NEQSOL Holding, representing Azerbaijan's Bakcell, has completed its acquisition of Vodafone Ukraine from Russia's MTS.

While it still faces challenges in terms of competition, Lesotho has received a substantial bandwidth boost from international cable landings, reports Research & Markets.

India’s big three operators— Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio – have, according to recent Indian news reports, asked the sector regulator to set up floor pricing for data services.

Despite the launch of 4G/LTE services, Tajikistan’s overall telecom sector has continued to struggle, reports Research & Markets.

Bangladesh has seen a very rapid increase in mobile broadband penetration over the past five years driven by a rising level of mobile subscribers with faster download speeds on 4G networks, reports Research & Markets.

Strong economic growth is benefiting the telecoms sector in Côte d'Ivoire, reports Research & Markets.

According to local press reports, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) is now getting involved in the ongoing debt crisis affecting at least two of the country’s big three operators.

How long can India’s beleaguered operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea handle high levels of debt? That’s the question arising from a recent report from credit rating agency Moody’s.

Poland’s P4, which operates as Play, has announced its intent to use frequencies that it holds in the 2100MHz band to offer 5G services without having to obtain spectrum at auction.

News agencies are reporting that vendor Ericsson is planning to invest about 1 billion reais (close to $240 million) in Brazil to add a new assembly line dedicated to fifth generation technology.

Zain, a major mobile operator in eight markets across the Middle East and North Africa, has claimed a first in the MENA region with a new 5G roaming service.

The third market entrant in the Philippines, DITO, has signed tower sharing agreements with Leo Technologies Infrastructure Corp and Alt-Global-Solutions Inc.

Following requests from interested parties, the Israeli Ministry of Communications has postponed a 5G frequency tender.

A story gaining a lot of attention since early November has been the passage through Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, of a bill that aims to prevent the sale of certain devices lacking pre-installed Russian software. Now that bill has received its third and final reading.

Orange Group is selling its entire 95.5% holding in its Niger operation to Zamani Com after getting the green light from Niger’s telecom authorities.

Ratings agency Fitch has cautioned that the Indian government’s two-year moratorium on spectrum fees will not offset dues.

Mexican operator Telefonica Movistar has announced the signing of a last-mile wireless capacity access agreement with AT&T in Mexico. Parent company Telefonica, which has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America, says that this a long-term agreement.

America Movil’s chairman Carlos Slim has pledged an investment of BRL30 billion ($7.2 billion) into the group’s Brazilian operations.

The deputy prime minister of Thailand has told the country’s operators that they should aim to launch commercial 5G by mid-2020.

El Salvador has announced the auction of 20MHz of mobile spectrum in the 1900MHz (PCS) band on 12^th December.

Is India’s Reliance Jio behind the extension of a bid submission deadline relating to the assets of bankrupt rival Reliance Communications (RCom)? Bharti Airtel seems to think so.

Cell C customers will be able to roam onto MTN South Africa’s network in any part of the country after the operators extended their roaming arrangement.