Bharti Airtel has finally completed its acquisition of Telenor India after receiving the relevant regulatory approvals.

Countries in Central America are lagging behind in deployment and adoption of mobile broadband, putting the region’s future economic development at risk, according to a new report by the GSMA.

Bharti Airtel’s bid to acquire Telenor India looks set to go ahead following a ruling by India’s Supreme Court.

American Tower is acquiring as many as 723 towers from Telkom Kenya, marking its entry into the East African market.

Idea Cellular has effectively been cleared to increase its foreign direct investment (FDI) by both the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the country’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) - a crucial step towards final clearance for its merger with Vodafone India.

The latest revelation in the ongoing saga of Teleology Holdings’ acquisition of Nigeria’s 9mobile indicates that the winning bid for the unit was in fact $200 million less than initially reported.

Indian operator Reliance Jio has turned a profit for the second consecutive quarter, with its total earnings for the last financial year reaching INR7.23 billion ($108 million).

Etisalat and CK Hutchison are merging their operations in Sri Lanka to improve their services in the market.

Bharti Airtel is set to combine its towers unit Bharti Infratel with the operations of Indus Towers.

Telenor India could be forced into bankruptcy, as it has amassed heavy losses while waiting for the long-delayed approvals that would enable it to be acquired by Bharti Airtel.

Telkom Kenya is reportedly interested in taking over Airtel Kenya’s operations, and is considering merging some of its operations with the Indian firm’s Kenya units as a preliminary step towards this.

A Mexican federal judge has agreed to review America Movil’s legal challenge against the regulator’s demand for the operator to spin off its fixed-line unit.

Thai regulator NBTC’s 2015 proposal to relax the payback terms for the 4G licences issued to Thailand’s two largest operators - AIS and True Move – is being abandoned after it drew strong criticism.

Russia’s regulator Roskomnadzor has begun legal action to block Telegram, the secure messaging app, following its repeated refusal to allow the government access to user data.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel and its rival Reliance Jio Infocomm are separately attempting to generate funds via bond sales, seemingly with the goal of ending the price war that has been waging in the country since Jio entered the market in 2016.

India’s telecoms secretary has confirmed that the planned merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India, which will create a new market leader, has reached the final stages of the approval process.