Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Indosat, trading as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), recorded a net profit of IDR6.75 trillion (US$470 million) in 2021, overcoming an IDR717 billion setback in its previous financial year.

There is a new mobile communications provider in Guyana, after the Prime Minister Mark Phillips presented a licence to an operator called, confusingly enough, Green Gibraltar late last week.

Fast Telecommunication (Fasttelco), an internet service provider (ISP) in Kuwait, has announced the launch of new fibre-optic internet speeds of 200 Mbps within its fibre residential areas in the country.

PT XL Axiata, an Indonesia-based mobile telecommunications services operator, said that the total number of base transceiver stations (BTS) on air reached more than 162,282, with 4G BTS increasing to 77,204, as LTE coverage increased to 458 cities/municipalities in the country.

It appears that Syria has finally awarded the third mobile telecommunications licence it has been promising to deliver for over ten years.

South African regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) revealed it has accepted six bidders for its spectrum auction next month.

Makedonski Telekom claimed to beat rivals to the punch by launching the first commercial 5G network in North Macedonia.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is scrapping its widely criticised device registration tax (Registre des Appareils Mobiles / RAM) from 1^st March.

Turkcell announced revenues grew  23.4% to TRY35.92 billion (USD2.64 billion) in full-year 2021 results which were supported by ‘upsell efforts, price adjustments, and subscriber growth as well as the contribution of the fintech business, international operations, and equipment sales’.

The respective boards of True Corp and dtac have approved a proposed merger of the companies’ Thai mobile operators, leaving the market with just two major players.

Airtel Kenya has reportedly resolved a seven-year dispute with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) over its operating licence in an out of court settlement.

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the mobile subscribers count in the country fell by a staggering 12.8 million in December 2021 compared to the previous month.

South African mobile communications company Vodacom Group announced that it has invested over ZAR 450 million (USD 30 million) into the network and power backup upgrades across the Mpumalanga, a province in eastern South Africa, during the current financial year (1 March 2021 to end February 2022). 

PAIX Data Centres, a Pan-African provider of cloud-and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced the first stage of a major investment that will be used to fund the company’s data centre capacity expansion and growth plans into new African data centre markets.

Telia Lithuania will begin switching off 3G networks from next month as the operator aims to shut down the network entirely by Christmas this year to satisfy rising customer data demands.

Samsung will pump $920 million to upgrade a production factory in North Vietnam, as the South Korean giant bolsters its smartphone manufacturing capabilities.

Cyient, an engineering, manufacturing, and digital technology solutions company, launched its Private 5G Networks Centre of Excellence (CoE) in India.

South African mobile operator MTN says it is on the lookout for 150 digital experts to ensure it keeps pace with growing digital demand.

Cambodia’s government has reportedly pushed back the implementation of its planned National Internet Gateway (NIG), which was due to launch today.

There’s been a shift in ownership of the dominant telecoms player in the West African island country of Sao Tome and Principe.

Saudi operator Zain KSA approved a Public Investment Fund (PIF)-led consortium offer to acquire an 80% majority stake in its 8,069-tower infrastructure for SAR3 billion ($807 million).

Brazilian operators Claro Brasil, Telefonica Brasil (Vivo) and TIM Brasil are set to take control of the spectrum licences currently held by Oi Movel, after the country’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) granted approval for the transfer.

India’s dream of becoming a semiconductor major saw a big boost with the news that Apple partner and chip manufacturer Foxconn is going to work with steel major company Vedanta in the South Asian country.

At its 2022 Virtual Investor Day Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America operating under the Tigo brand, has made some key investment announcements.