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Myanmar’s two biggest mobile providers are picking up the pace of their 4G deployments.

E-learning solutions provider Astria Learning has renewed its partnership with MTN Zambia, which will see the operator provide free Internet access to students completing online courses.

Nexans has manufactured and tested 6,000 km of submarine fibre optic cables for the South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) project connecting Cameroon to Brazil, enabling a faster and more stable Internet connection between Africa and South America.

A new low-cost satellite broadband service will be launched across Iraq and Afghanistan as SatADSL and Talia agreed to expand their long-term partnership.

Orange is providing significant investment to MainOne’s West Africa submarine cable system.

DOCOMO Digital has partnered with Vodacom in Tanzania to give customers the option to pay for content on the Google Play Store using Vodacom Airtime carrier billing.

The Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Programme (PNGSDP) has partnered with Digicel to execute a new telecommunications vision to benefit present and future generations in the country’s Western Province.

The second quarter of 2018 saw renewed growth in the Philippines’ smartphone market, with Chinese brands increasing their share of this market.

GTT Communications is upgrading its fibre network across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Mobile platform and services provider Syntonic is forming a new Brazilian unit to expand into South America following its asset purchase of the Zenvia Mobile Servicos Digitais business unit.

Fenix International, part of global utility ENGIE, has reached 30,000 Zambian households just 9 months after expanding into the country in partnership with telecom MTN.

Orange Digital Ventures Africa has made a second investment in South African mobile points of sale (mPOS) firm Yoco.

GlobeNet and Facebook have begun construction of the new submarine cable system that they announced in May.

Sky and Space Global, which works to provide affordable communications to the world's equatorial regions, has expanded its reach into Indonesia and Suriname.

BringCom has completed its acquisition of Datanet in Uganda after receiving final approval from the Uganda Communications Commission.

Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) and Gilat Satellite Networks have signed a contract to provide broadband connectivity across Russia.

CETel has signed a cooperation agreement with the national satellite operator in Turkmenistan, Türkmen Hemrasy CJSC.

Vodacom Group has deployed commercial 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) in Lesotho, with the operator claiming the launch as a first for the continent.

WhatsApp has provided assurances to the Indian government that it will develop tools to prevent the spread of misinformation that has led to violence within the country.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel has signed a three-year agreement with media firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

Apple has blocked around 25,000 gambling apps from China’s App Store following criticism in the Chinese media.

Nepali ISP WorldLink has leveraged Juniper’s high-performance networking solutions to tackle the networking constraints and complexities of an exponentially growing consumer market.

Indian operator Idea Cellular is deploying Nokia’s cloud-native core technology in the country’s capital Delhi as it takes steps towards digitalisation to meet increasing data demand and mobile broadband growth.

Ukrainian operator lifecell has deployed the country’s first virtualised LTE core network, allowing it to deliver various next-generation mobile services.

New research from Tutela analysing 4G speeds in Brazil shows that Vivo and Claro are battling for first place in the Latin American market.

Smart Communications will conduct the Philippines’ first commercial 5G trial next year in partnership with Ericsson.

As part of their shared mission to boost financial inclusion throughout Nigeria, Oradian and the Association of Non Bank Microfinance Institution of Nigeria (ANMFIN) have launched a strategic partnership.

Korean smartphone giant Samsung may shutter operations at one of two device factories in China as a result of escalating labour overheads and waning sales in the market.