As Bharti Infratel goes ahead with the closure of its massive towers merger with Indus Towers, it looks like Vodafone Idea is going to take advantage of the situation to earn some much-needed cash.

It has been suggested that some of Nigeria’s telecommunications companies may be unable to enter the mobile money market after the decision by the country’s central bank that new entrants must guarantee a significant capital base.

Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom (HT) has extended its agreement with Ericsson’s Nikola Tesla unit for the delivery of managed services up to end-2023.

Tanzania’s regulator has hit Liquid Telecom subsidiary Raha with a TZS11.8 billion (US$5.1 million) fine.

Orange Niger is set to build out and modernise its network after being granted a loan of XOF31 billion (US$56.3 million) by Coris Bank Niger.

Avaroa Cable and Vodafone Cook Islands have signed a multi-year partnership for use of the Manatua Cable.

A new data centre is about to open in Kenya, courtesy of PAIX Data Centres, an African provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services.

By 29 August, roaming charges for mobile users in Argentina and Chile are to be abolished.

Cellcom Israel has announced the conclusion of the purchase of former rival operator Golan Telecom.

Filipino licensee NOW Telecom has appointed Unicapital to provide financial advice on a potential public offering.

Algeria is issuing its three mobile operators with additional spectrum holdings in a bid to restore connectivity after extensive network outages.

Pan-Africa cross-border payments group MFS Africa has partnered with MoneyGram to enable P2P payments and money transfers in Africa.

It’s not entirely clear who is to blame for the standoff between the incumbent Colombian operators Claro and Tigo and new arrival Partners, but tension, especially between Claro and Partners, has been ramping up, according to local press reports.

A rise in rural numbers, a fall in overall numbers and a commanding lead for Reliance Jio are some of the takeaways from mobile market share figures for May published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The MIST cable system is on its way – and Orient Link, which provides construction, sales, operations and maintenance for submarine cables, and NEC Corporation, a leading name in the integration of IT and network technologies, have signed an agreement to build it.

Serbian state-owned operator Telekom Srbija is looking to finance its debt with a corporate bond sale that it expects to raise around €200 milllion ($236.52 million).

In November 2019 it was announced that Orange Romania was the first operator within the Orange Group’s footprint to commercially launch 5G. Now the 5G network in Bucharest has been expanded to cover the entire city.

There’s been further courtroom drama in India over the issue of shared or sold spectrum and its effect on AGR dues.

Sri Lanka’s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has begun “preliminary measures” aimed at introducing nationwide mobile number portability (MNP).

Armenian operator Ucom has claimed that its subscribers will now be able to access “much higher quality” mobile services following an extensive network upgrade.

In addition to plans reported in June to make about 960 workers, from a workforce of 2,500, redundant, South African mobile operator Cell C said on Friday that it expects to close around 128 stores across the country.

The adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues payment saga has taken a potentially unwelcome turn for Indian operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, which may now be liable for more payments than they at first assumed.

There’s a bright future ahead for Indian data centres according to JLL, a leader in real estate services.

A1 Belarus has purchased the assets of Multiservice Network LLC, a Soligorsk-based broadband and TV provider.

Symbiote Investments, which provides services in Jamaica as Caricel, has been refused permission to appeal a decision by the country’s Court of Appeal that revoked its operating licences.

There’s been a fair amount of, apparently informed, speculation in the Indian business press recently about yet another deal involving Reliance Jio.

Kyrgyzstan is set to auction 2300MHz-2400MHz TDD spectrum, with licences covering all areas of the country except for the capital of Bishkek and second major city Osh.