Vodacom Mozambique has signed an agreement with Intelsat SA for a satellite solution to deliver 3G services to meet the growing data demand generated by the country’s tourism sector.

Ooredoo Myanmar and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have entered a two-year partnership undertaking joint activities to unlock the potential of digital technologies for the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on women and youth.

African tech player Mara has announced their newest product, the Maraphone – the first made-in-Africa, full-scale smartphone, soon to be manufactured in plants across Africa.

As Cape Town gears up to host AfricaCom 2018, here’s a quick reminder of what’s on offer and what you’ll be missing out on, if you have not yet registered to attend Africa’s leading technology, media and telecommunications event, taking place at the CTICC, Cape Town, 13 – 15 November 2018.

Thailand’s second largest operator group True Corp has extended its strategic convergence transformation engagement with Amdocs for ongoing development and support until end of 2021.

In a recent financial stability review, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) noted that the $10 billion debt which Nigeria claims to be owed by MTN represents a risk to South Africa’s economy.

Tata Sons has stepped up to pay the lion’s share of Tata Teleservices INR100 billion ($1.4 billion) debt to the Indian government, despite Bharti Airtel being formally obliged to do so.

CETel is set to deliver fibre-like connectivity into Africa via the medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation O3b.

Vodafone Romania has selected mobile carrier payment solutions provider RGK Mobile to deliver carrier billing services for its customers.

EdgeConneX has acquired the Linxdatacenter facility in Warsaw, Poland.

The government of Tanzania has claimed that Bharti Airtel’s proposed IPO of its African operations would be illegal as it was not consulted on the matter despite holding a 40% stake in Airtel Tanzania.

Hutchison 3 Indonesia has implemented Nokia's Spectral Performance Management solution to increase its network efficiency and boost customer experience.

Parallel Wireless has partnered with Ghana’s LTE network Telesol to connect citizens and businesses in Ghana with 4G wireless services.

After participating in Thailand’s latest 900MHz spectrum auction as the sole bidder, dtac has obtained a 10MHz block for THB38.06 billion ($1.15 billion).

MDXI has partnered with global IXP platform provider Asteroid to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for West Africa.

Huawei has selected Zain Group as a strategic partner in deploying its cloud services in Kuwait and across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Indian state-owned operator BSNL has selected Nokia to support the transformation of cities through intelligent infrastructure.

Megaport and Orixcom have partnered to enable enterprises and carriers with facilities in the Middle East with direct access to leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

Research and Markets’ latest reports examine the Indian subcontinent, with India and Pakistan’s telecom industries in the spotlight.

Angola Cables has entered into a strategic business partnership with Silica Networks in Argentina and Silica Networks in Chile to connect their terrestrial fibre networks to the recently commissioned South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has formed a new long-term partnership with Taboola to bring personalised news to mobile users across Asia.

Polish operator Netia is deploying Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution to significantly increase the network capacity needed to support surging bandwidth demands.