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Plintron is entering the Indian telecom market after receiving the country’s first unified licence specifically for MVNOs.

Polish IoT specialist Netemera is deploying the country’s first nationwide low-power, wide-area (LPWA) network as part of its “Network for Machines”.

Hurricane Electric has added new regional network connectivity in Africa by establishing a new point of presence (PoP) at the Djibouti Data Centre (DDC).

UAE-based du is partnering with Epsilon to forge simple, fast and efficient connectivity between the operator and data centres in Europe and Asia.

Airtel Nigeria and Ericsson are launching a new OTT streaming service called Nuvu.

BringCom Incorporated, a provider of connectivity solutions to developing countries, has reached a tentative agreement to acquire African network service provider Datanet.

Lebanese internet service provider Connect has selected InfiNet Wireless solutions to serve as the backbone of its new wireless network infrastructure.

Spirent Communications has scored the first contract for its Tweakker line of device intelligence solutions in South America through Brazil’s mobile virtual network enabler/aggregator (MVNE/A) Surf Telecom.

FreeConferenceCall.com has launched free conference calling services in Tanzania.

Delivering internet services at 5G speeds to subscribers in rural areas and living in places where it is not feasible or economical to deploy fibre is a major challenge.

International mobile payment network TerraPay has obtained regulatory approval from the Bank of Tanzania to launch International Money transfer services to mobile wallets in the country.

Indonesian operator Smartfren is using Bango’s platform to launch one-click carrier billing payment for Google Play customers.

XL Axiata will provide satellite broadband services throughout Indonesia following a new agreement between Axiata Business Services and Thaicom subsidiary IPSTAR.

Solar solutions company BBOXX has partnered with IoT specialist Aeris to deliver clean energy to millions of people living in off-grid communities in the developing world.

Bangladeshi operator Banglalink has contracted ZTE to build what will be the world’s largest virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform.

Egyptian fixed incumbent Telecom Egypt has signed a national roaming agreement with Orange Egypt as it readies its mobile launch.

T-Systems and Huawei are bringing Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to South Africa.

Vodafone Egypt has tapped Procera Networks to enhance the subscriber experience for its fixed and mobile subscribers.

Intelsat S.A. has signed a new agreement with Liquid Telecom that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the pan-African group’s network.

ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.

Telefónica is deploying dedicated Service Operations Centres (SOC) in Argentina and Chile for the intelligent management of its networks.

Vietnam’s Mobifone is launching carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.

Orange Egypt has deployed Openet’s Real-Time Offer Manager (RTOM) solution plus reporting tools to improve subscriber experience and increase data revenues.