Jamaica’s Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has ordered operators Digicel and Flow to alleviate “persistent quality of service (QoS) issues”.

Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has dropped plans to decommission the country’s 2G networks after a change of heart from the major operators.

A new spectrum acquisition will allow Airtel Africa’s Nigerian subsidiary to enhance LTE coverage in the country.

It has only been a matter of weeks since the date for the Colombian 700MHz, 1900MHz and 2500MHz auction was finally agreed. Now, however, it is in doubt.

Telkom South Africa has expressed a renewed interest in acquiring its beleaguered rival Cell C.

Spectranet and Nokia are to provide 100+ Mbps ultra-broadband services with FttH to home and business users in Nigeria. Meanwhile, also in Nigeria, solar-based internet service provider (ISP) Tizeti has launched a 4G LTE network.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued new regulation that will see the country’s operators introduce mobile number portability (MNP) services on 1^st December.

Indonesian operator Telkomsel, the mobile arm of Telkom Indonesia, has announced further progress with delivering connectivity to disadvantaged areas of the country.

A flurry of announcements in recent days has offered both good and bad news for the giant Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, with a number of 5G deals being done, prevented or delayed.

Recent reports from the Indian press indicate that some vendors that have sold goods or services to BSNL and MTNL are considering insolvency pleas against the state-run operators after non-payment of dues.

Nokia and SENAI-SP (Brazil’s National Service for Industrial Training) are teaming up to implement the vendor’s portfolio of technology and connectivity solutions at SENAI-SP’s lab in São Caetano do Sul.

News that Vodafone Business and América Móvil have announced an IoT partnership, that, they say, makes it easier than ever for customers to connect devices globally, could be a significant boost for IoT deployment.

Thailand has seen a very rapid increase in mobile broadband penetration over the past six years driven by strong growth of 4G mobile subscribers, reports Research & Markets.

Poland’s government is cooperating with three of the country’s mobile operators on 5G development in order to speed up the rollout of the technology.

Not surprisingly, in the wake of a recent court ruling against India’s operators, the financial pressures on the sector have continued to make headlines. Now a review of those financial pressures has been mooted.

According to reports in London’s Financial Times and the Economic Times of India Reliance Industries has some interesting plans for its Jio mobile business.

Orange has opened its second Orange Digital Centre in Africa and the Middle East. The new centre is in Dakar Senegal.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) will allow the Azerbaijani mobile operator Bakcell to pursue its bid to acquire Vodafone Ukraine from Russia’s MTS.

The liberalisation of Ethiopia’s telecoms sector could see three operators active in the market by April 2020.