Enterprise Ecosystems

Malaysian multinational telecommunications conglomerate Axiata will be acquiring a 66.03% stake in one of Indonesia's biggest cable TV operators and fixed broadband internet provider, Link Net, for about $604 million, paving the way for expansion in the archipelago's untapped fixed broadband market.

Mexican telecommunications service provider GigNet has announced a deal to install a private high-speed internet and Wi-Fi network for Mera Corporation.

Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has launched three new independent digital companies that will provide ICT, cloud computing, cyber security, and digital communication services.

ZTE Corporation together with China Mobile Research Institute, the Guangdong Branch of China Mobile, and MediaTek, has completed all the test items of URLLC key technologies in Guangzhou, China.

Airtel Uganda, the mobile communications and information technology services provider in the East African country, has said that ‘discussions are going on internally’ concerning the listing of a 20% stake in the company via an initial public offering (IPO).

Cambodian ISP and A2P messaging aggregator MekongNet has partnered with mobile identity solutions provider IPification to deliver seamless mobile data authentication services in Cambodia.

China's ZTE Corporation and China Unicom have jointly completed the Proof of Concept (PoC) of computing power network service scheduling.

Transformation solutions provider Nexign has successfully replaced the BSS system for Uzbekistani mobile operator Ucell.

Zain Jordan has selected a suite of products from Infovista to help it modernise its network.

Turkish operator Turkcell is seeking strategic foreign partnerships for its subsidiaries, CEO Murat Erkan said.

Romania's Competition Council approved the French global investor and asset manager Meridiam's takeover of half the shares in Netcity Telecom through a partnership with Netcity's owner E-Infra.

Cloud services marketplace and distributor Pax8 is buying TVG, a cloud services and software distributor in northeastern Europe. The acquisition will allow Pax8 to dip its toes into the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

Bahrain-based telecom services company Batelco recently debuted its eCommerce platform, Batelco eSuite, in a move to help merchants create online stores in a few steps.

IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, participated in a guaranteed line of up to COP625,000 million (GBP 113 million) for the benefit of Tigo Colombia, a subsidiary of Millicom.

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd (China Mobile) will buy back up to $12.6 billion worth of its Hong Kong-listed shares on the market, as the company prepares for its 48.7 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) listing in Shanghai on Wednesday, China’s biggest public share offering in a decade.

Following a competitive auction process, Latvian fixed broadband operator Tet is acquiring 100% of Telia’s local B2B unit Telia Latvija for EUR10.75 million (US$12.1 million).

Azerbaijan state-owned operator AzinTelecom will merge with the Data Processing Center (DPC), which operates under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MDDT).

The shareholders of PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo) have approved the Indonesian operator's merger with rival Tri, which is also known as Hutchison 3 Indonesia.

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have joined hands to build a 5G-based remote working technology using robotics. Both the companies are currently running the trials in Airtel's 5G lab at Manesar, in the state of Haryana.

Russia's active mobile subscriber base totaled 259 million this year (2021), up by 3.3% from the year before but slightly off from the 260 million recorded at the end of 2019, said a study.

Russian integrated provider of digital services and solutions Rostelecom has acquired 100% of the share capital of TVE-Telecom for RUB 1.7 billion (GBP 17 million).

Thailand Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), the oldest and largest hospital in the country Siriraj Hospital, and Huawei Technologies have opened a 5G smart hospital project in the country.

Nokia has been selected by Qatar’s Ooredoo Group to supply 5G CPEs and whole-home mesh WiFi solutions to residential and enterprise customers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

MENA’s largest Open Banking platform Tarabut Gateway has announced a partnership with Zain Bahrain to provide the region’s first use case of Open Banking payments within a telco app.

Indonesian digital communications company Indosat Ooredoo and Groundhog Technologies, a Mobility Intelligence provider, are developing an on-demand advertising software platform Programmatic, which aims to provide data-driven digital advertising solutions that help marketers achieve optimal advertising of Advertising Services.

Indonesia and Huawei mull the expansion of the partnership between digital transformation and a number of initiatives to develop digitalization, 5G, AI, and new energy.

Mavenir, the network software provider, announced that T-Mobile has become the first operator in the Czech Republic to enable customers who own select smartwatches, to connect to their existing mobile number.

Recent deals in Kenya and South Africa have highlighted the continuing expansion of the African SME market and the growing number of African fintech and specialist communications companies serving SMEs.

Reuters reported that Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is in early talks for a majority stake in broadcast satellite service provider Dish TV India Ltd, qutoting local media Mint.

Indonesia-based mobile telecommunications services operator XL Axiata said that its unit XL Axiata Business Solutions sees the huge market potential for business-to-business (B2B) and SME corporate services in Sumatra.

By the end of 2027, 5G will represent around 39% of mobile subscriptions in India with an estimated 500 million subscriptions, said a report.

India's Reliance Industries (RIL), which controls Reliance Jio, is weighing a bid for UK-based telecommunications giant, BT, formerly British Telecom.

Huawei Technologies is set to boost Malaysia's digitization efforts as the Chinese telecom giant seeks to accelerate the country's digital economy transformation by building the country into ASEAN digital hub.