Tanzanian market leader TTCL has launched 100% national broadband coverage.

Airtel Gabon has selected Ericsson as its sole supplier for the deployment of a new LTE network.

Telekom Austria has reportedly expressed an interest in buying the 58% stake in Telekom Srbija that the government of Serbia has made available for purchase.

Project Loon has signed an agreement to provide internet coverage in Sri Lanka, marking the first formal agreement between the Google initiative and a national government.

Local companies in Myanmar now have the option of bidding for the country’s fourth mobile licence, adding another level of competition to the market.

Bharti Airtel is cutting a significant percentage of its staff in Africa this year, with the figure likely to be around 15-20%.

UAE headquartered Etisalat are extending their M2M and IoT services for enterprise customers throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia in a new partnership with Oberthur Technologies.

Line Corporation has released a lightweight version of its popular LINE chat and messaging app for emerging markets that utilizes less storage space and data.

Orange is holding discussions with Armenian internet service provider Ucom regarding the sale of its mobile unit, Orange Armenia.

Russian operator MTS is acquiring IT firm NVision for RUB15 billion ($263.4 million).

Bangladeshi operator Grameenphone has selected solutions from Anite for the collection and analysis of wireless voice quality and broadband network data. 

The government of Zimbabwe may be on course to purchase Vimpelcom’s stake in Zimbabwean operator Telecel.

Finnish mobile manufacturer Jolla has announced that the first licensing partner for its Sailfish OS is Intex Technologies, the second largest smartphone maker in India.

Synchronoss Technologies is set to launch its personal cloud and network activation services solutions in Vietnam.

Robi Axiata has launched new integrated rating, billing, care, settlement and credit control solutions from NetCracker.

Turkcell has signed a framework agreement for cooperation on the development of 5G mobile technologies with the Turkish defence industries company Aselsan.

Following significant successes in Latin America, the US-based device brand Yezz is expanding its footprint to Africa.

Novatti has been appointed to supply a mobile money and mobile banking platform for Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) in Tanzania.

Orange has set up a separate holding company for its operations in Africa and the Middle East, underlining its commitment to the region.

Saudi Arabian market leader STC has signed new contracts for LTE roaming and 100G IP transit connectivity.

Mobile operators across India have begun offering mobile number portability in order to comply with a government deadline.

Two of China’s largest operators have tapped Alcatel-Lucent for their transition to dynamic cloud-based networks.

Intelsat SA has signed a multi-year agreement with Axesat SA for satellite services on its high-performance Intelsat EpicNG platform.

Mexican broadcast giant Totalplay could enter the upcoming tender to build Mexico’s proposed $7 billion nationwide mobile broadband network.

A controlling stake in Telekom Srbija has been made publicly available by the country’s privatisation agency.