Colombia's ICT ministry (MinTIC) has cancelled a tender to connect over 3,000 schools. However, it does seem as though the process to connect 3,082 public educational institutions for a total of COP408 billion (US$101.6 million) will reopen – in approximately one month, according to the ministry.
There’s been good news and bad news for various sections of the Indian telecoms industry in the country’s recent budget, though many headlines have focused on government plans to increase the basic customs duty on specified telecommunications equipment from 10% to 15%.
Veon subsidiary Jazz secured a PKR75 billion (US$270 million) loan to finance plans to expand infrastructure across Pakistan, and aid plans to transition from a telco to a technology services company.
A Nigerian anti-trust agency fined WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms US$220 million for violating data and privacy laws.
Beeline Uzbekistan launched 60 new base stations in 20 locations in the Khorezm region to boost internet speed by almost double, a move to fulfil rising demand in the location.
The World Bank has pledged US$100 million to fund a new project that promises to speed up development of Zambia's digital infrastructure and narrow the digital divide.
The Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has introduced a new set of regulations designed to empower fintech companies and foster a more competitive mobile market.
Malaysian mobile data service company U Mobile is back in the news only days after a Maxis buyout was reported. This time it is apparently planning a domestic initial public offering (IPO).
Nokia and Bharti Airtel partnered to complete a 5G non-standalone Cloud RAN trial in India, a move for the operator to take a major step to equipping its network for the future.
China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), which operates under the Zong 4G brand, says it has expanded its network in the first half of 2024, as well as completed an extensive network modernisation project to address capacity challenges.
Bangladesh’s internet has been mostly shut down since Thursday amid an outbreak of violence between demonstrators and police, but the government has denied responsibility for the blackout, despite the country’s recent history of internet-related shutdowns during political unrest.
Telenor raised its 2024 forecast after reporting “solid results” across its footprint in the Nordics and Asia.
The troubles of Brazilian service provider Oi seem to be continuing as attempts to sell off one of its businesses have run into new problems.
Nokia reported a 32% plunge in operating profit in Q2 blaming low demand for 5G telecoms equipment.
The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) announced on Wednesday the launch of its second competitive funding round for enterprises to develop and scale solutions that can narrow the gender digital divide in developing countries.
Chad’s telecoms regulator, Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (Arcep), has renewed the licence of telco Airtel Chad with some new specifications and stronger QoS requirements.
The Indian government has reportedly made a INR920 million (US$11,006,235.72) payment towards the bond dues of the struggling state-owned operator MTNL. Another INR640 million (US$7,657,535.01) payment is likely to follow from the government to help with MTNL’s interest obligations that are due in August.
Things are looking difficult for state-owned Zimbabwean mobile operator NetOne, which is now reportedly technically insolvent.
The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), which as its name implies, brings together the region’s telecommunications and ICT regulators, is apparently hoping to encourage infrastructure sharing to lower the cost of internet access in West Africa.
Amsterdam-based Veon Group announced it will install more energy infrastructure for its Ukrainian unit Kyivstar to battle against extended blackouts caused by attacks on national energy infrastructure.
MTN Benin contracted NuRAN Wireless for 200 sites to deploy 2G, 3G and 4G in rural locations across Benin.
Malayisan telco Maxis is reportedly keen to buy out rival operator U Mobile, but a deal looks uncertain with at least one major shareholder of U Mobile having already rejected the idea.
Thai billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi has reportedly announced plans to merge his power company Gulf Energy Development with its telecoms unit Intouch Holdings, which owns telco Advanced Info Service (AIS), with the resulting combined entity potentially valued at US$20.5 billion.
Artificial intelligence apps have the potential to boost the African continent’s economic growth by close to US$3 trillion over the next six years – and mobile operators will be key to unlocking that, says the GSMA, the world’s biggest mobile operator association.
A committee representing the board of Latin America-focused operator Millicom unanimously recommended shareholders reject Xavier Niel’s Atlas Investissement buyout offer of more than $4 billion.
UAE-based operator group e& said it will continue to fight against a half a billion dollar fine for anti-competitive practices in Morrocco.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded more mobile subscribers in 2023 with over half of the country’s large population now connected, reported Ecofin Agency.
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced plans to develop a unified interactive portal to consolidate information about the telecom industry and users – now found across several websites – onto a single platform.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries and a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a financing package for TerraPay, an Africa-focused digital payments provider.
Ethiopian state-owned operator Ethio Telecom announced revenues and profits surged over 20% in its full year ending in June.
The GSMA announced a global coalition with major telecom players, the ITU and World Bank to improve the access of affordable handsets and connect three billion people that are not online.
Telecel Centrafrique has reportedly been forced by the Central African Republic’s Ministry of Finance and Budget to close its offices over US$4.4 million in unpaid taxes.
Vodafone Group CTO Scott Petty (third, from right) laid out how AI has the potential to fundamentally change the economic landscape of the internet, but developing markets will be slow to see this change, due to challenges such as low smartphone uptake and lack of fundamental infrastructure to drive the resource intensive “hyped” technology.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has officially revealed its roadmap to switch off 2G mobile services, which stipulates a hard cutoff date of September 16 for 2G-only handsets, and a full cutoff of services in September 2026.
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