Intracom Telecom has won a major rural ultra-broadband (UBB) deal with its fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions.

Philippines-based PHSAT has selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter System to enable Internet services for its small- to medium-enterprise (SME) customers.

TIM Brasil is aiming to virtualise its data centres by the end of 2021 using Nokia AirFrame servers featuring new, second generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

ZTE Corporation has signed a five-year 5G cooperation agreement with Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas of Colombia (UDFJC University) to establish a 5G Joint Innovation Research Center in Colombia.

fonYou has launched a white-label solution for mobile carriers in Latin America to interact with and sell products to customers via Facebook Messenger.

Gilat Satellite Networks has gained approval to enter the operational phase of a three-region telecom project in Peru.

CenturyLink and CBNL have partnered to extend the former’s global fibre footprint by making the latter’s portfolio of network services and managed solutions available to businesses across South America.

G-Core Labs is expanding its infrastructure in the Middle East by opening a new point of presence for its content delivery network in Tel Aviv.

BSS and IoT provider Nexign has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with Cairo-based, systems integrator Giza Systems.

Vodafone Ghana and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) have partnered with the GSMA to support the deployment of innovative mobile internet connectivity solutions for unconnected rural communities.

FVC has partnered with Avaya Holdings to help businesses across North, West, East, Central Africa and Egypt (NWECA) deliver customer experiences with UCC and cloud solutions.

Rwanda’s mobile industry has joined forces with the GSMA to drive mobile internet adoption and increase digital literacy in the country.

Tata Communications subsidiary TCTS (Tata Communications Transformation Services) has partnered with the Smart Africa Alliance to launch its pioneering Skill Africa Program.

Telenor has warned that an accounting error at its Bangladeshi unit Grameenphone has had a one-off but substantial impact on its Q2 earnings.

CenturyLink has collaborated with Alphabet's Loon to deliver internet connectivity to tens of thousands of people cut off by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Peru.

Kyrgyzstan had implemented full competition across all segments of its telecoms sector over a decade ago, reports Research & Markets.

Following the recent inauguration of their advanced Tier III AngoNAP data centre facility in Fortaleza, Brazil, Angola Cables has announced that it has launched Angola Cables Cloud Service to the African market.

Hot on the heels of Shanghai, the Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced that it aims to accelerate the pace of 5G deployment by rolling out 65,000 base stations by 2021.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened a public consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum in the in the 700MHz, 2300MHz and 2600MHz bands.

The most recent Mobile Number Portability (MNP) chart released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows 9mobile as gaining the highest ports-in consistently over the past year.

Telecom Cambodia has signed an infrastructure-sharing agreement with Viettel’s local unit Metfone that will see the operators start jointly trialling 5G this month.

Georgian telecoms provider MagtiCom has chosen Sicap's Cloud-based Device Management Centre (DMC) to replace its existing platform.

The island nation of Mauritius has long been a pioneer in the telecom sector, reports Research & Markets.