Operators

India’s Supreme Court has cleared the partial sale of debt-laden Reliance Communications (RCom)’s wireless assets to Reliance Jio.

Telefonica is waiting for its shareholders to greenlight plans to list its Argentinean unit on the Buenos Aires stock exchange.

Orange is aiming to become a key player in the energy transition sector in Africa by providing services directly to the general public or as a wholesaler to public operators.

Telenor is selling its mobile units in four countries across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to investment firm PPF Group for €2.8 billion.

Teleology has paid a non-refundable $50 million deposit for Nigeria’s 9mobile, crushing any hope Smile Telecoms had of acquiring the troubled operator.

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.

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.

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.

Hungarian firm Konzum Nyrt has affirmed its interest in acquiring the local operations of Telenor if it makes them available for sale.

The chief executive of Turkey’s Garanti Bank has stated that several parties have expressed interest in obtaining a stake in Turk Telekom.