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Batelco has announced that it has successfully activated 5G coverage across Bahrain.

Following last week’s news that India may be planning to launch its own app store as an alternative to the market-dominating Apple and Google offerings, a spat has been reported between Google and a number of Indian start-up app developers.

MTN Zambia has partnered with ZTE to construct a cross-border optical transmission network backbone in Zambia.

Orange is expanding its fibre networks in two of its markets – Poland and Cote d’Ivoire.

Huawei has announced a new next-gen data storage solution, OneStorage, to provide on-demand storage resources and automatic data O&M management, enabling both operators and enterprises to move towards all-scenario intelligence and multi-cloud convergence.

We’ve already reported on the growing number of made-in-India apps over recent months. If local news reports prove correct we may soon be reporting on a made-in-India app store.

Huawei is set to deploy over 2000 telecom sites in rural locations across Ghana.

A number of recent reports have underlined the difficulty of making money with streaming services in the African market – even for a dominant market player like Netflix. Netflix is now trying out at a low-priced mobile-only service.

Huawei has announced full upgrades to its intelligent IP network solutions to create new drivers for industry digital transformation.

Two connectivity deals have been announced in Oman in the past few days, both relating to the extension of communications services to remote parts of the country.

According to a number of Indian press reports, Nelco, a local satellite communication service provider, is to partner with Canadian satellite operator Telesat to offer low earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity in India.

There’s been a flurry of 5G news recently in the Philippines, where, over the past few days, one operator has announced FWA trials and another has begun the nationwide rollout of its fifth-generation mobile network.

Ooredoo Qatar’s CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani has claimed that the operator’s coverage in the market has reached “more than 90% of populated areas.”

Chile will soon be housing a second Huawei data centre. In fact Huawei plans to launch the new cloud data centre in Chile by the end of this year, boosting its cloud and AI platform in South America.

Guangzhou is leading the 5G development in China. In this article Liu Min, Branding Director of ZTE RAN Products, outlines some key recent developments in this important city in Southern China.

Chile’s Mundo Pacifico is looking to climb up the country’s fibre broadband rankings by becoming the second firm in the world to adopt the HyperNET solution.

Brazil-based Internet service provider Triple Play Participacoes set October 14 for its initial public offering.

Sri Lankan operator Mobitel is launching direct carrier billing in the market with Fortumo.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi deployed mobile retail stores to reach rural areas of India, in a bid to recover sales lost during the shutdown of the country’s economy.

Airtel bought a 10 per cent stake in AI cloud telephony start-up Wayebo, as part of plans to upgrade its enterprise cloud offering.

Filipino operator PLDT has stated that it will migrate all customers still using its legacy copper wire network onto fibre within the next 18 months.

Turkcell has completed the next phase of its OSS transformation using Netcracker’s suite of solutions.

Telenor Serbia and Montenegro CTO Sasa Lekovic hailed recent digital transformation efforts for preparing the operators for future revenue streams, predicting new ICT infrastructure and data leverage will become vital in this as technology evolves.

MFS Africa and Moroccan mobile money provider inwi money are bringing smooth and affordable international digital money transfers and payments to Morocco.

Croatian operator Hrvatski Telecom kicked off plans in upgrading its HRK19 million ($3 million) fibre-optic network, pledging to connect thousands of premises to 100Mbps connectivity speed.

A new agreement has been announced that aims to allow satellite service providers to access Spanish-speaking markets throughout South America.

It’s been a very busy week for Nokia. Following an LTE FWA announcement involving Nigeria and an FTTH announcement involving the Philippines, there’s now 4G expansion news from Azerbaijan.

Marketing and communications industry publication Campaign Middle East has reported that the news service Sky News Arabia is the first TV broadcaster in the region to have a live 24/7 channel output in what is referred to as mobile-friendly vertical mode.

There’s been a further boost for Brazilian connectivity with the announcement from global communications company Viasat of the expansion of its residential internet service to 14 additional states in Brazil.

Vietnamese operator MobiFone has announced that it is now using a Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller and BroadForward Diameter Firewall (BroadForward DFW) deployed by the leading Vietnamese technology provider and integrator QD.TEK.