It may be some way behind Starlink in deployment terms, but Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite initiative has been making headway both in terms of launches and regulatory approvals in recent weeks.

Lao Telecom Group and Thai streaming company Mono Streaming (Monomax) revealed on Monday they have formed a partnership with Thai satellite TV player Jasmine International (JAS) to bring live broadcasts from the English Premier League (EPL) and FA Cup to Laos.

The Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO) urged President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday to veto new legislation that would relax requirements for new data transmission operators to set up operations, particularly satellite operators.

The Argentinian government has again raised concerns over operator Telecom Argentina’s plan to acquire rival Telefónica Móviles Argentina and the possibility of a two-player market. So what happens now?

Regulator the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), the government of Spain and Spanish company Hispasat have signed a collaboration agreement to explore the participation of the Dominican Republic in the development of a joint project to share space-based telecommunications infrastructures.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way in the last decade, and it is set to reach new heights in the next five years as IoT becomes supercharged by 5G-Advanced and artificial intelligence (AI) to usher in a new era of “AIoT” where intelligent connections are ubiquitous.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a €25 million loan to Axian Telecom’s Comoros-based operation, Yas Comoros, to support the expansion of connectivity infrastructure and the enhancement of mobile and fixed broadband services across the East African archipelago.

Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has secured regulatory approval to begin testing Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) services, marking a significant step towards the commercial launch of satellite-based mobile connectivity in the country.

MEO Wholesale Solutions has signed an agreement with Angola Cables, allowing it to expand its telecommunications services globally through the cable provider’s international subsea cable and data centre network.

ZTE announced on Friday that Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel has commercially deployed a simplified 5G site solution developed by both companies to make Telkomsel’s 5G network rollout easier, cheaper and more energy-efficient.

Morocco-based Maroc Telecom announced on Saturday it has secured two loans from World Bank Group’s IFC worth EUR370 million (US$425.1 million) to help finance 4G rollouts in Chad and Mali.

Saudi Arabian telco Zain KSA has launched the first phase of its commercial deployment of 5G Standalone (SA) using the 600-MHz band, with initial rollouts in Riyadh and Jeddah scheduled during the fourth quarter of this year.

Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) reportedly soft-launched a 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) offering in Hyderabad and other select cities on Wednesday.

BDx Data Centers’ Indonesian subsidiary said on Thursday it has signed an agreement to purchase 30 MVA of electricity from Indonesia’s national electric power distributor PLN for two of its data centres.

Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday with Chinese LEO satellite player Galaxy Space to deploy direct‑to‑device (D2D) satellite services nationwide by the end of this year.

Zhuang Dan, Executive Director and President of Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC), participated in the “AI Innovation and Impact” keynote forum at MWC Shanghai 2025 on June 19.

Mobile services revenue in the Philippines is projected to grow from US$4 billion in 2024 to over US$5 billion by 2029, according to new research from analyst firm GlobalData.

ZTE Corporation has unveiled a full range of frontier innovations under the theme "Catalyzing Intelligent Innovation" at MWC Shanghai 2025. These innovations span AI + networks, AI applications, and AI-powered terminals.

Africa Data Centres, part of pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies, has formed a commercial partnership with Blue Turtle, a South African enterprise IT solutions provider, to deploy colocation services in its Cape Town and Midrand data centres.

During MWC Shanghai 2025, the F5.5G All-Optical Industry Summit took place with the theme of "10 Gbps Broadband and All-Optical Premium Transmission for a Win-Win AI Era."

Satellite communications company ST Engineering iDirect has announced a strategic partnership with Solutions by STC, an enabler of digital transformation in Saudi Arabia and the region and part of the massive ICT services company STC Group, to deliver advanced satellite communication services across Saudi Arabia.

After a lengthy investigative process, Mexico's telecommunications regulator Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) has fined America Movil's subsidiary Telcel MXN1.78 billion (US$93.3 million) for alleged monopolistic practices.

During MWC Shanghai 2025, Bob Chen, President of Huawei's Optical Business Product Line, delivered a keynote speech at the F5.5G All-Optical Industry Summit to share Huawei's continuous innovation in F5.5G all-optical networks from four dimensions.

Mobile operators globally recorded a 8% drop in operational carbon emissions from 2019 to 2023 despite growth in connections and data traffic, But while that trend is set to continue, more needs to be done – especially in developing countries, and even more so within supply chains globally – to keep the global mobile sector’s net-zero goals on track, according to a new GSMA report.

Indian operator Vodafone Idea and AST SpaceMobile, which is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, have announced a strategic partnership to expand mobile connectivity across India’s unconnected regions.

Ericsson has announced that Grameenphone, a leading mobile operator in Bangladesh with over 84.8 million subscribers, has become the first communication service provider (CSP) to use the new Ericsson and AWS Gen-AI Lab to create an agentic AI-powered OSS/BSS solution.

Tarana and Microsoft are partnering to expand internet access in rural and underserved communities across Africa.

Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison announced on Wednesday it has signed a strategic MoU with Chinese phone maker Transsion Holdings to make affordable smart devices available to Indonesians, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

South African telco MTN said on Tueday that its API marketplace Chenosis is partnering with TransUnion Africa to launch a solution that uses mobile phone call data records (CDRs) to assess credit scores for people seeking access to financial services.

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Tuesday that it has signed a cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop the country’s first national large language model (LLM) trained on Ukrainian-language data.

UAE-based Edgnex Data Centres by DAMAC announced on Tuesday it has started construction an AI data centre in Indonesia with a designed IT load capacity of 144MW and a price tag of US$2.3 billion.

Global Caribbean Network (GCN), a provider of wholesale capacity to a number of telcos in the Caribbean, has upgraded its existing subsea cable network using the Ekinops360 WDM platform with FlexRate technology from optical transport and network access specialist Ekinops.