Openet has been selected by leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to provide its Digital Business Platform (DBP).

Growing urban demographics and the rapid expansion of cities are driving the use of smart city solutions in Africa and the Middle East.

Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União, or TCU) has approved a contract between the country’s state-controlled telco Telebras and Viasat.

Nokia and U Mobile have signed a three-year contract to deploy a Nokia Single Radio Access Network (RAN) network as well as microwave and IP-based mobile transport technologies.

5G NR is expected to become the major cellular radio access technology in the coming years and testing network performance and operation is crucial to ensure delivery of new services to end users.

DE-CIX India’s Mumbai-IX has started offering 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access at all enabled data centres in the Indian metropolis.

Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) is partnering with Africa Development Solutions (ADS Group) to facilitate building fibre infrastructure backbone across Africa.

ENGIE has been selected for the operation and maintenance of the Orange Services Group's data centre in Abidjan, for a five-year contract that will start early June 2019.

Chinese operators have again been ordered to reduce data rates for consumers by the country’s State Council, which has also called for them to lower fees on SMEs (small and medium enterprises).

Millicom has closed its acquisition of Telefonica’s Nicaraguan operations.

Amdocs has expanded its strategic partnership with Telefonica to advance the operator’s digital transformation initiatives in Argentina and Chile.

Ooredoo Myanmar and ZTE Corporation have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on 5G network development.

Tutela has signed an agreement with Altán Redes that will give the wholesale operator access to Tutela data on the Mexican market, collected from millions of mobile devices.

Indonesian market leader Telkomsel has partnered with its venture capital unit MDI Ventures and Singtel’s Innov8 to set up a $40 million fund for investment.

Mobile networks and broadband internet access for corporate and consumer customers operated by PNG DataCo have been restored by SES Networks following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea in the early morning hours of 7 May 2019.

Chilean service provider Grupo Gtd has gone live with Netcracker’s full-stack BSS/OSS suite as part of its large-scale B2B transformation program.

Several operators and vendors in India have petitioned the country’s government to grant them 12-month 5G spectrum licences which would allow them to carry out more rigorous field testing.

Thunes has extended its network in Mongolia adding LendMN–  the first Mongolian FinTech - in an effort to promote financial inclusion and smarter payment solutions.

Turkish satellite operator Turksat has signed new agreements with Avanti Communications and Kymeta.

Vietnamese operator VinaPhone has partnered with KoolSpan on VinaPhone ProCall, a secure mobile communications solution.

Operators in Indonesia could see their revenue increase in 2019 if they are able to expand their data offerings to drive usage, according to Fitch Ratings.

Chinese device maker Xiaomi has released its own shipment data for Q1 2019 after dismissing calculations released by analysts as “inaccurate and unfair.”

CETel is delivering connectivity in remote areas of Northern Africa via Intelsat’s EPIC 37e satellite.

Thunes has completed its $10 million Series A financing led by venture firm GGV Capital.

Smartphone sales in China declined to their lowest point since 2013 in Q1 2019, according to research firm Canalys.