Speedcast International has been selected by an affiliate of Nabors Industries to provide new IT communications equipment and cloud-based connectivity services to 40 land-based sites in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina.
Vodafone Cameroon has been officially shuttered with immediate effect, with its parent firm Afrimax stating that it “reluctantly concluded that it was no longer commercially viable to return” to the market.
American Tower (ATC) is acquiring the tower units of both Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in separate agreements.
Orange Group has selected ZTE’s ZSmart Digital BSS to support the strategic transformation of the IT ecosystems in its subsidiaries in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As AfricaCom 2017 closes, what did we learn about the state of the telecoms market in Africa?
Eutelsat-owned satellite broadband service provider Konnect Africa has unveiled SmartWIFI, a new hotspot service, as part of its ongoing commitment to bring digital opportunities to Africans.
The dominant subject at this week’s AfricaCom was, as it has been many times before, connecting the millions of Africans who still have no access to any kind of network.
Indian operator Aircel may have no other option but to shutter its operations following the collapse of its merger with Reliance Communications (RCom).
InterSat and ABS have launched iDirect platforms on ABS-3A C-band and Ku-band beams.
Telia has hit out at the Latvian government’s rejection of its proposal to combine local mobile operator LMT with fixed provider Lattelecom.
Speedcast and SES have announced an agreement to provide several hundreds of Mbps of connectivity into Peru.
When billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma wrote in an open letter earlier this year “we need to fight counterfeits the same way we fight drunk driving”, his sentiments reflected how bad the global counterfeiting trend has become.
Inmarsat and JT Group (formerly Jersey Telecom) have partnered to implement a holistic connectivity solution for Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
The Qatar Foundation has announced plans to shift its 5% stake in Indian market leader Bharti Airtel for around $1.5 billion.
Moroccan IT brand Accent has selected Spreadtrum's LTE platform SC9832 and WCDMA//HSPA(+) platform SC7731C for its smartphones.
Thailand’s upcoming auction of 850MHz and 1.8GHz spectrum will see four blocks made available at similar reserve prices to its last auction in 2015.
China Telecom is reportedly considering an acquisition of a majority holding in Brazil’s Oi for BRL20 billion ($6 billion).
Intelsat S.A. and the Coca-Cola Company are working together to bring satellite-enabled Wi-Fi services to remote communities across Africa.
The regulator of Afghanistan has claimed its temporary suspension of the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram was in order to improve their performance rather than impede free speech.
Mexico’s regulator IFT has amended regulation that forbade market leader America Movil from charging termination fees to its rival operators.
French Internet Peering Service Provider France-IX rapidly expanded its presence in Africa in 2017, positioning itself for African networks and content providers wishing to peer with its community of several hundreds of carriers, ISPs and content delivery networks.
Nokia and Vodacom have signed an MoU under which the companies will trial Nokia 5G technology to accelerate the launch of the new technology and enable Vodacom to drive digitalisation for the benefit of businesses and individuals in South Africa.
Mobily has awarded Ericsson a modernisation contract to upgrade its access network in the western region of Saudi Arabia, deploying the latest features of the Ericsson Radio System.
Teleport, satellite and network operator Talia has announced Quika, a state of the art service using Ka-band High Throughput Satellites (HTS) to provide customers with connectivity at low cost with the use of antennas as small as 74cm.
Orange has announced the opening of two very large-capacity IP and IPX Points of Presence (PoP) in South Africa.
Ooredoo Myanmar is significantly expanding its network and infrastructure to offer the fastest and widest 4G network in the country.
MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with CETel (Central European Telecom Services GmbH) to provide pan-African C-band VSAT satellite services via the AFRICASAT-1a satellite at 46.0°E.
TerraPay and Wari have signed a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen the remittances ecosystem in 35 key African markets.
Mobile data will be the main driver of growth in the African telecoms market, with the number of mobile broadband connections on the continent set to more than double over the coming five years, and rise from 419 million at end-2017, to 1.07 billion at end-2022, according to Ovum’s new Forecaster data service.
Swazi Mobile, Swaziland’s recently launched second mobile network, has tapped BICS for its complete range of voice and data roaming services.
Allied Technologies Limited (Altron) has partnered with Tango Telecom to launch Data Retail Engine (Tango DRE) in Africa.
Parallel Wireless is adding 2G capabilities to its end-to-end cellular network technology.
Chilean market leader Telefónica Chile has selected Ericsson to virtualise its core network.
Zong 4G has expanded its backbone transmission network from multiples of 10Gbps to 100Gbps to keep up with its fast rising subscriber base.
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