Algeria Telecom has reportedly kicked off an online survey asking Algerians to identify areas that are not yet connected by fibre in preparation for planned FTTH rollouts next year.

The Namibian government has set out ambitious plans to rapidly improve connectivity services as part of its strategy to stimulate economic growth.

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar has announced plans to reallocate 3G spectrum to enhance its 4G network across settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv regions, as part of wider efforts to modernise its infrastructure and lay the groundwork for 5G.

Vi Business, the enterprise arm of Indian operator Vodafone Idea, has announced a strategic managed services agreement with information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in India to deliver what it calls innovative and future-ready solutions tailored to the evolving needs of modern enterprises.

The government of Burkina Faso has announced plans to roll out 800 telecom towers in 2025 to facilitate network coverage in ‘white zones’ – areas with no network coverage.

Global satellite player Intelsat announced on Wednesday it has broadened its managed-services collaboration with Solomon Telekom Company Limited (STCL) to deliver improved cellular backhaul connectivity in the Solomon Islands, particularly in remote areas.

South Korean telco KT Corp reportedly signed a partnership deal on Tuesday with Vietnam’s Viettel Group worth KRW130 billion (US$95 million) to collaborate on developing AI in Vietnam, to include construction of AI data centres.

Operators Maroc Telecom and Inwi have asked Morocco’s telecom regulator to approve a shared infrastructure plan first proposed earlier this year.

Turkish technology and communications company Turkcell has secured US$150 million in Murabaha financing from Dubai Islamic Bank, a prominent bank in the Gulf region.

Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced its collaboration with BELLA II, a research and education-focused project that will link the country regionally and with Europe via a high-capacity fibre-optic network.

The African smartphone market recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of growth, with shipments rising 6% year-on-year in Q1 2025 to reach 19.4 million units.

Telkom Indonesia announced on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zoom Communications to cooperate on selling AI-based solutions for Indonesia’s B2B Market.

Japanese Open RAN solutions provider Rakuten Symphony said on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zain Kuwait to collaborate on a pilot project to deploy cloud-native 5G Open RAN sites in Kuwait.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) announced on Monday that it has been appointed by the country’s second 5G operator U Mobile as a fibre backhaul partner in a deal valued at MYR2.4billion (almost US$570 million) over the next ten years.

Naver, a Korean technology company whose interests include internet, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a sovereign AI business with Thailand-headquartered AI and cloud platform firm SIAM.AI for the joint development of a Thai large language model (LLM) and a tourism-specific AI agent.

Kenya’s National Treasury is widely reported to be preparing to sell part of its 35% stake in leading operator Safaricom.

Veon announced on Friday it has secured all regulatory approvals for its deal with Pakistan's largest conglomerate Engro to pool and manage their respective telecoms infrastructure assets in Pakistan.

Telkom Indonesia announced on Friday it is collaborating with Gadjah Mada University (UGM) to develop an earthquake detection system combining Telkom's subsea cable infrastructure with distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology.

Meta has announced it is partnering with Brazilian neutral network, digital infrastructure and data centre group V.tal to establish a new cable landing point for Meta’s Malbec subsea cable in Porto Alegre.

Vietnam’s telecoms regulator has reportedly ordered the country’s telcos to block messaging app Telegram over its alleged failure to prevent its users from using the app to commit crimes under Vietnamese law.

Veon has relocated the headquarters of its Uzbekistan subsidiary to a government-backed innovation hub, aiming to accelerate the development of digital services across Central Asia and tap into rising demand.

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar revealed it built 828 new base stations in the first quarter of 2025, continuing its modernisation project despite the ongoing Russian invasion.

IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Thursday it has formed a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to increase protection of critical telecoms infrastructure across Nigeria.

Vietnamese state-owned telco Viettel says it has successfully acquired a block of 700-MHz spectrum for VND1.95 trillion (US$75.3 million) – a band the government has been trying to auction off for the last couple of years – to bolster its 4G and 5G network.

The long-running story of service quality issues in Cameroon rumbles on with news that the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Board (ART) has initiated a new restricted tender for an audit of Cameroon's national fibre optic network.

Indian IT services group Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and networking company Tejas Networks have been the beneficiaries of a new contract from state-controlled operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said on Wednesday it has officially inaugurated an AI Experience Center (AIEC) in Jayapura as part of its bid to expand access to AI technology for communities across Eastern Indonesia.

The launch of a sovereign AI ecosystem in Malaysia that allegedly uses Huawei GPU chips took another twist on Wednesday when the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) issued a statement clarifying that the initiative is not a government project, and that Malaysia is compliant with export control laws governing chipsets.

e& UAE announced on Tuesday it has launched what it claims is the first commercial 5G network slicing product in the MENA region for business customers on its standalone 5G network.

Malaysia’s deputy communications minister has reportedly retracted her remarks earlier this week that a new sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem launched in the country includes GPUs supplied by Huawei.

Underlining the continuing diversification of space-based telecoms, satellite communications company Viasat has made two very different announcements in recent days – one involving satellite communications for buses and the other for private jets.