Solar solutions company BBOXX has partnered with IoT specialist Aeris to deliver clean energy to millions of people living in off-grid communities in the developing world.

NTT Communications has acquired a Virtual Network Operator – International Long Distance (VNO-ILD) licence in India through its affiliate, NTT Communications India Network Services (NTTCINS).

Having long held third place in the Thai mobile market, True Move has pushed into second place in Q1 2017 after the previous number two dtac recorded a poor first quarter.

Bangladeshi operator Banglalink has contracted ZTE to build what will be the world’s largest virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform.

Egyptian fixed incumbent Telecom Egypt has signed a national roaming agreement with Orange Egypt as it readies its mobile launch.

China Mobile’s Pakistani unit Zong has pledged that it will upgrade all of its mobile base stations to 4G by the end of 2017.

T-Systems and Huawei are bringing Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to South Africa.

Vodafone Egypt has tapped Procera Networks to enhance the subscriber experience for its fixed and mobile subscribers.

Intelsat S.A. has signed a new agreement with Liquid Telecom that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the pan-African group’s network.

ECI has partnered with Colombia’s largest fibre optics operator Media Commerce to deliver packet-optical metro and aggregation networks nationwide.

Telefónica is deploying dedicated Service Operations Centres (SOC) in Argentina and Chile for the intelligent management of its networks.

Vodacom Tanzania is considering whether to push back the deadline for parties to register their interest in its upcoming IPO, which is thus far under-subscribed.

Vietnam’s Mobifone is launching carrier billing on Google Play with Fortumo.

Orange Egypt has deployed Openet’s Real-Time Offer Manager (RTOM) solution plus reporting tools to improve subscriber experience and increase data revenues.

Indian regulator TRAI has effectively blocked Reliance Jio’s free offer for new signups to its Prime membership.

Fitch Ratings has pegged Thailand’s number two operator dtac as the most likely to have its proposal accepted for state operator TOT’s 4G public-private partnership contract.

Reliance Jio is extending its free service promotion across the summer, adding an extra three months during which its subscribers can access free voice and data.

Singaporean ride-sharing platform Grab is acquiring Indonesian online payments provider Kudo.