PCCW Global, the international operating division of Hong Kong’s HKT, has completed a major Internet infrastructure upgrade in Mozambique.

TIM Brasil has selected Gilat’s satellite backhaul solution to enable 4G services to unserved areas, such as highways and small towns, as well as to the agribusiness IoT market.

Ericsson has been selected by Batelco to commercially deploy 5G across Bahrain.

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) has signed an agreement to sell and lease back the passive physical infrastructure of its mobile tower portfolio to IHS Holding Limited (IHS) in a deal worth SAR 2.52 billion (USD 672 million).

Tower leasing firm PT Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) has partnered with NTT Docomo to test a new site inspection service named docomo sky.

Liberty Latin America is acquiring an 87.5% stake in Caribbean operating group UTS (United Telecommunication Services) as part of its push towards greater convergence.

Vodafone Group has entered into a strategic consultancy deal with Movicel Angola to coordinate their operations across several verticals.

MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company Clickatell to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage with the telco over WhatsApp.

Axiata group’s tower unit Edotco has formed site-sharing agreements with three of Pakistan’s major operators.

The Saudi Arabian telecom system integration market is projected to grow from $420 million in 2018 to $683 million by 2024, according to Research & Markets.

Czech search engine Seznam has demanded greater detail on Google’s plans to introduce greater competition across the Android device ecosystem.

The government of Nigeria has updated its broadband ambitions, aiming to increase penetration from 30% by 2020 to 70% by 2021, though most connections will be via mobile networks.

Fortumo has deployed its Trident Bundling Platform to connect Amazon with the Indian state-run telco BSNL, allowing it to offer its subscribers one year of Amazon Prime in select plans.

Russian telecom services provider ER-Telecom Holding has selected Netcracker’s Digital BSS as part of its digital transformation.

Telecom Italia would reportedly consider divesting its TIM Brasil operation if the hypothetical buyer offered a generous valuation for its stake in the Brazilian unit.

Eafricalab will use ACI Worldwide’s UP Retail Payments solution for Postillion to better serve consumers across 25 African countries.

The Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has ordered market leader Nepal Telecom to pay NPR20 billion ($181 million) to renew its mobile licence.

Venezuela is currently undergoing country-wide blackouts that are leaving 98% of the population without internet connectivity.

The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has outlined a plan to deploy 50,000 telecom towers across the next seven years.

Western Union has teamed up with Thunes, a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, to enable Western Union customers to send funds directly into mobile wallets around the world.

Cambodian enterprise ISP SINET has chosen Nokia to launch new, high-speed broadband services in the country.

ECI has won a contract with CEB FibreNet - a subsidiary of the Central Electricity Board in Mauritius - to expand and leverage its existing fibre optic network coverage.

Vodafone Idea has partnered with Nokia to roll out its next generation future-ready LTE network across multiple service areas.

Indonesian operator XL Axiata is using equipment from Ericsson to build out its 5G-ready transport network.

Millicom is selling its Chad operations to Morocco’s Maroc Telecom in line with its strategy of cutting its African portfolio to refocus on Latin America.