Almost 30 suspected scammers have been arrested and 3.7 million online profiles and accounts removed as part of a multi-agency crackdown – also involving private sector companies – against fraud perpetrated from across Africa.
A plan by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to build a new subsea cable connecting peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak is reportedly moving forward, with construction scheduled to begin early next next year.
While digital transformation has been on the agenda for most enterprises in recent years, the growing use of agentic AI is putting extra pressure on enterprises to digitally transform their enterprise campus networks to ensure they can keep up with demand.
Large-scale data centre growth in India appears to be accelerating, with recently announced deals or plans including big names such as CtrlS Datacenters, Submer, BSNL and Google, but some public discomfort has been expressed about the rollout in Andhra Pradesh.
Ukraine has reported restrictions on its access to Starlink satellite connectivity, with officials saying the disruption has affected military operations against Russia.
Egypt's Bank NXT has announced the extension of its collaboration with Network International, a leading fintech company in the Middle East and Africa, to accelerate the digitisation of its payment services and further modernise its payments infrastructure.
Cassava Technologies’ Liquid C2 announced on Tuesday it has signed a new reseller partnership agreement with digital workforce security firm KnowBe4 to bring training and risk management solutions to enterprise customers across Africa.
India-based Henox IT and Data Centers has revealed plans to build a subsea cable system that will create a series of new, carrier-neutral landing hubs along India’s coastline.
The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB), a leading bank in Bahrain, has entered into a strategic partnership with TerraPay, a global digital money movement company, to expand its international payout capabilities and enhance cross-border payment experiences for its customers.
International data centre infrastructure firm FiveNines Group says that it is partnering with AI infrastructure specialist Nexus Core Systems to oversee development of a planned 20MW AI data centre in Morocco.
Malaysian 5G operator U Mobile announced on Monday it has signed an MoU with renewable energy developer HLGY Energy to develop 5G-connected smart solar farm solutions in Malaysia.
Colt Technology Services announced on Monday it is investing to expand its global network across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to support the next generation of AI-driven growth.
Global smartphone shipments fell 20% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2026 as rising memory chip costs pushed up device prices and weakened consumer demand, according to Counterpoint Research.
While many markets worldwide – and particularly in Africa – face a connectivity gap, the issue is particularly acute in Somalia. Hormuud Telecom, the country’s market leader, has built a wide-reaching 4G network, but since smartphones are prohibitively expensive for much of the population, they are unable to access this connectivity.
Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a pan-APAC developer and operator of hyperscale data centres, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its enterprise data centre business in Indonesia to PT SMPlus Digital Investama (together with its affiliates).
A reminder of the growing potential of IoT in agriculture comes from IoT solutions companies Acceleronix and Quectel, along with Brazilian agro hardtech company iBOI, which together announced last week a new-generation GPS cattle ear tag for real-time monitoring.
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said on Friday it has launched its Indosat Intelligence Suite in partnership with F5 to give enterprises across Southeast Asia expanded access to AI models.
Veon announced on Friday that its Bangladesh operator, Banglalink, has launched Starlink’s direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service in the country, making it the third Veon-owned telco to launch the service in the past year.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has questioned the influence of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani as Starlink continues to await approval to launch its satellite internet service in India.
Vodacom South Africa and SmartOps Fleet say they have assembled an ecosystem of partners from the technology, financial services, automotive and e-hailing sectors in a bid to broaden South Africa's growing e-hailing economy.
Malaysian operator U Mobile announced on Thursday it has partnered with Telenor Linx to launch SIM-based phone number verification (PNV) on its 5G network.
Mali’s La Société Malienne de Transmission et de Diffusion (SMTD-SA) and Sénégal Numérique (SENUM-SA) have reportedly commissioned a new fibre optic link that directly connects their respective country’s national fibre networks.
Claro Dominicana has added Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its cloud infrastructure portfolio, expanding the cloud services it offers to business customers in the Dominican Republic.
Kenyan telco Safaricom and Gulfcap Investment Bank (GCIB) said on Tuesday they have launched a Shari’ah-compliant money market fund for M-Pesa customers.
Paratus Namibia announced on Wednesday it has launched Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite service for both residential and enterprise customers.
Ooredoo Group’s international connectivity arm OFN said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Iraqi fibre infrastructure provider iQ Networks to create a terrestrial corridor across Iraq linking OFN’s Fibre In Gulf (FIG) subsea cable to Turkey and Europe.
Niger is opening a new route through Algeria. It’s an additional path to international internet infrastructure, and part of a wider backbone connecting Niger, which is landlocked, to several neighbouring countries.
Five Caribbean islands – Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Martin, Saint Barths and Saint Kitts – are now connected through the AMS-IX Eastern Caribbean Internet Exchange (IX), marking what is described as a major milestone in strengthening the region’s digital infrastructure.
For the second time in a week, there’s IoT coverage news relevant to Brazil with the announcement from Flolive and Skylo Technologies of integrated cellular and satellite connectivity services designed to extend reliable IoT communications across Brazil.
Boon Chee Loo (pictured) joined Bridge Alliance in 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic reached Asia. He became CEO in April 2026, after helping the alliance broaden its work from roaming coordination into regional platforms for IoT, communications services and network APIs.
It seems that e&, the brand introduced by the UAE operator with some fanfare in 2022, is no more. e& is reverting to the etisalat name. This was confirmed in an Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) filing this week.
Aeris, described as the secure connectivity platform for physical AI and intelligent IoT devices, has announced a strategic partnership with Telna, a provider of managed global network infrastructure for cellular connectivity, with an initial focus on Brazil.
Two recent deals, one involving Afreximbank, the other involving financial service provider Absa Group, indicate the growing reach of digital trade and payments in Africa.
Nokia has announced that Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP), Brazil's national research and education network (NREN), has selected Nokia and technology company Q13 to modernise rede Ipê, which it describes as critical infrastructure for Brazil’s research and education communities.
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