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Filipino mobile provider Smart has selected Nokia to launch IoT services across the archipelago.

Brazil’s Vivo has selected Ribbon’s Session Border Controller to offer enhanced VoIP access and peering services.

Airtel Zambia signed up to Ericsson’s e-waste programme to minimise the operator's environmental impact, with the focus on the disposal of decommissioned gear in Zambia.

Comtech EF Data Corp, a supplier of communications equipment with a focus on satellite bandwidth efficiency and link optimisation, has announced that it has received a $1 million order for satellite ground station equipment from what it describes as the largest telecommunications company in Africa.

Telecom Vanuatu Limited (TVL), a provider of landline, GSM, internet, and 4G+ to the island country of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, has begun modernising its network using solutions by digital enablement firm Alepo.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) restored social media app TikTok, 10 days after the authority banned the app for what it deemed as “unlawful” content, however, it warned the app could be banned permanently if guidelines are not followed.

Global cloud communications company Infobip has been appointed by Ubongo, a leading African edutainment company, to implement a WhatsApp channel with its latest offering Answers.

Philippines operator Globe Telecom made good on a pledge to upgrade its broadband network, stating 40% of targeted customers have been migrated to higher speed networks for free.

Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat and radio and satellite communications solutions provider Cobham SATCOM have been awarded a contract to connect 732 fishing vessels active in the Maldives Economic Exclusion Zone to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services.

Madagascar is the latest African country to join the trend towards offering free internet access to its people. The government-supported rollout of Wi-Fi terminals across Madagascar has now begun.

Vodafone Hungary is boosting its 5G network in Budapest with the addition of around 200 new base stations.

The South African unit of food delivery service Uber Eats has launched an app-based over-the-counter-medicines service.

Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s leading cellular network company, and Oryx Oil Tanzania, a market leader in fuels, LPG and lubricants distribution, have entered a new partnership which brings the payment service M-Pesa to fuel stations.

Roke Telkom, which describes itself as a Ugandan public service provider for voice and data communications services, has announced a partnership with global social networking giant Facebook.

The data centre market continues to be a busy place – as indicated by recent news from both Poland and Croatia.

MTN and Airtel’s Ugandan units announced mobile money services between the two networks have resumed after a major hack impacted transactions in the country.

The reopening of the Indian economy and of some physical retail outlets seems to have had a positive effect on mobile subscriber numbers, which saw a rise of 3.5 million during July. This makes up, in part, for the loss of 3.2 million subscribers in June. The overall base is now 1.144 billion.

Hughes India has said that it has been selected by infrastructure provider Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) to provide high-speed satellite connectivity to 5,000 remote Indian gram panchayats (roughly translated as village councils).

Ignite Power, a pan-African developer of infrastructure projects, and Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellites fleet, have announced a strategic cooperation agreement involving e-health.

South African operator Telkom has announced a new streaming platform that will focus on local content, which it will bring to a number of devices, including mobile phones.

Bharti Airtel is planning a massive expansion in its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service offering, according to a number of Indian press reports.

MTN Group and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have joined forces to support the evolution of MTN’s communication transport infrastructure, which, says MTN, will become a platform for future revenue growth and profitability.

WorldLink Communications Ltd, the largest internet service provider in Nepal, has announced a partnership with Facebook, or more accurately, Facebook Connectivity,  an umbrella platform for Facebook’s global internet connectivity initiatives, to deliver fast, affordable and reliable Wi-Fi in Nepal.

It’s no surprise that more 5G pilots are under way – most recently in Brazil and Slovakia. However, these two pilots do raise a few questions about what this means for the participants and for spectrum availability.

India and Japan have agreed to cooperate in a number of telecommunications and IT-related areas after a recent ministerial meeting.

In a bid to encourage domestic smartphone manufacturing, India’s government has granted incentives worth INR450 billion ($6.12 billion) to 16 local and overseas firms.

NTT has completed an end-to-end network consolidation project for Indonesian operator PT Smartfren Telecom.

Jordan’s Ahli Bank has implemented Temenos’ cloud-native Infinity solution to help it develop and deploy digital and mobile banking experiences.

Recent announcements from Oman and Nigeria underline the continuing growth of data centres across multiple regions outside their traditional homes in the US and Europe.

Telekom Slovenije  has begun rolling out 5G technology for mobile phone users, Slovenia's biggest telecom operator said earlier this week.

Further proof of the relevance of the Internet of Things (IoT) to sustainability in the developing world comes with the announcement that Telenor Connexion is to partner with Ericsson on a water project in East Africa.

Viettel Business Solutions will provide NOW Corp with ICT products and services in the Philippines as the latter’s mobile subsidiary NOW Telecom looks to establish itself as the market’s fourth major operator.