Is the high-altitude platform station (HAPS) concept still viable despite the failure of Loon? Possibly. World Mobile, a blockchain-based mobile connectivity company targeting unconnected regions, has announced plans for the launching of a hybrid mobile network in Zanzibar that uses balloons. It's not exactly HAPS, however; the airborne component will involve low-altitude platform balloons.

DirecTV Argentina, now owned by local holding company Grupo Werthein, has signed an agreement with the Argentinian telecommunications service provider Metrotel to expand its fibre to the home network in the Buenos Aires province.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released a consultation paper entitled “Auction of spectrum in the frequencies identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) / 5G”. This apparently comes in response to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) request on 13 September to TRAI to provide recommendations on the subject.

Leading Asian regional integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company edotco Group has announced a major acquisition that, it says, strengthens its aspiration to be a top five towerco in the world and cements its home market leadership position as the largest independent tower company in Malaysia, where it is headquartered.