Vodafone Cameroon has been officially shuttered with immediate effect, with its parent firm Afrimax stating that it “reluctantly concluded that it was no longer commercially viable to return” to the market.

As AfricaCom 2017 closes, what did we learn about the state of the telecoms market in Africa?

The dominant subject at this week’s AfricaCom was, as it has been many times before, connecting the millions of Africans who still have no access to any kind of network.

Indian operator Aircel may have no other option but to shutter its operations following the collapse of its merger with Reliance Communications (RCom).

The regulator of Afghanistan has claimed its temporary suspension of the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram was in order to improve their performance rather than impede free speech.

Mexico’s regulator IFT has amended regulation that forbade market leader America Movil from charging termination fees to its rival operators.

Mobile data will be the main driver of growth in the African telecoms market, with the number of mobile broadband connections on the continent set to more than double over the coming five years, and rise from 419 million at end-2017, to 1.07 billion at end-2022, according to Ovum’s new Forecaster data service.

Asset management company Brookfield Infrastructure has scrapped its $200 million deal with Reliance Communications (RCom) following the collapse of the Indian operator’s merger with Aircel last month.

Telia Company has fully divested its holding in Russia’s market leader MegaFon, selling its 19% stake in the operator for RUB60.4 billion ($1 billion) to investment bank Gazprombank.

MTN Group has hit out at a “baseless” $4.2 billion lawsuit launched against it by Turkcell in 2013.

India is now second only to China in global smartphone sales, having surpassed the USA.

At last week’s Ultra-Broadband Forum, Developing Telecoms’ editor James Barton attended a roundtable with Ryan Ding, Executive Director and President of the Carrier Business Group of Huawei.

Reliance Communications (RCom) is reportedly mulling over whether to shut down some or all of its wireless operations.

PLDT and Globe Telecom’s joint acquisition of the telecom assets of San Miguel Corp (SMC) has been ruled legal by the Philippines’ Court of Appeals.

The proposed merger between Reliance Communications (RCom) and Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) has received the green light from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Sixteen firms have registered their interest in acquiring Nigerian operator 9mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria.

Wataniya Mobile - Ooredoo Group’s operating company in Palestine - has officially launched its operations in Gaza.