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IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, participated in a guaranteed line of up to COP625,000 million (GBP 113 million) for the benefit of Tigo Colombia, a subsidiary of Millicom.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) under the Indian communications ministry has released a report 'Code of Practice for Securing Consumer Internet of Things (IoT)'.

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd (China Mobile) will buy back up to $12.6 billion worth of its Hong Kong-listed shares on the market, as the company prepares for its 48.7 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) listing in Shanghai on Wednesday, China’s biggest public share offering in a decade.

The Ghana Smart Cities Project has been given an official go-ahead after last year’s provisional authorization.

North Macedonia’s Mtel – which currently offers satellite TV services – has announced plans to begin a mobile offering in spring 2022.

Following a competitive auction process, Latvian fixed broadband operator Tet is acquiring 100% of Telia’s local B2B unit Telia Latvija for EUR10.75 million (US$12.1 million).

Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel and Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd (HCIPL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems LLC, a player in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks announced the formation of a joint venture to provide satellite broadband services in India.

Telkom, a South African wireline and wireless telecommunications provider, announced that Telkom Kenya has launched an app for its mobile money product, T-Kash.

Nokia is extending its partnership with Tele2 to deploy 5G RAN in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in a long-term deal.

Swiatlowod Inwesticje (trading under the FiberCo brand), the provider of telecommunication services based in Warsaw, Poland, has started a cooperation with Polsat Plus Group.

ZTE Corporation has helped Ningxia Cable TV Network successfully upgrade its IP transport network, by upgrading the existing ZTE’s core router ZXR10 T8000 single device to cluster.

Chinese fibre provider Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) is entering the broadband market in four Peruvian regions. It will use digital enablement expert Alepo’s BSS/OSS solution.

Azerbaijan state-owned operator AzinTelecom will merge with the Data Processing Center (DPC), which operates under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MDDT).

World Mobile, the first mobile network built on blockchain and run by the people, partners with Altaeros, developers of the world’s first autonomous aerostats, to connect the unconnected.

China is planning to establish large clusters of data centers outside the main population centers, to provide digital infrastructure without overloading power grids.

The shareholders of PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo) have approved the Indonesian operator's merger with rival Tri, which is also known as Hutchison 3 Indonesia.

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have joined hands to build a 5G-based remote working technology using robotics. Both the companies are currently running the trials in Airtel's 5G lab at Manesar, in the state of Haryana.

Chinese technology firm Xiaomi has unveiled its new flagship Xiaomi 12 smartphone in China.

Russia's active mobile subscriber base totaled 259 million this year (2021), up by 3.3% from the year before but slightly off from the 260 million recorded at the end of 2019, said a study.

Veon Group has announced that its Russian operator Beeline is set to partner with Yandex.Plus for the launch of their first joint tariff plan.

India's first 5G technology trials for rural broadband began at Ajol village in the state of Gujarat with a base transceiver station (BTS) installed 17km away at Unava town in the Gandhinagar district.

ZTE Corporation announced that it has received two No. 1 rankings in research firm Dell’Oro Group’s recently released Broadband Access & Home Networking Quarterly Report 3Q21.

Eros Now, an over-the-top (OTT) South Asian entertainment platform owned by Eros STX Global Corporation, has announced a partnership with Global Networks Infocomm (GNIPL) for expanding its reach in India.

ZTE Corporation together with the Sichuan Branch of China Mobile and Dahantricom Corporation has officially rolled out “Panda’s Coming”, the 5G Messaging application.

Russian integrated provider of digital services and solutions Rostelecom has acquired 100% of the share capital of TVE-Telecom for RUB 1.7 billion (GBP 17 million).

China's internet regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), has temporarily suspended a partnership with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, for six months.

Qatari multinational telecommunications company Ooredoo Group has selected US-based cybersecurity company Fortinet to improve its Enterprise EDGE portfolio based on the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. 

Indian telecom operator Vodafone-idea (Vi) has launched a new service wherein users will get the opportunity to get customised/VIP/ special phone numbers delivered at their doorstep. The service, however, is currently activated in select cities only.

Arab National Bank (ANB), a leading banking institution in Saudi Arabia, is adopting open hybrid cloud platforms from Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, to accelerate digital banking innovation.

Israeli telecommunications provider Bezeq has announced that the Bezeq Group, through Bezeq International, has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 70 percent of the shares of the cloud computing company, CloudEdge, from its controlling shareholder, Softwatch.

State-owned telco Thai National Telecom (NT), Thai MVNO The WhiteSpace (The WSP), power management and electronic components specialist Delta Electronics (Thailand) PCL and Taiwan service provider Chunghwa Telecom have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration in a 5G private network.

A proposed subsea internet cable that would be designed to connect Chile and Australia came closer this week with the appointment by the Chilean government of a partner in the project.