of Burkina Faso, Christophe Dabire, has labelled Orange’s propose price hike “unacceptable”.
A senior official in Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications is being investigated by the country’s Attorney General’s Office in relation to the country’s recent spectrum auction.
Recent third quarter 2019 results from the Vodafone Group highlighted a good performance in Africa for Vodacom, while efforts are continuing to simplify the group to two differentiated, scaled geographic regions: Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.
Both Zambia – through state-owned operator Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) – and Nigeria appear to be pushing through new rules on mobile subscriber registration.
Guyana’s regulator has dismissed a proposal from Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to settle a long-running tax dispute.
STC must make an offer on Telecom Egypt’s 44.94% stake of Vodafone Egypt if its acquisition of Vodafone Group’s 54.93% stake in the unit closes successfully.
Bharti Airtel has stated that it will not bid on 5G spectrum in India’s upcoming auctions if the reserve price remains fixed at US$68.58m/MHz, as per regulator TRAI’s advice.
The regulator of Honduras has confirmed that it intends to release the 3.5GHz band for mobile use.
Hard on the heels of its recent 5G announcement comes more good news for Vodacom in the form of recently published results for the company that indicate impressive growth, especially in South Africa.
Vodacom South Africa is lining up a 5G launch for this year.
Uzbekistan’s Ucell has partnered with P.I. Works to implement an integrated network and business performance management platform.
Morocco’s regulator has issued a fine of $375 million to Maroc Telecom for contravening the country’s antitrust regulations on the implementation of local loop unbundling (LLU).
MTN has re-entered the South African mobile money market after shelving its previous offering over three years ago.
Israel’s Hot Mobile has submitted a bid to take over 100% of rival operator Partner Communications.
Qatar has launched its first Internet exchange point.
MTN is planning to invest US$1.6 billion into its Nigerian unit across the next three years.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is acquiring Vodafone’s 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt.
Djibouti and Somaliland are at loggerheads over the installation and proposed route of the DARE1 (Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1) submarine cable.
American Movil has been issued a $68.8 million (1.3 billion pesos) fine by Mexico’s regulator for failing to share information about its infrastructure.
OneWeb has partnered with Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) to boost broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan.
Ghanaian bank GCB has stated that it will launch its G-Money mobile money platform on 30th January.
Telecom Egypt has shut down speculation that it could sell its 45% holding in Vodafone Egypt.
Novator Partners is reportedly lining up a bid to acquire a controlling stake in Telefonica Colombia.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has deployed Nokia’s technology to expand the capacity of its recently installed 100G transport network to 200G optical network for both domestic and international traffic.
Telefonica has received a €10 billion offer on a majority stake in its business across eight Latin American markets.
Bharti Airtel has been granted permission by India’s Department of Telecommunications to receive up to 100% of its paid-up capital from overseas investors.
To meet the needs of new access technologies and growing transport requirements, as well as growing data demand in its region, Ooredoo Algeria is modernizing its infrastructure by boosting capacity throughout the network, with the help of SIAE Microelettronica.
Samsung is reportedly lining up an investment of $500 million for a smartphone display manufacturing plant in India.
CMC Networks and Neutrona Networks are expanding their SD-WAN and cloud network services for customers doing business in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
After shuttering its Indian operations in 2017, RCom (Reliance Communications)’s attempts to sell off its assets in order to recoup some of its liabilities are proving fruitful.
ZTE and MTN Uganda have jointly launched the first 5G SA network in East Africa.
After receiving permits to trial 5G technologies from the Department of Telecommunications, India’s operators have selected suppliers for their tests.
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is to launch the first 5G wholesale roaming service in South Africa.
Recent Zimbabwean press reports indicate that state-backed mobile operator Telecel, already a distant third in the rankings of Zimbabwe’s three mobile network operators, may be on the verge of collapse.
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