UZI Zambia Mobile has won Zambia’s fourth mobile operating licence following the public tender conducted by the Zambia Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ZICTA).

Several banks are reportedly holding informal talks with Bharti Airtel regarding proposals related to its prospective IPO on its African operations.

Smile Telecoms has stated that it is still keen to acquire Nigeria’s 9mobile if Teleology Holdings fails to meet the deadline for its initial payment at the end of this week.

India’s National Company Law Tribunal has ordered Reliance Communications (RCom) and Ericsson to settle an INR11.5 billion ($177 million) insolvency case within the next week.

Following the auction of LTE spectrum in the Ukraine Kyivstar has emerged as the biggest winner.

The Indian Government has introduced measures to improve the financial health of the country’s troubled mobile sector.

ITC Global has been awarded a three-year contract renewal by Plan International for service to 24 sites across western and central Africa.

Digitally ambitious enterprises across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are betting big on IoT solutions.

UAE telco du is working with Nokia to trial 3GPP standardised 5G New Radio non-standalone technology.

Ericsson and MTS have agreed to establish a 5G research centre in Innopolis, a new Russian high-tech city.

Internet test and analytics firm Ookla Company has presented an award to MegaFon for “The Fastest Mobile Network”.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 5G.

Ooredoo has announced that it has strengthened its 5G framework agreement with Nokia.

Ericsson has been chosen by Far EasTone (FET) to enable it to offer Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity services globally to enterprises.

AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO, and Orange have jointly announced the creation of the ORAN Alliance.

Mobile business specialist DOCOMO Digital has announced its integration with Zain Group’s Application Program Interface (API) Platform.

Remote communication and IT Speedcast International Ltd has won a contract to provide satellite cellular backhaul services to Alpha Télécommunication Mali (ATEL).

New South African mobile operator Rain is using products supplied by business support solutions provider CSG.

According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service, the Nigerian handset market grew by a modest 6% in Calendar Year 2017.

The Indian market witnessed a paradigm shift in data consumption, with 4G traffic capturing 82% share of total data traffic in December 2017.

India’s overall online smartphone shipments grew 23% annually, faster than the overall smartphone market in Calendar Year 2017.

The Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG), the global blockchain consortium of telecom carriers, has unveiled its new operator partners.

eServGlobal, the digital transactions technology company, announces it has secured a new three-year contract with existing customer, Ooredoo Algeria.

Turkcell has added a new partnership to its 5G technologies development programme.

Orange and online education platform OpenClassrooms have signed a broad-based partnership to provide digital training in Africa.