Veon is again seeking to obtain full control over Global Telecom Holding after its first attempt was derailed by its failure to clear various regulatory hurdles.

Ooredoo Palestine has upgraded and expanded its multi-year software and support agreement with Optiva Inc.

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has signed a SAR2.43 billion ($648 million) agreement with investment firm IHS Holding to sell and lease back its 8,100 towers.

Telecom Egypt has adopted Nokia's Photonic Service Engine (PSE) technology to double backbone capacity on its Delta Region DWDM backbone network.

Lebanese operator Alfa is deploying 4.5G Pro technology using the Nokia AirScale 5G-ready radio platform following a recent successful test of the technology.

Huawei has selected Zain Group as a strategic partner in deploying its cloud services in Kuwait and across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Megaport and Orixcom have partnered to enable enterprises and carriers with facilities in the Middle East with direct access to leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

Israeli data security firm C-Data has selected CloudBlue’s digital commerce platform for its cloud services division.

Global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor Intracom Telecom has joined forces with COMATEC in order to deploy an IPTV solution in a luxurious compound in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A new low-cost satellite broadband service will be launched across Iraq and Afghanistan as SatADSL and Talia agreed to expand their long-term partnership.

Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority has cleared Ojer Telekom (Otas) to transfer the 55% stake it holds in Turk Telekom to a new entity established by its creditors.

MTN Group has seen its H1 net profit drop by 5% year-on-year despite growth in several of its African markets, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.

MTN Group has signed an agreement with Flytxt to automate both inbound and outbound marketing across its entire network of more than 217 million subscribers.

IoT specialist Kerlink is expanding its presence in Turkey in partnership with the nationwide IoT network-solutions distributor, NetOP Technology.

VSAT provider SatADSL has partnered with CETel to deliver an expanded range of services in Ku- and C-band across Africa and the Middle East.

Finnish development financier Finnfund is loaning Zain Iraq US$19 million to modernise its network in Northern Iraq and boost the capacity and quality of its existing 3G network in other parts of the country.

Nokia and Vodafone Qatar are modernising Vodafone Qatar's core network using Nokia virtualised applications to meet growing high-quality voice and data demands of customers living in and visiting Qatar.

Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has awarded Nokia a contract to modernise and optimise its IP and optical networks.

Telecom Egypt has signed a long-term financing agreement with a number of Chinese financial institutions, including Bank of China and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation.

Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa (VMMEA) has received $30 million in financing, which it will use to fund its expansion across the region.

Microsoft and Apple have urged the UAE’s telecom authorities to lift their current ban on third party voice and video calling services.

Etisalat has selected NEC/Netcracker as the prime solution provider for its multivendor telecom cloud program.

Etisalat has implemented NEC/Netcracker's full-stack Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution for the deployment of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE).

Avanti Communications and Globecomm have announced a Master Services Agreement.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected Ericsson for a major nationwide expansion of its 4G network in Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of LTE Advanced and Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Radio Access Network.

Ooredoo has announced that it has strengthened its 5G framework agreement with Nokia.

Mobile business specialist DOCOMO Digital has announced its integration with Zain Group’s Application Program Interface (API) Platform.