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Vodacom Group has deployed commercial 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) in Lesotho, with the operator claiming the launch as a first for the continent.
Nepali ISP WorldLink has leveraged Juniper’s high-performance networking solutions to tackle the networking constraints and complexities of an exponentially growing consumer market.
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.
India’s government is looking to launch 5G services across the country by 2022, according to telecoms secretary Aruna Sundararajan.
P4 (Play) has selected Ericsson as an additional partner to expand its radio access network in Poland, based on Ericsson Radio System.
Ten investors have pledged funding to the tune of $1.4 billion for China Tower as the infrastructure company lines up its listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Alphabet’s Loon has partnered with Telkom Kenya for its first commercial agreement in Africa.
Mobile internet is now available in Cuba for the first time ever, with the government aiming to expand connectivity nationwide by the end of the year.
Nokia and China Mobile have signed a one-year frame agreement - valued at up to €1 billion - to support the Chinese mobile operator's transition to a future-oriented network infrastructure, while providing seamless connectivity to more efficiently meet growing data traffic demand.
Namibian ISP AfricaOnline has launched a wireless broadband network powered by Radwin’s JET 5GHz Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP) smart Beamforming solutions.
Kenya is aiming to connect its more remote regions through Alphabet’s Project Loon.
Nokia and Sudatel are to trial Nokia 4.5G Pro, 4.9G and 5G mobile technologies along with Nokia's fixed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) portfolio to enhance the mobile and residential broadband experience in Sudan.
Bolivian triple-play service provider COTAS has selected ECI and Siscotec to expand its current network in line with increased customer demand.
Pan-African operator group MTN has announced its goal of launching a mobile offering in Namibia by the end of August.
Movistar Argentina has selected Ericsson to transform its Radio Access Network (RAN) over a three-year period based on Ericsson Radio System.
Edotco, the tower unit of Malaysian group Axiata, has agreed to manage Ooredoo Myanmar’s energy assets across 1,250 of the operator’s tower sites nationwide.
American Tower has received clearance from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to acquire almost 9,000 towers from Idea Cellular for a total of INR40 billion ($584 million).
Average LTE download speeds in Myanmar are significantly ahead of the global average despite the fact that operators only began launching 4G services in the market in 2016.
Polaris Networks has deployed its LTE packet core for Globe Internet, a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) in Malawi.
Mexico’s shared LTE network is now live, with coverage extending to 32.2% of the country’s population.
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.
Taking dead aim at rival Reliance Jio Bharti Airtel is launching LTE (VoLTE) services in Kolkata.
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.
Nokia and Orange Middle East & Africa have unveiled what is billed as one of Africa’s largest 4G rollouts.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected Ericsson for a major nationwide expansion of its 4G network in Saudi Arabia, including the deployment of LTE Advanced and Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in Radio Access Network.
Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Ericsson have rolled out South Asia’s first commercial massive IoT network.
ZTE teams with MTN for MEA 5G commercialisation
The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 5G communication systems and networks.
China Telecom has selected the Ayla PaaS IoT platform as the basis for an ambitious IoT initiative.
Ericsson has signed a contract with Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd (Jazz) for the optimisation and performance management of its complete radio network.
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