UAE-based telco du has launched a GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) offering to enable enterprises and government entities to access the necessary compute power to adopt AI more cost-effectively.

Safaricom said on Tuesday it has entered into a strategic partnership with Kenya's iXAfrica Data Centres to offer services leveraging the new NBOX1 hyperscale data centre in Nairobi to enterprise and cloud solutions clients.

Telefónica has reportedly appointed investment bank Citi to advise on the sale of its Chilean unit, as the group continues to scale back its presence in Latin America.

LEO satellite player Rivada Space Networks revealed on Tuesday it has signed an MoU with satellite solutions and services provider Q-KON to add Rivada to its Twoobii LEO Smart Satellite Services portfolio.

Eutelsat Group announced on Tuesday it’s extending its partnership with UAE-based VSAT service provider InterSAT Communication Services to enhance fixed data services over Central and Eastern Africa, with a possible LEO satellite component to be added later.

Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata has launched a location-tracking service for school vans, which it says will not only improve student safety, but also make school transportation more efficient.

The two competitors in the Ethiopian mobile communications duopoly can both claim to have inspired positive headlines in recent days, with Ethio Telecom announcing a major new e-commerce service launch and Safaricom Ethiopia highlighting improved financial results.

Claro Colombia, a leading mobile telecommunications operator with more than 40 million users, has announced that it is implementing the modernisation of its more than 10,000 antennas nationwide.

ATIS Group, a digital infrastructure provider in Latin America, announced late last week that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America, to acquire Lati Paraguay, a subsidiary owning approximately 300 wireless communications towers in Paraguay.

The Indian government has reportedly granted conditional approval for SpaceX’s Starlink to begin offering satellite internet services in the country, according to a report by CNBC-TV18.

Phase3 and Sonatel have activated a new terrestrial fibre route stretching 3,500km from Lagos, Nigeria, to Dakar, Senegal.

Cloud networking and security-as-a-service provider GTT Communications says it has expanded its global Tier 1 IP backbone in nine more countries in the Latin America and Asia Pacific regions.

dLocal, a cross-border payment platform for emerging markets, has announced what it calls an expanded relationship with financial technology company PayPal to offer businesses access to payment processing and local payment methods in more than 40 new untapped emerging markets.

Airtel Africa returned to profit in its latest financial year driven by a rise in subscriber base despite a continued hit from currency devaluation across its markets.

Bangladeshi telco Robi Axiata announced on Wednesday it has signed a tripartite MoU with two green-energy firms to establish a 100 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar-power park to power its operations in Bangladesh.

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 announced on Wednesday that its mobile satellite services (MSS) subsidiary Thuraya is collaborating with Danish software company Gatehouse Satcom to demonstrate the commercial viability of Thuraya’s upcoming direct-to-device (D2D) satellite IoT service.

Operator Orange Tunisie has announced the inauguration of a new data centre in Sousse in the central-east part of Tunisia. This latest-generation data centre is described as part of the country's digital transformation and, Orange Tunisie says, has been designed to meet the highest standards of performance, security and resilience.

The government of Cape Verde has officially launched Tech Park Cape Verde (TechPark CV), described as a major milestone in the country’s digital transformation strategy.

Nokia has signed a deal with Danish shipping giant Maersk to deploy private wireless network solutions across 450 vessels in its fleet.

MTN’s digital infrastructure arm Bayobab announced on Tuesday it has completed a 260-km fibre route in Uganda from Malaba to Kampala that interconnects with Bayobab’s recently completed fibre route in Kenya from Malaba to Mombasa.

MTN has announced that it will offer up to 1.2 million of its prepaid subscribers an option to buy a 4G smartphone for just ZAR99 ($5.42).

The Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) announced on Monday that it has launched a nationwide initiative to rehabilitate and maintain rural base stations deployed under the Universal Access Fund (UAF) that have since been abandoned.

Airtel Africa announced on Monday it has signed a deal with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s LEO satellite internet services to customers in all 14 African countries where Airtel operates – at least once Starlink has licences to operate in them.

A reminder of the growing emphasis from governments on ensuring that local data stays within their borders comes from Azerbaijan, where edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider Gcore has announced a strategic partnership with state-owned service provider AzInTelecom.

Some years after Google’s failed attempt  to commercialise high altitude platform stations (HAPS), AALTO HAPS, a subsidiary of aerospace corporation Airbus based in the UK, says it is still on track for commercial HAPS services to begin in 2026 and that it has set a world record for global aviation with its solar-powered Zephyr HAPS.

UAE-based telco du says has officially set a new Guinness World Record for the "longest promotional livestream” with TikTok Live MENA, in which a single smartphone livestreamed across the country’s seven emirates for 48 hours straight over du’s 5G network.

It now seems that the Democratic Republic of Congo has granted a licence to satellite communications company Starlink – despite an earlier ban, which finally appears to have been rescinded.

Last week’s news that Pedra Agroindustrial Group, one of the leading conglomerates in the Brazilian sugarcane and energy sector, will expand the digitisation of processes in three of its plants and a unit dedicated to livestock and soybean production through a new partnership with operator TIM is a reminder of the growth of wireless connectivity in the agribusiness sector.

Multinational technology company Meta has been in the news lately in Nigeria and Ghana – but not necessarily for positive reasons.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to embed its cloud technology within Orange’s mobile networks in Morocco and Senegal this year, aiming to significantly improve connectivity speed and reduce latency.

Global satellite operator Intelsat announced on Thursday it is expanding its partnership with Hispasat’s teleport operator and satellite services provider Axess Networks to provide satellite communications services throughout the Americas.