Orange and the CNED (National Distance Learning Centre) have partnered to facilitate access to educational content on smartphones in Africa.

Malaysia’s three biggest mobile operators have all renewed their 2.1GHz spectrum licences for a fee of MYR118.4 million ($30.5 million) each.

New research on the pay-TV channel ecosystem from Media Partners Asia (MPA) shows India powering revenue and profit growth for regional pay-TV broadcasters in Asia Pacific.

Sierra Leone’s state-owned incumbent operator Sierratel has launched mobile 4G services.

Openet today has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom to provide its Digital Business Platform to the Philippines-based operator.

Huawei has entered into an agreement with UnionPay to expand its Huawei Pay service beyond China for the first time.

Bulgarian operator Mtel is using Amdocs’ DigitalONE platform to overhaul its digital commerce and care experience offering.

Telenor has announced that it is weighing up an offer that it has received for four of its units in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Millicom’s Tigo Rwanda unit has been approved by Rwanda’s Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Bulgaria could see the launch of its first MVNO if discussions between the country’s mobile operators and five TV and internet providers prove fruitful.

MTN has declared its intent to treble its mobile money subscribers in Africa across the next four years, with the ambition of becoming the continent’s largest financial institution.

WorldLink, the largest ISP and network service operator in Nepal, has contracted Finland-headquartered Nokia to build the country's largest Fibre To The Home (FTTH) network.

Rajant and Minerva have signed a new distribution agreement to bring Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh wireless networks to companies in the Middle East and Africa (MEA).

Albanian operator ALBtelecom is implementing Sicap’s Mobile Device Management Centre (DMC) to offer its subscribers automated handset configuration with a faster problem resolution from its customer care centres.

Airtel Nigeria has abandoned a proposed bid for beleaguered operator 9mobile.

Idea Cellular, India’s third largest mobile operator and sixth-ranked in the world, is to upgrade its optical network with ECI.

U Mobile has extended its existing Business Support System (BSS) partnership with Ericsson to move towards fully converged billing.

Bango, the global mobile payments company, has partnered with MTN Ghana to launch operator payments in Google Play.

MTN and VANU have announced the integration of their two networks. The move extends MTN’s coverage to Rwandans who are currently unconnected in rural areas.

Arabsat, a leading satellite services provider in the Middle East, is partnering with CETel to offer customers business continuity services.

Vodacom Lesotho has replaced its legacy device management system with Sicap’s next generation device management solution.

Middle East-based mobile operator Ooredoo Group has selected CombaTelecom as its main supplier of antennas and associated products.

Indian market leader Bharti Airtel is using Huawei’s CloudAir to bolster its 4G coverage so that it can compete more effectively with Reliance Jio.

Nepal’s second largest operator Ncell has extended its 4G network to 21 cities in the country, meaning that it covers over 15% of the country’s population.