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Russian operators have been ordered to block access to the secure messaging app Telegram from today (16^th April).

MTN and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) are collaborating to leverage each other’s assets in order to offer more value to their respective customers across the continent.

Intelsat S.A. and Vodacom Business Nigeria have signed an agreement for satellite services that will see the latter expand its enterprise broadband networks and enable new and enhanced services throughout West Africa.

PayPal and Safaricom have formed a partnership that enables Kenyans to seamlessly move money between their M-PESA and PayPal accounts.

Etisalat has selected NEC/Netcracker as the prime solution provider for its multivendor telecom cloud program.

Comarch and True Corporation have formed a partnership to implement Comarch Loyalty Management services, replacing the operator’s existing in-house application True You.

The upgraded version of Ecobank’s mobile app has attracted 3 million new customers in just 6 months, taking the total number of users to 4 million.

Digital money transfer provider SimbaPay is launching an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which makes International Money Transfer possible with a single SMS.

Payment technology and transaction processing firm Financial Software Systems (FSS) has formed a strategic partnership with systems integrator Just In Time Group (JIT) to expand its market footprint in Sri Lanka.

MainOne subsidiary MDXI Data Centre has partnered with satellite operator Avanti Communications to host and manage the satellite operator’s in-country Gateway Earth Station (GES).

Tigo Tanzania has entered into a partnership with Uber which will allow all Tigo customers to use the Uber app for free.

Standard Bank Group has acted as exclusive financial adviser to M-BIRR which recently completed a successful equity raise of €8m ($9.8m).

Turkcell’s Ukraine subsidiary lifecell obtained the largest spectrum per subscriber in a recent licence tender, which will allow it to deliver high-quality and affordable connections for 4.5G subscribers throughout Ukraine.

Smartphone shipments in Bangladesh grew by 20.6% year-on-year during 2017 to reach a total of 8.1 million devices.

Afghanistan’s Neda has commissioned satellite terminal provider Isotropic Systems to develop self-installing, all electronic scanning terminals to extend its single channel per carrier (SCPC) broadband capabilities across the country for enterprise, government and consumer users.

Etisalat has implemented NEC/Netcracker's full-stack Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution for the deployment of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE).

The Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.

Fortumo and Apigate, a subsidiary of Axiata Digital, are launching content services in Cambodia via Smart Axiata’s Direct Carrier Billing API.

Avanti Communications and Globecomm have announced a Master Services Agreement.

Taking dead aim at rival Reliance Jio Bharti Airtel is launching LTE (VoLTE) services in Kolkata.

Telefonica Business Solutions and Huawei have signed a global alliance for the development of new comms solutions for enterprises.

The pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has selected Metaswitch technology as the basis for its ambitious expansion plans.

A new satellite-based service will enable rural communities in Thailand to enjoy reliable broadband services.

Etisalat Misr and Huawei have completed the world’s first verification of the latter’s spectrum dynamic sharing solution.

Burundian mobile operator Lumitel is extending its 4G service to the entire country.

Globe Telecom has partnered with Huawei to commence the trial of the world's first FDD Massive MIMO commercial product.

Bharti Airtel is to acquire the Indian leg of Gulf Bridge International's subsea data cabling network.

Nokia and Orange Middle East & Africa have unveiled what is billed as one of Africa’s largest 4G rollouts.