MTN Cameroon and Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a network infrastructure sharing deal for the implementation of national roaming services.

The tower business spin-off planned by telecommunications giant America Movil has got the green light from the company’s shareholders, who have overwhelmingly approved the plan.

Leading communications and entertainment company Liberty Latin America and telecommunications giant America Movil have announced an agreement to combine their respective Chilean operations, VTR and Claro Chile, to form a 50:50 joint venture.

Three operators have procured 2300MHz spectrum holdings in Kyrgyzstan’s recent spectrum auctions.

Kazakhstan’s state provider KT (Kazakhtelecom) is selling a 24% stake in its majority-owned mobile subsidiary Kcell.

The Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCI or KemKominfo) has designated domestic mobile operators PT XL Axiata Tbk and PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) as Operational Cooperation Partners (KSO) for 4G Cellular Services in the 3T region (underdeveloped, outermost, and leading).

The Chilean regulator Subtel has confirmed that 5G rollout is to go ahead. The country’s Comptroller's Office has approved decrees that authorize the commercial deployment of 5G throughout the country – in at least some bands.

The Czech regulator has announced plans to regulate the country’s mobile data market next year after deciding there isn’t enough competition.

It’s finally happening. The long-awaited Brazilian 5G spectrum auction is set to go ahead on 4 November.

Guinea-Bissau’s National Regulatory Authority for ICT (ARN) is reviving the country’s state-backed Guine Telecom (Companhia de Telecomunicacoes da Guine-Bissau) including its mobile unit Guinetel.

India's department of telecommunications (DoT) has amended the commercial VSAT license rules to enable sharing of satellite infrastructure and backhaul connectivity for cellular mobile services and access service providers.

Mongolia-based operator ONDO (IN Mobile Network LLC), the fifth mobile operator in Mongolia, received a license to provide mobile services from the national telecommunications regulator Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC).

The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to form a permanent joint committee to develop the system for regulating free competition in the Egyptian telecom market.

Pakistan’s government has settled a long-running spat with Etisalat that arose following the UAE-based group’s purchase of a minority stake in PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited).

Kalyanaraman Rajaraman has been appointed by the Government of India as the new secretary in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). He has replaced Anshu Prakash, who was the former DoT secretary.

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the largest mobile network operator in Russia, has deployed two 5G network pilot areas for Russian bank Sber.

Polish wireless operator Aero2, an affordable mobile operator, with the legendary Free Internet Access (BDI) offer, will merge with the operator cellco Plus (Polkomtel).

MTN Uganda has been granted an additional 5MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands.

The third and final reading of a bill imposing a 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions in the Philippines has taken place in the country’s Lower House of Congress, underlining a trend that seems to be extending to a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Iliad Group has signed an agreement to acquire cable firm UPC Poland from Liberty Global for PLN7 billion (US$1.8 billion).

Number three South African operator Telkom has enjoyed a positive response to news that it plans to spin off its masts and towers business in separate listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now made it simpler for consumers to get a new mobile connection with an online KYC (Know Your Customer) process and the option to get the SIM delivered at home.

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), the Brazilian regulator, has been allowed to sign commitments with telecommunications operators to expand internet access, especially in locations with low or no connectivity, thanks to a decree from the country’s president.

Indonesia-based mobile telecommunications services operator XL Axiata said that it has started operating a 4G network spread across 14 districts in Maluku and 10 districts in Papua and West Papua.

Globe Telecom, provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines, deployed Infinera's Auto-Lambda platform, to upgrade its existing 4G access and aggregation networks and in anticipation of providing future 5G services.

Telecom Fiji Limited (TFL) will no longer charge for calls made from its network of public phone booths to emergency numbers or any TFL landlines.

Gambian regulator PURA (Public Utilities Regulatory Authority) has ordered mobile provider Comium to suspend its services after it failed to pay a number of required fees.

Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) claimed to have recorded a peak speed of 3.7 gigabits per second (Gbps), the highest by any operator in India, during 5G trials in Pune (a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra) on the mmWave spectrum band.

ZTE Corporation announced that it has secured 50% of section 4 of China Mobile's high-end router and switch centralised procurement 2021-2022 and will supply the routers ZXR10 M6000-18 S and ZXR10 M6000-8S Plus.