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Mobile network users in Malaysia experience excellent network quality 57% of the time, while in the Philippines this falls to just 33%.

Gilat Satellite Networks has won a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over ISRO’s GSAT-11 across India.

Mobile networks and broadband access services for business and consumer customers operated by Digicel Tonga have been restored across the Polynesian archipelago by SES Networks' managed services following a severe fibre outage last week.

Vietnam’s market leader Viettel has been granted a licence by the country’s Ministry of Information and Communications to conduct 5G trials in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Digicel Group is leveraging the Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration solution to automate the provisioning, activation, and diagnostics of multi-play fibre services.

Since 8:30pm yesterday evening (Sunday 20th January) Tonga Cable has been suffering an outage in the submarine cable network that connects the island nation to the outside world, plunging the island nation into digital isolation.

IX Reach is expanding its partnership with AMS-IX into India to bring robust and resilient connectivity into AMS-IX’s Internet Exchange in Mumbai.

Ooredoo Palestine has upgraded and expanded its multi-year software and support agreement with Optiva Inc.

Eutelsat initiative Konnect Africa has launched Internet access offers in Côte d'Ivoire.

Helios Towers is preparing for the advent of 5G in South Africa by partnering with local networks specialist Vulatel to deploy open access wireless and fixed line infrastructure across the country.

Samsung is looking to regain the ground it has lost in India to Chinese device makers with a range of low-cost smartphones.

Versa Networks and BringCom Incorporated are deploying a joint solution to deliver Versa’s best-in-class SD-WAN capabilities to BringCom’s telecom managed service providers and SaaS platform operators in East and West Africa.

Ooredoo Myanmar has selected Nokia to secure its telecom and ICT networks against cyber threats.

Tigo Senegal has selected Ericsson for its nationwide network modernisation project as it looks to accelerate digitalisation in the expanding Senegalese market.

Newly created Malian company Uduma Mali is set to receive a €170,000 grant from the GSMA to invest in mobile-based cashless payment facilities for drinking water.

Western Union has partnered with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout.

Dish Mexico has chosen Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c multi-service platform to deliver high-quality broadband services in Mexico.

The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority has selected FPT Information System Corporation to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse.

Millicom’s TIGO has selected Ericsson to modernise its radio access network (RAN) across Paraguay and Honduras in a multi-year deal involving the rollout of Ericsson Radio System.

Colt Technology Services is expanding the Colt IQ Network in Central and Eastern Europe, enabling digital transformation in the region through agile, on-demand and high bandwidth services.

Brazilian telecommunications company Tely has deployed Infinera’s Groove G30 Network Disaggregation Platform. 

Mobile carrier payment solutions provider RGK Mobile has partnered with two major Latin American operator groups to expand its presence in the region.

SAS has signed a strategic distribution agreement with Globalsat Group LLC, for the provision of its connectivity services including machine to machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) to Latin America from the Pearl Constellation of nano-satellites.

Czech telecommunications company České Radiokomunikace (CRA) has deployed a nationwide LoRaWAN-based network.

Konnect Africa, an initiative of the satellite operator Eutelsat dedicated to satellite broadband on the African continent, has launched Internet access offers throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Fixed broadband operator AIS Fibre is teaming up with Nokia to provide residential customers with a new premium service that ensures a seamless Wi-Fi broadband experience reaching every corner of the home.

Telecom Egypt has adopted Nokia's Photonic Service Engine (PSE) technology to double backbone capacity on its Delta Region DWDM backbone network.