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South Africa's Competition Commission has unconditionally approved the merger of ISPs Afrihost and Cool Ideas.

Brazilian Internet broadband services provider Vero SA has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).

Vodafone Ukraine, the second-biggest mobile carrier in the Ukraine market, has announced plans to enter the fixed broadband market.

Ciena, a networking systems, services and software company, says it is working with Djibouti Telecom to increase digitisation in the East Africa region by deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution to upgrade one of Djibouti Telecom’s submarine cable systems.

AAC Clyde Space, which describes itself as a leading ‘New Space’ company, has founded AAC Space Africa, an entity which, it says, will capitalize on the rapidly growing market for satellites and space services in Africa.

China United Network Communications Group (China Unicom) is considering a proposed spin-off and separate listing of China Unicom Smart Connection Technology Ltd in the mainland China stock exchange.

Russia's biggest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) reported a profit jump in the second quarter - its group net profit increased 46.5% to 17.2 billion roubles ($232 million).

Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) partnered with Viasat to provide satellite communications services in Brazil.

Brazilian telecommunications company Embratel has announced plans to build 15 edge data centres in the country.

SES, the provider of global content connectivity solutions, granted Gilat Satellite Networks a multi-million-dollar contract for multiple broadband applications in Latin America.

American telecommunications software company Mavenir announced to have been selected by the Romanian telecommunications company Telekom Romania Mobile Communications to deploy a cloud-native IMS (vIMS) platform together with VoLTE and VoWi-Fi microservices.

ZTE Corporation together with the Hangzhou Branch of China Telecom has conducted 300MHz 5G QCell verification in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

Uganda's Smart Telecom (Suretelecom Uganda Limited) announced its decision to end operations in the country on August 31, said local media.

A new industry association focused on accelerating Industry 4.0 transformation in India has been announced.

African vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited says it has completed the JB3 data centre facility, which is sited on the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg.

Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine, is all set to acquire a stake of over 50% in Farlep-Invest, which runs Vega Telecommunications.

Brazilian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Desktop Sigmanet (Sigmanet Comunicação Multimídia SA) has acquired Net Barretos, a small-scale broadband provider that serves the interior of Sao Paulo.

Serbia Broadband (SBB) said that it would begin free digitalization of the Serbian cities of Kraljevo and Vrsac in September by extending its ‘GIGA’-branded fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

Partner Communications Company, formerly Orange Israel, has reported a 9% year-on-year increase in total turnover for the three months ended 30 June 2021, with the company seeing increases in both service and equipment revenues.

The Indian government is apparently gearing up to address the role of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites in the country – but whether this will mean a favourable regulatory system is as yet unclear.

Targeting in particular the 1.7 billion consumers that it says have joined the world’s middle class in the past decade, most of them in emerging markets, fintech Boku has launched M1ST (Mobile First), which it calls the world’s largest mobile payments network.

The Maldives’ Dhiraagu is upgrading its systems and consolidating its standalone assurance functions with Subex’s Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management (iRAFM) solution.

Vodacom DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) has commissioned ST Engineering iDirect and Gilat Telecom to help it migrate its VSAT-based 2G network to 3G.

The state-owned satellite operator Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) announced it has completed the migration of the Express-AM33 satellite from the orbital position of 96.5 degrees East to the 11 degrees West slot.

Arc Solutions, a provider of integrated networking solutions that simplify connecting and optimising applications and services across the Middle East, has expanded its network to Bahrain in the digital business platform Global Zone.

Brazilian telecommunications company Algar Telecom has completed the purchase of 100% of the share capital of Vogel Telecom. The operation was announced in May this year.

The multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings announced that it has agreed with the Indonesian telecommunications provider Indosat Ooredoo to extend the period to pursue negotiations on a potential transaction to combine PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Company, and PT Indosat TBK, a subsidiary of Ooredoo, on an exclusive basis. 

EdgeConneX, which provides a full range of data centre solutions worldwide, has agreed to acquire Global Data Center (GDC), an Israel-based data centre operator headquartered in Herzliya, the hub of Israel’s hi-tech district.

Broadband network and digital services offered in Seychelles will soon get a boost from a new cable system that will be leased by Seychelles-based telecommunications provider Intelvision Limited with support from global development institution IFC.

A fascinating initiative announced recently involves what will probably be one of the first government-backed digital currencies in Africa – if it happens.