Etisalat has selected NEC/Netcracker as the prime solution provider for its multivendor telecom cloud program.

Comarch and True Corporation have formed a partnership to implement Comarch Loyalty Management services, replacing the operator’s existing in-house application True You.

The upgraded version of Ecobank’s mobile app has attracted 3 million new customers in just 6 months, taking the total number of users to 4 million.

Telefonica is waiting for its shareholders to greenlight plans to list its Argentinean unit on the Buenos Aires stock exchange.

Orange is aiming to become a key player in the energy transition sector in Africa by providing services directly to the general public or as a wholesaler to public operators.

Digital money transfer provider SimbaPay is launching an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which makes International Money Transfer possible with a single SMS.

Thai regulator NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) has been granted authority by the country’s State Council to auction off spectrum in the 850MHz and 1.8GHz bands.

Payment technology and transaction processing firm Financial Software Systems (FSS) has formed a strategic partnership with systems integrator Just In Time Group (JIT) to expand its market footprint in Sri Lanka.

MainOne subsidiary MDXI Data Centre has partnered with satellite operator Avanti Communications to host and manage the satellite operator’s in-country Gateway Earth Station (GES).

Telenor is selling its mobile units in four countries across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to investment firm PPF Group for €2.8 billion.

Teleology has paid a non-refundable $50 million deposit for Nigeria’s 9mobile, crushing any hope Smile Telecoms had of acquiring the troubled operator.

Tigo Tanzania has entered into a partnership with Uber which will allow all Tigo customers to use the Uber app for free.

UZI Zambia Mobile has won Zambia’s fourth mobile operating licence following the public tender conducted by the Zambia Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ZICTA).

Standard Bank Group has acted as exclusive financial adviser to M-BIRR which recently completed a successful equity raise of €8m ($9.8m).

Turkcell’s Ukraine subsidiary lifecell obtained the largest spectrum per subscriber in a recent licence tender, which will allow it to deliver high-quality and affordable connections for 4.5G subscribers throughout Ukraine.

Smartphone shipments in Bangladesh grew by 20.6% year-on-year during 2017 to reach a total of 8.1 million devices.

Afghanistan’s Neda has commissioned satellite terminal provider Isotropic Systems to develop self-installing, all electronic scanning terminals to extend its single channel per carrier (SCPC) broadband capabilities across the country for enterprise, government and consumer users.

Etisalat has implemented NEC/Netcracker's full-stack Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution for the deployment of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE).

Several banks are reportedly holding informal talks with Bharti Airtel regarding proposals related to its prospective IPO on its African operations.

The Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.

Fortumo and Apigate, a subsidiary of Axiata Digital, are launching content services in Cambodia via Smart Axiata’s Direct Carrier Billing API.

Smile Telecoms has stated that it is still keen to acquire Nigeria’s 9mobile if Teleology Holdings fails to meet the deadline for its initial payment at the end of this week.

India’s National Company Law Tribunal has ordered Reliance Communications (RCom) and Ericsson to settle an INR11.5 billion ($177 million) insolvency case within the next week.

Avanti Communications and Globecomm have announced a Master Services Agreement.