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.

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.

Thales Alenia Space, which designs satellite-based systems, is to build a satellite for Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat. Its coverage area will include Latin America.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released draft guidelines aimed at boosting the use of television white spaces (TVWS) to improve rural connectivity in the country.

UZI Zambia Mobile has postponed its commercial launch again, with the Zambian government citing financial issues.

Pakistani operators Jazz and Zong have each been issued 5G test licences valid for six months by the country’s regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

Oman Future Telecoms (OFT) is leasing towers from Oman Tower Company in order to bring its wireless offering to the market.

An entrant in Colombia’s recent spectrum auction has asked to retract its bid after accidentally offering to pay ten times more than the going rate for the licence.

Paraguay expects its national fibre-optic network (Red Nacional de Fibra Optica, or RNFO) to be complete by February.

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) must repay INR1.04 billion (USD14.4 million) to the bankrupt operator Reliance Communications (RCom) after the country’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

Tajikistan’s ZET-Mobile has completed a large-scale expansion of its LTE network.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has issued an interim order preventing Nepal’s government from collecting capital gains tax on Axiata’s acquisition of Ncell.

The deployment of fibre-based broadband infrastructure has attracted increased interest in many markets of the Middle East due to the rising demand for data from consumers and enterprises alike, reports Research & Markets.

The government of India has thrown the doors open for vendors to take part in the country’s forthcoming 5G trials, including China’s Huawei.

America Movil has closed its acquisition of Nextel Brazil for final total of $905 million.

Indian regulator TRAI has opened a public consultation regarding a potential price floor for mobile voice and data tariffs.

SETAR, a communications provider in the Caribbean island country Aruba, has expanded its current partnership with Nokia with an agreement to provide what is described as a full end-to-end 5G network transformation.

MTN has announced that its mobile money service, MoMo, already available in a number of African countries, will go live in South Africa in January 2020.

According to Nigerian news reports, the country’s federal government has released a new five-year National Broadband Plan (NBP) to cover 2020-2025. Its aim is to boost broadband penetration from its present coverage of 37.8 percent to over 70 percent in the next five years.

Three of Uruguay’s leading operators have all procured spectrum in the country’s recent auction.