Vast Networks, Africa’s first open access network provider, has selected Benu Networks’ Virtual Service Edge (VSE) platform to deploy the only carrier-grade mobile offload network on the African continent.

Skyband, a member of the Inteltec Group and provider of satellite and networking solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has signed a new agreement with LeoSat Enterprises.

Nokia has deployed 100G in Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited's (PTCL) network to enhance the capacity and speed of its optical network for both domestic and international traffic.

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has extended its agreement with Optiva for the software provider’s Charging Engine, Voucher Management and Policy Control solutions.

Jazz and Nokia have signed a contract to support Jazz's expansion of its 4G network to provide better coverage and a superior subscriber experience.

Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB), the largest Islamic bank in Palestine, has chosen cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to transform its banking systems and drive its digital transformation.

Omantel has launched an international wholesale company called Omantel International (OTI).

Zain Saudi Arabia and Nokia have signed two agreements that will allow the operator to launch IoT services and applications and provide innovative end-to-end solutions to enterprise and public sector segments in the Kingdom.

South Africa has a highly competitive mobile market with four operators looking to grow their market shares through extensive investment in advanced networks.

MTN has signed a business innovation deal with Huawei covering data services, enterprise, mobile financial services, rich media and wholesale.

Indosat Ooredoo (Indosat) has chosen Nokia to upgrade its IP/MPLS network to meet fast-growing subscriber demand for fixed and mobile broadband services.

Bangladeshi digital services provider Robi and Comviva-incubated fintech firm YABX have partnered to facilitate financing for smartphones for Robi’s customers in Bangladesh.

Telecom Egypt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia to introduce 5G network and test use cases.

The development of bandwidth-driven transport networks faces severe challenges. In this article Richard Jin examines how these can be successfully overcome by network operators.

Chip company Arm and China Unicom have announced a long-term partnership agreement to deliver IoT scalability, security and simplicity to Chinese enterprises and global companies looking to have a local presence in China.

Global provider of IoT services Eseye has formed a partnership with Africa Mobile Network Operator (MNO) MTN and the AnyNet Federation association of MNOs to meet the complex management and enhanced resilience requirements of the rapidly expanding global M2M IoT customer base.

Harris Communications Systems India Pvt. Ltd has announced that it recently completed renovations on a 12,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility in New Delhi that will house the network operations control centre for India’s nationwide aviation communications infrastructure.

Avanci has announced that China Mobile has joined its Internet of Things patent licensing platform. China Mobile will license its entire global portfolio of 2G, 3G and 4G standard essential patents to the IoT market through Avanci’s marketplace. The Avanci licensing platform now includes 21 patent owners.

Ooredoo Group announced today at Mobile World Congress 2019 that it is accelerating its 5G network transformation across the Middle East, North Africa, and South East Asia with Artificial Intelligence solutions from P.I. Works.

Nokia and Telecom Egypt are to build the first cloud infrastructure in Egypt exclusively for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Telecom Egypt will use Nokia's Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) as a Service as the platform to launch IoT services for the enterprise segment later this year.

At a press conference held at the Mobile World Congress 2019, Lifecell announced a new Digital Operator (DO) vision and 1440 strategy partnership with Digicel Group, expanding Lifecell’s experience and know-how in digitalisation to countries across the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific.

Ericsson has been selected by Etisalat to deploy a 5G radio network in the United Arab Emirates to help position the UAE at the forefront of 5G network deployment globally. The deal is part of a strategic partnership which will also see Ericsson and Etisalat working together to explore 5G opportunities.

Rain and Truphone have partnered to launch eSIM in South Africa. Truphone’s eSIM remote SIM provisioning platform will allow Rain to provide its customers with seamless and efficient SIM provisioning experience – directly through their devices –becoming the first carrier in South Africa to do so.

Ericsson has been selected by Tele2 Russia to upgrade its network with the 5G-ready Ericsson Radio System, including software. More than 50,000 base stations will be deployed across the country as part of the five-year network modernisation deal.

Nokia's Nuage Networks VSP solution will be deployed by Bharti Airtel in 15 circles (service areas) in the northern and southern part of India to automate its data centre networks.

Indian wireless operator Jio, in partnership with Ciena, has taken another major step in future-proofing its national transport network with ‘Transport SDN’ capabilities.