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.

Next-generation solutions provider CloudSmartz will enable Seaborn Networks’ digital transformation strategy and deployment over the next several months.

Chinese device maker Vivo has taken third place in the Indian smartphone market despite the overall market slowing in Q1.

Two of Axiata’s subsidiaries have requested arbitration from the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes over a tax bill relating to the group’s acquisition of the Nepali operator Ncell.

A new business and technology solutions firm has been launched with the aim of accelerating the development and transformation of Africa.

Flexenclosure, which designs and delivers prefabricated modular data centres for colocation, cloud and communications companies, has completed construction of a new eCentre data centre for Tigo Business in Nicaragua. This is one of six new data centres Flexenclosure is delivering for Millicom’s Tigo operations.