After its proposed merger with Aircel collapsed, Reliance Communications (RCom) is weighing up whether to sell its tower unit in its entirety to Brookfield Asset Management.
Etisalat Misr has signed a four-year contract with Ericsson to modernise and expand its core network and business support systems.
America Movil’s proposal to split its fixed business into a separate unit has been rejected by Mexico’s regulator.
Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers.
Nordic Tele Services (NTS) is deploying Flexenclosure’s hybrid power systems at its telecom sites in Myanmar.
Two of India’s Big Three have filed a legal challenge against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s decision to significantly reduce interconnect charges ahead of scrapping them altogether.
State-run Indian operator BSNL has entered into an agreement with leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Aeris to jointly tap the IoT market in India.
The Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has installed sensor-based monitoring stations from spectrum management and monitoring solutions provider LS Telcom.
Pakistan's telecom market has been struggling for a long time with the transition from a regulated state-owned monopoly to a deregulated competitive structure, according to Research & Markets.
Orange Central African Republic, in partnership with SES Networks, unveiled its new high-speed internet connectivity solution for enterprises, prior to the launch of the service in the country.
India’s Reliance Communications has pulled out of a tabled merger deal with Aircel, citing “inordinate delays caused by legal and regulatory uncertainties”.
Vogel Telecom, a leading carrier’s carrier service provider in Brazil, has selected an integrated OTN switching and coherent optical transport solution from Coriant.
Ericsson and Intel have successfully completed the first 5G 3.5GHz multi-vendor end-to-end Interoperability Developmental Test (IoDT) at a 5G field test in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
Panama-headquartered fintech firm Geva Group has selected Mahindra Comviva as its technology partner for MFS business.
Fortumo and the mobile operator group Orange have launched direct carrier billing in Egypt.
Telkomcel is offering 4G broadband to its subscribers in Timor Leste in conjunction with Ericsson.
Thailand’s regulator NBTC is investigating whether the dtac-owned Line Mobile service is in fact legal.
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has announced nationwide digitisation program for the country.
Nokia and Orange Jordan are deploying a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network across Jordan.
India Ratings and Research has calculated that TRAI’s recent slashing of India’s interconnect charges will result in a 4%-5% reduction in EBITDA for the country’s top three operators.
WhatsApp’s entire suite of services, including its widely used text messages, has been blocked by the Chinese government.
Chilean regulator Subtel has begun a public consultation over whether MVNOs should receive lower wholesale rates from network operators to allow them to compete more effectively.
Caribbean telecoms provider Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) has begun the successful restoration of mobile services to Dominica.
9mobile’s thirteen bank creditors are working together to enable a sale of the operator by the end of the year.
Indian regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is slashing the country’s interconnect charge by over 50% from 1st October, and will completely abolish the fee from 1st January 2020.
NEC Corporation has announced the completion of the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) submarine cable linking Peninsular Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak.
UHP Networks has announced RUN, a FaaS broadband data solution optimised to take advantage of the maximum efficiency provided by Intelsat EpicNG’s high-throughput fleet.
The Ghanaian subsidiaries of Millicom and Airtel are on course to merge, with the proposal receiving conditional approval from the country’s National Communications Authority (NCA).
Vodafone Group is lining up a bid for a mobile operating licence in Zambia with the goal of expanding its offering in the market.
Saudi Arabia has repealed its 2013 ban on several OTT and social media services, on the condition that they comply with its regulatory requirements.
Telenor Pakistan’s CEO Irfan Wahab Khan has called for the country’s government to offer subsidised smartphones to expand high-speed connectivity among Pakistani consumers.
Telia has paid almost $1 billion to settle the investigation into its activities in Uzbekistan.
Kerlink is expanding into India by setting up a subsidiary to coordinate the company’s partnership with Tata Communications to deploy the world’s largest LoRaWAN network.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has confirmed that it will hold the country’s highly anticipated 4G spectrum auction by December.
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