African mobile money platform Wave Mobile Money says it has raised EUR 117 million (about US$138.2 million) in debt financing to advance what it describes as its mission of making affordable, user-centric financial services accessible to everyone.

The governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have held talks on the potential construction of three new subsea cables, aiming to meet the Pacific Island nation’s growing demand for digital connectivity.

Ericsson has signed a three-year deal with e& UAE to upgrade the operator’s 5G network, marking the first commercial deployment of the vendor’s RedCap solution in the Middle East and Africa.

Vodafone Idea has announced it will deploy its 5G network in 23 additional cities across India, as the operator continues to compete with rivals for dominance in the 5G space.

Thai telcos Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Corp purchased spectrum bands in the 1500-MHz, 2100-MHz, and 2300-MHz bands for over THB41 billion (US$1.26 billion) in an auction by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Sunday.

The Vietnamese government has reportedly approved a proposed merger of Vinaphone and VNPT-Media into their parent company, VNPT, to streamline group operations and enhance efficiency.

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has reportedly ordered Thai telecoms service providers to cut all internet links to Cambodia – ostensibly to combat cyberscammers, although the move also comes amid an ongoing border dispute between the governments of both countries.

Satellite operator Intelsat has partnered with actor Forest Whitaker’s non-profit organisation, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI), to deliver for the first time high-speed internet connectivity to WPDI’s Community Learning Centres in South Sudan and Uganda.

Axian Telecom, a pan-African operator in telecommunications, mobile financial services, and digital infrastructure, says it has successfully priced its US$600 million Senior Notes maturing in 2030.

Contact Financial Holding, an Egyptian non-banking financial services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with noon Payments, an integrated online payment gateway powered by digital e-commerce platform noon.

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Kenya’s competition watchdog has warned landlords against signing exclusive access deals with broadband providers, saying such practices restrict consumer choice and could lead to heavy fines.

Orange has promoted Hesham Mahran to CEO and managing director of its Egyptian operation, succeeding Yasser Shaker, who becomes chairman of Orange Egypt.

AIS Business said on Thursday that it has launched what it says is Thailand’s first locally-based hyperscale cloud service using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support AI workloads for public and private organizations.

Telecoms tower company IHS South Africa announced on Thursday it has kicked off an initiative with non-profit organization Project Isizwe in KwaMashu, Durban to provide free, uncapped public Wi-Fi for local residents, students, job seekers and entrepreneurs.

Rakuten Symphony and Tejas Networks announced on Thursday they have formed a multi-faceted strategic partnership to develop integrated Open RAN solutions and engage in joint marketing efforts to sell them both in India and internationally.

iXAfrica Data Centres, which owns and operates East Africa’s first hyperscale, AI-ready data centre, in Kenya, and EdgeNext, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and edge computing services, say they have partnered to drive the next wave of digital infrastructure growth across the region.

As AI in particular drives more technology development, including data centre rollout in emerging markets, a new report is suggesting that some of the world’s best-known tech giants are emitting more while presenting climate targets that may be, at the very least, optimistic.

I&M Group PLC, a leading regional financial services group in Africa, has announced a partnership with ThetaRay, a company that harnesses the power of cognitive AI for financial crime compliance, enabling financial institutions to precisely identify legitimate customers while flagging bad actors.

The digital economy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a new engine now! China Telecom Research Institute and China Telecom Guangdong recently announced that they have made a significant breakthrough in AI DCN — completion of the world's first live-network test of optical-electrical synergy network architecture.

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) announced on Wednesday it is expanding its partnership with Digital Realty into west Africa via a deal to establish its planned internet exchange point (IXP) for Ghana in Digital Realty’s upcoming data centre in Accra.

Nokia announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Philippine fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions to deploy its data center fabric solution to future-proof Converge’s new data centres with AI and automation technology.

Huawei Cloud has unveiled the latest update of its Chinese-language large language models (LLMs) – Pangu Models 5.5 – with major upgrades across five capabilities that it says will enable transformative applications in industry sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and scientific research.

Could the US and West Africa soon enjoy a dedicated subsea link? It’s early days yet, but this week US lawmakers have passed legislation to at least examine the feasibility of building a subsea cable linking the US to Africa.

Liberty Networks has expanded its footprint in Latin America by deploying new points of presence (PoPs) in Mexico and Peru, part of its ongoing strategy to enhance cross-border connectivity and meet rising enterprise demand in the region.

Morocco’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) has reported that it has made a decision approving the creation of two new joint ventures by Moroccan operators Maroc Telecom and Inwi.

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group announced on Tuesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Telco Integrators (TI) to expand satellite internet, broadband, and voice services across Pakistan.

Digicel Tonga announced on Wednesday it has completed the first phase of its 5G rollout, with its network now covering about 30% of the population in Nuku’alofa.

Robi Axiata’s digital services subsidiary Axentec announced on Tuesday it has launched what it says is the first Tier-IV cloud platform fully hosted and operated in Bangladesh that promises data sovereignty for local enterprises.

West African Tier III carrier and cloud-neutral data centre Rack Centre says it has signed a strategic collocation agreement with network operator TelCables Nigeria, a subsidiary of Angola Cables.

Globe Telecom has partnered with Thales and Bridge Alliance to test a new GSMA IoT standard, in a move to future-proof its enterprise services and stay ahead of rivals.

A cross-border payment platform specialising in emerging markets, dLocal, has announced that it has obtained what it calls three pivotal licenses and authorisations in the Middle East and Asia.

Oman service provider Omantel and Chinese technology provider FiberHome say they have launched a joint R&D Centre to pioneer next-generation network solutions.