ORAN Development Corporation (ODC) has secured $45 million in Series A funding to accelerate deployment of its AI-native radio access network (RAN) platform and expand commercial engagements.

America Movil’s unit Claro is acquiring a 73% stake in Brazil-based broadband provider Desktop, marking a major move to strengthen its fixed-line presence in the country.

Turkcell announced that it has added a 10 Gbps option for its Superonline fibre broadband service, which it says makes it the first such broadband offer in Turkey.

State-owned Ethio Telecom announced on Friday it held discussions with Italian firm Ascot Energy with the goal of integrating green energy technologies into the telco’s national digital infrastructure across Ethiopia.

Hayo, a global digital service provider, is back in the news again after launching voice, messaging and digital solutions in Rwanda.

Senegal’s telecoms regulator, the Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP), has launched a public consultation on the deployment and sharing of fibre-to-the-x (FTTx) networks in Senegal.

Netmore Group, which describes itself as the leading network operator and platform provider for massive IoT, has announced a partnership in Brazil with Allcom Telecom, an American company that operates in the Latin American market of M2M and IoT solutions and is also an MVNO.

Airtel Africa chair Sunil Bharti Mittal will retire from his position later this year, with Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal set to succeed him.

Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata says it has expanded its 5G network to over 800 live sites spanning 24 districts, compared to just over 220 sites at the service’s initial launch three months ago.

EdgeConneX says it has formed a strategic partnership with Latin American water stewardship platform Kilimo to improve water efficiency for farmers in Chile’s Maipo River Basin, as well as its data centre operations in Santiago.

The Namibia Communications Regulatory Authority (CRAN) said on Tuesday that it rejected LEO satellite operator Starlink’s application for a licence to operate in the country because it didn’t meet all regulatory requirements.

Avantel, an Indian designer and developer of digital solutions, has won a INR4.6 billion (about US$49 million) order to supply real-time train information system (RTIS) devices for Indian Railways.

This week has seen the reported launch of 16 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit by Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440. News reports are calling this the country’s first operational step towards building a domestic satellite network.

MTN has announced plans to wind down its super app Ayoba, after the platform struggled to gain meaningful traction across its African markets.

Mobile money transactions have surged to US$2 trillion globally, doubling in value over the past four years, according to the GSMA.

IFC, a global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets and a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), has announced an investment to expand clean and reliable power for telecom networks in three African countries.

Brazil-based RW Telecom has rebranded as Conecta Infra with the launch of a new neutral optical infrastructure platform that aims to connect data centre hubs across South America.

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is reportedly planning to establish tighter regulatory oversight over the country’s fast-growing data centre market.

Digicel Samoa announced on Tuesday it’s teamed up with Euronet Worldwide subsidiary Ria Money Transfer to enable people outside of Samoa to transfer money to Digicel’s MyCash mobile wallets.

M-Pesa Ethiopia, the digital financial services arm of operator Safaricom Ethiopia, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Amhara National Regional State Revenue Bureau to enable taxpayers in the region to conveniently pay their taxes using the M-Pesa platform.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG), which develops and operates data centres in Singapore, Japan, India, Indonesia, China, Malaysia and South Korea, has announced a strategic multi-site acquisition in India that adds 210 MW of capacity to its current platform.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has received regulatory approval to merge its subsidiary, Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML), with Telenor Pakistan, following its recent acquisition of the operator.

Turkcell a leading service provider in Turkey, says it has signed a landmark US$1 billion syndicated international Murabaha financing agreement with 14 banks.

As cybersecurity threats continue to grow in size and seriousness throughout Africa, a new initiative has been launched in Rwanda that aims to build Africa’s cyber resilience.

Two Zimbabwean companies, Hurudza AI and Paltech Africa, have announced a strategic partnership to launch The Farmers’ Bench, an AI-powered solution aimed at transforming access to agricultural knowledge across Zimbabwe and beyond.

Late last week saw the opening of what is described as the largest commercial space component and sub-systems manufacturing site on the African continent.