A new spectrum acquisition will allow Airtel Africa’s Nigerian subsidiary to enhance LTE coverage in the country.
Telkom South Africa has expressed a renewed interest in acquiring its beleaguered rival Cell C.
This week, Orange announced that the group’s first commercial 5G launch would be in Romania. Initial deployment will take place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iasi, with further cities to follow in 2020.
Indonesian operator Telkomsel, the mobile arm of Telkom Indonesia, has announced further progress with delivering connectivity to disadvantaged areas of the country.
Two Millicom-owned companies are to officially merge. Zanzibar Telecom Public Limited Company (Zantel) has announced the completion of a combination with its sister company MIC Tanzania Public Limited Company (Tigo).
Six months after receiving their 5G licences, all three major Chinese operators are now offering 5G services across 50 cities in what they claim is the largest deployment worldwide.
It’s been another extraordinary week for Indian telecoms, ending with operator Vodafone Idea having to calm market fears that Vodafone in particular might leave India.
South Africa’s MTN has announced that it is not going through with a proposed sale of a 53 per cent stake in Mascom Wireless Botswana. The deal was reported as being worth $300 million to MTN.
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.
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.
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.
Two major Indian service providers are to merge in the hope of returning to profitability within two years.
There have been question marks over the fate of Cell C in South Africa and Orange Niger for a while. Now various news outlets are predicting sales for the two troubled operators.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)'s report for August underlines the challenges facing the big three operators in India.
Further news from the India Mobile Congress, where 5G spectrum price and interconnect usage charges (IUC) yet again overshadowed many other topics at the event.
With Mobile Congress India in full swing, concerns about the prospects for 5G, among other issues, are being aired by a number of major Indian players.
Plans to privatise Angola Telecom came a little closer recently with the appointment of a new board for the loss-making utility.
The government of Ethiopia could release additional shares in Ethio Telecom following the planned sale of an initial 49% stake scheduled in 2020.
Beleaguered South African operator Cell C has reportedly attracted the attention of China Mobile – although local rival Telkom SA is also believed to be interested in an acquisition.
America Movil has shot down reports that it is talks with Telefonica and Telecom Italia over a joint purchase of Oi’s mobile assets.
The CTO of the UAE’s du has stated that the operator has no issues concerning the security of Huawei’s network equipment.
Three companies, including two that were supposedly competing to buy the mobile division of Brazil operator Oi, may now be joining forces in a purchase of the beleaguered operator’s mobile assets.
Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has scrapped its three contracts with state-owned TOT and blocked the operator from its projects going forward.
The third major player in the Philippines, DITO Telecommunity Corp, has signed separate agreements with infrastructure firms LCS Holdings and Sky Cable as it looks to expedite its nationwide deployment.
Thailand’s state-owned TOT has been given 60 days to pay dtac THB317 million ($10.3 million) in overdue interconnect fees.
Unitel, Movicel and Angola Telecom may soon be joined by a fourth Angolan Unified Global operator.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, a draft forecast plan for privatisation of blocks of shares in the biggest companies in the country includes the government cutting its stake in operator Rostelecom.
Afghanistan’s state-run operator Afghan Telecom (Aftel) is aiming to launch commercial 4G services before the end of the year.
It looks like the war for subscribers in the highly competitive Indian market is about to hot up – yet again – after a new pronouncement from Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel CEO for India and South Asia.
The planned merger of Airtel and Telkom Kenya has been suspended following an order from Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
A report in today's Financial Times suggests that two private equity bidders are vying to buy Bulgaria’s largest telecoms company (and former monopoly), Vivacom, which was put on sale in July.
The Oi saga rumbles on, with good news – potentially – for the cash-starved Brazilian telecommunications company coming from Spain.
Three Turkish banks between them own a stake of over 50 per cent in operator Turk Telekom. Now that stake is up for sale.
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