A new agreement between two leading names in satellite communications aims to enhance internet connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Indonesian operator Telkomsel, the mobile arm of Telkom Indonesia, has announced further progress with delivering connectivity to disadvantaged areas of the country.

A flurry of announcements in recent days has offered both good and bad news for the giant Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, with a number of 5G deals being done, prevented or delayed.

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, has announced the expansion of its IP backbone reach in the Caucasus region with the opening of a new point of presence (PoP) in Yerevan, Armenia. 

Recent reports from the Indian press indicate that some vendors that have sold goods or services to BSNL and MTNL are considering insolvency pleas against the state-run operators after non-payment of dues.

Connectivity provider Angola Cables and internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX have partnered to offer what the two companies describe as premium interconnection services to a variety of neutral IXs for operators and data centres across Latin America.

All the world's leading operators are eager to compete for 5G but how can a 5G network be built quickly, transcend the 4G experience and enable a variety of industrial applications?

du and Batelco have launched Arc, a joint venture aimed at simplifying intra-regional connectivity in the Middle East.

Nokia and SENAI-SP (Brazil’s National Service for Industrial Training) are teaming up to implement the vendor’s portfolio of technology and connectivity solutions at SENAI-SP’s lab in São Caetano do Sul.

News that Vodafone Business and América Móvil have announced an IoT partnership, that, they say, makes it easier than ever for customers to connect devices globally, could be a significant boost for IoT deployment.

Reports from the press in Pakistan say that a submarine cable fault disrupted internet services in the country earlier this week.

Technology from live video streaming company LiveU is offering an alternative to traditional satellite, fibre and microwave technology for live coverage of South Africa’s popular horse racing industry.

Ooredoo Tunisia is deploying the Nokia AirGile cloud-native core and services to power its current 2G/3G/4G network in order to prepare for the transition to 5G.

Thailand has seen a very rapid increase in mobile broadband penetration over the past six years driven by strong growth of 4G mobile subscribers, reports Research & Markets.

Poland’s government is cooperating with three of the country’s mobile operators on 5G development in order to speed up the rollout of the technology.

Not surprisingly, in the wake of a recent court ruling against India’s operators, the financial pressures on the sector have continued to make headlines. Now a review of those financial pressures has been mooted.

The EllaLink Group and Telxius have signed a collaboration agreement for international subsea capacity and terrestrial connectivity in Latin America, including cable landing facilities in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Nokia has signed a contract with leading telecommunications service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) to provide IoT coverage to enterprises in Indonesia.

According to reports in London’s Financial Times and the Economic Times of India Reliance Industries has some interesting plans for its Jio mobile business.

The population of the Solomon Islands, a state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, can soon look forward to the benefits of cable-led communications, according to the Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company (SISCC).

Orange has opened its second Orange Digital Centre in Africa and the Middle East. The new centre is in Dakar Senegal.

Plans for a new cable system, which will directly connect Muscat, Oman, to Perth, Australia, have been announced. It will be called Oman Australia Cable (OAC).

Vodafone Idea is transforming its distributed network data centres to open standards, open interfaces based ‘Universal Cloud’ using solutions from Red Hat.