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VNPT taps Ericsson for airport mobile comms upgrades

VNPT taps Ericsson for airport mobile comms upgrades

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John Tanner
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
17 March 2026
6661 views
  • Ericsson
  • Vietnam
  • Network Modernisation
  • VNPT
  • Southeast Asia
  • Airports

Ericsson said on Monday it is partnering with Vietnamese telco VNPT to install next-gen mobile infrastructure for major airport projects in Vietnam.

Orange targets 75 million users for Max It super app as Africa growth accelerates

Orange targets 75 million users for Max It super app as Africa growth accelerates

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Manny Pham
Category: Operators
16 March 2026
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Orange
  • Orange MEA
  • Features
  • MWC26

Orange Group Middle East and Africa CEO Yasser Shaker said he is aiming to triple the number of users of the Max It super app to 75 million as part of a broader strategy to sustain growth across the operator’s African footprint.

Papua New Guinea plans SIM card registration 

Papua New Guinea plans SIM card registration 

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Regulation
16 March 2026
6678 views
  • Regulation
  • Apps
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Know Your Customer
  • SIM Registration
  • Digital Transformation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Platforms
  • Digital Identity
  • NICTA

It looks like Papua New Guinea intends to join the growing list of countries insisting on SIM card registration after a lengthy consultation process that ended recently.

Cambodia announces plans for new law targeting cyberscammers

Cambodia announces plans for new law targeting cyberscammers

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Cybersecurity
16 March 2026
8764 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Cambodia
  • Fraud
  • covid-19
  • Cyberscams

Cambodia's government approved a draft law late last week targeting fraudsters running cyberscam operations and promises to shut down such operations completely by April. But previous crackdowns against online scam centres have not eliminated the problem. Will this one?

Huawei Maps Out the AI Agentverse at MWC 2026

Huawei Maps Out the AI Agentverse at MWC 2026

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
16 March 2026
7748 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Agentic AI
  • MWC26

AI agents will be an integral and all-pervasive component of the developing mobile AI ecosystem and be deeply embedded in the fabric of mobile networks. In order to function effectively, these agents will need to be supported by a raft of new, advanced network features and capabilities.

MTN Group returns to profit in 2025 as subscriber base passes 300 million

MTN Group returns to profit in 2025 as subscriber base passes 300 million

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Manny Pham
Category: Operators
16 March 2026
8050 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • MTN Group

MTN Group hailed its full-year 2025 performance as “exceptional”, reporting a return to profit and surpassing the milestone of 300 million customers, driven largely by strong growth in its Nigerian and Ghanaian businesses.

Mirova supports iSAT rollout of solar-powered mobile towers in Liberia and Zambia

Mirova supports iSAT rollout of solar-powered mobile towers in Liberia and Zambia

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Energy & Sustainability
16 March 2026
6895 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Towers
  • Infrastructure
  • Zambia
  • Managed Services
  • Liberia
  • Rural Connectivity
  • Digital Inclusion
  • Solar Energy
  • Satellite Backhaul
  • BaaS
  • iSAT Africa
  • NaaS
  • Mirova
  • EaaS

Mirova, a global asset management company dedicated to sustainable investing, has announced a US$15 million senior secured facility for iSAT Africa Mauritius Limited, a leading rural connectivity platform, to support the deployment of fully solar-powered mobile towers in Liberia and Zambia.

XLSMART Unveils AI-Powered Vision to Lead Indonesia's Digital Future

XLSMART Unveils AI-Powered Vision to Lead Indonesia's Digital Future

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Manny Pham
Category: Operators
16 March 2026
6840 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • XLSmart
  • MWC26

XLSMART, Indonesia’s premier telecommunications group, today announced its bold strategic vision to harness artificial intelligence and operational synergy, positioning itself as the engine of Indonesia's digital economy. Formed from the landmark 2025 merger of XL Axiata and Smartfren, XLSMART is leveraging its scale and intelligence to deliver seamless connectivity and innovative digital services across the archipelago.

Huawei's Continuous Breakthroughs in Key Technologies Help Operators Achieve AN L4

Huawei's Continuous Breakthroughs in Key Technologies Help Operators Achieve AN L4

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
16 March 2026
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Omdia
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

On March 1, 2026, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2026, Stephen Shao (Vice President of Huawei's General Development Dept) and James Crawshaw (Omdia Analyst) had an in-depth discussion on the latest trends in autonomous networks (AN) L4 and AI domain.

PLDT doubles down on renewable energy push as oil prices soar

PLDT doubles down on renewable energy push as oil prices soar

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John Tanner
Category: Energy & Sustainability
16 March 2026
6842 views
  • Green energy
  • PLDT
  • Philippines
  • Smart Communications
  • Sustainable Energy
  • Southeast Asia

Philippine telco PLDT and its wireless arm Smart said on Friday it's doubling down on measures to lessen operational reliance on fossil fuels in light of the impact of the Middle East on global oil prices.

Orange Tunisie launches Eutelsat-based satellite broadband service

Orange Tunisie launches Eutelsat-based satellite broadband service

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John Tanner
Category: Satellite Networks
16 March 2026
7992 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Satellite Broadband
  • Tunisia
  • Eutelsat
  • Orange Tunisie

Orange Tunisie announced on Friday it has launched satellite broadband services in Tunisia via an earlier deal with Eutelsat, offering connection speeds of up to 100 Mbps.

2Africa Pearls deployment on hold as ASN cites force majeure: report

2Africa Pearls deployment on hold as ASN cites force majeure: report

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John Tanner
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
16 March 2026
7770 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Subsea Cable
  • 2Africa
  • 2Africa Pearls
  • ASN

Work on the Middle Eastern segment of the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable system has reportedly stopped due to the war between the US, Israel and Iran as Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) says it’s unsafe to continue operations.

Indosat and Safaricom pool AI and fintech chops for better CX

Indosat and Safaricom pool AI and fintech chops for better CX

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John Tanner
Category: Service Management
16 March 2026
8354 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Customer Experience
  • M-Pesa
  • Safaricom
  • Fintech
  • Southeast Asia
  • artifical intelligence
  • Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Safaricom revealed on Friday they have signed an agreement to combine their collective experience in AI and fintech to co-develop better customer experiences within their respective digital ecosystems.

World Bank initiative aims to boost digital economy in three African countries

World Bank initiative aims to boost digital economy in three African countries

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Investment
13 March 2026
9665 views
  • Investment
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • SMEs
  • Data Centres
  • Connectivity
  • Sierra Leone
  • Liberia
  • World Bank Group
  • Internet Access
  • Benin
  • Broadband Networks
  • Digital Skills
  • West Africa
  • WAEMU
  • Digital Infrastructure
  • WARDIP

The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Directors earlier this week approved what is described as a transformative regional initiative that will directly boost job creation in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It includes a strong focus on digital infrastructure.

The most "AI-powered" MWC of all time

The most "AI-powered" MWC of all time

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Manny Pham
Category: Blogs & Opinion
13 March 2026
29014 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Central South Asia
  • Latin America
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Features
  • MWC26

The curtain has closed on another Mobile World Congress Barcelona, where more than 100,000 people wandered through eight cavernous halls, collectively racking up enough steps to climb a small mountain - or at least justify an extra tapas or two after a long day.

Ericsson booth at MWC Barcelona 2026

Ericsson on Africa and the impact of AI at MWC 26

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James Barton
Category: Vendors
13 March 2026
13223 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ericsson
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Sustainability
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

During MWC26 Barcelona Developing Telecoms’ Director of Content James Barton sat down with Majda Lahlou Kassi, Vice President and Head of Ericsson West and Southern Africa, to discuss Ericsson’s current strategy and focus areas in Africa and the potential impact AI may have on telecom networks and services across the region in the future.

Elevating holistic service experiences with Agentic MBB

Elevating holistic service experiences with Agentic MBB

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
13 March 2026
9818 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Mobile Broadband
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

Agentic MBB will enable operators to unlock end-to-end network value by building service-oriented, system-level intelligence.

Charting the path to all-optical: A discussion with WBBA Director General Martin Creaner

Charting the path to all-optical: A discussion with WBBA Director General Martin Creaner

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
13 March 2026
16577 views
  • Broadband
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • World Broadband Association
  • MWC26
  • Partner Video

The World Broadband Association’s Director General, Martin Creaner, talks to Developing Telecoms ahead of the association’s Broadband Development Congress, held this year during Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. The discussion focuses on the WBBA’s role in the industry’s future development, and the cooperation willingness with other SDOs (e.g. ITU-T ION-2030), as well as on two newly-launched WBBA publications – a white paper on All-Optical Target Networks and a refreshed edition of the WBBA’s Gigacity Index.

NeutraDC and F5 to develop AI-based connectivity in Indonesia

NeutraDC and F5 to develop AI-based connectivity in Indonesia

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John Tanner
Category: Data Centres & Networks
13 March 2026
8281 views
  • Security
  • Data Centres
  • Indonesia
  • Managed Services
  • Telkom Indonesia
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Southeast Asia
  • NeutraDC
  • MWC26
  • F5

Telkom Indonesia’s data center arm NeutraDC announced on Thursday it has signed an MoU with F5 to explore strategic cooperation in the development of managed AI connectivity solutions in Indonesia.

Grameenphone, ZTE to build autonomous networks with LLMs and agentic AI

Grameenphone, ZTE to build autonomous networks with LLMs and agentic AI

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John Tanner
Category: Operators
13 March 2026
9242 views
  • Central South Asia
  • ZTE
  • Grameenphone
  • Bangladesh
  • Autonomous Networks
  • LLMs
  • Agentic AI
  • MWC26

ZTE revealed on Thursday it has signed an MoU with Bangladesh telco Grameenphone to collaborate on deploying large language model (LLM) and agentic AI technologies to build autonomous networks.

Strategic partnership promises easier access to advanced satellite technology

Strategic partnership promises easier access to advanced satellite technology

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
12 March 2026
6602 views
  • South Africa
  • Capacity
  • Africa
  • SLA
  • Q-KON
  • ST Engineering iDirect
  • Teleport
  • Satellite ground technology
  • VNOS

Satcoms company ST Engineering iDirect, has announced a strategic partnership with Q-KON, a premier African satellite engineering and service provider, to launch an initiative called Intuition Unbound across Africa.

Huawei Unveils All-New Cloud Wi-Fi Solution, Enabling Enterprises to Reshape Security With Digital Intelligence

Huawei Unveils All-New Cloud Wi-Fi Solution, Enabling Enterprises to Reshape Security With Digital Intelligence

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
12 March 2026
10608 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Cloud
  • Enterprise Cloud
  • Partner Content

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei unveiled an all-new Cloud Wi-Fi Solution for the global carrier market. The future-ready solution is designed to address escalating security challenges as industries worldwide enter a critical stage of digital and intelligent transformation. By delivering end-to-end network security for enterprises, it meets the surging demand for robust security and helps carriers explore the blue ocean of the B2B sector.

Hytera fined US$50m after pleading guilty to stealing Motorola trade secrets

Hytera fined $50m after pleading guilty to stealing Motorola trade secrets

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Manny Pham
Category: Vendors
12 March 2026
10229 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Hytera

Chinese telecommunications company Hytera has been fined US$50 million by a US federal court after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets from rival Motorola Solutions.

SADC members plan to harmonise mobile roaming tariffs

SADC members plan to harmonise mobile roaming tariffs

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Regulation
12 March 2026
6786 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Roaming
  • Botswana
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Lesotho
  • SADC
  • East African Community
  • BOCRA
  • One Network Area

The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has announced that Botswana and five other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have collaborated to substantially reduce and harmonise mobile roaming tariffs in line with the One Network Area (ONA) framework.

Huawei targets AI data centre reliability with Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0

Huawei targets AI data centre reliability with Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
12 March 2026
10726 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Huawei
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

As AI workloads reshape enterprise infrastructure, data centre networks are under increasing pressure to deliver higher performance, resilience and automation.

Huawei Drives New Growth in the AI Era with new Next Generation Optical Network Products and Solutions

Huawei Drives New Growth in the AI Era with new Next Generation Optical Network Products and Solutions

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
12 March 2026
9870 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Huawei
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

Huawei Optical Business Product Line, unveiled a range of new next generation optical networking products and solutions during MWC26 Barcelona.

Ooredoo Algeria expands 5G network to all provinces

Ooredoo Algeria expands 5G network to all provinces

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John Tanner
Category: Wireless Networks
12 March 2026
9801 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Algeria
  • Ooredoo Algeria
  • 5G rollout

Ooredoo Algeria says it has expanded its 5G network to all provinces in the country, well ahead of the government’s rollout schedule, although actual coverage in each province remains limited.

Metfone launches solar power system for homes and SMEs

Metfone launches solar power system for homes and SMEs

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John Tanner
Category: Energy & Sustainability
12 March 2026
6610 views
  • Cambodia
  • Sustainable Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Metfone
  • Southeast Asia

Cambodian telco Metfone announced on Thursday it has expanded into the sustainable energy solutions space with the launch of its smart solar power system for households and businesses.

XLSMART positions inclusion and partnerships at the heart of its growth strategy

XLSMART positions inclusion and partnerships at the heart of its growth strategy

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
11 March 2026
10416 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • ZTE
  • Indonesia
  • Integration
  • Digital Transformation
  • XLSmart
  • Partner Video

Arsjad Rasjid, President Commissioner of recently-merged Indonesian operator XLSMART, talks to Developing Telecoms about his role in the business, digital transformation and the opportunities and challenges of integrating two major network provider businesses, the experience of working with technology partner ZTE, and XLSMART goal to become Indonesia’s “most loved” company.

Will SMS-based traffic fines address Kenya’s road safety issues?

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Regulation
11 March 2026
7143 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • SMS
  • Kenya
  • Mobile Phones
  • Fines
  • Road safety
  • NTSA

A new system in Kenya will ensure that motorists who commit traffic offences will receive instant notifications on their mobile phones informing them of the violation.

Huawei Xinghe Intelligent WAN Builds an Intelligent and Secure IP Network Foundation with Four Experience Upgrades

Huawei Xinghe Intelligent WAN Builds an Intelligent and Secure IP Network Foundation with Four Experience Upgrades

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
11 March 2026
8387 views
  • Vendors
  • Huawei
  • IP Networking
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei unveiled its upgraded Xinghe Intelligent WAN Solution. This solution provides a stable network foundation via upgraded intelligent identification, secure encryption, reliable convergence, and intelligent O&M to address digital transformation challenges facing the ISP, government, electric power, and transportation industries.

Kenyan regulator audits Starlink’s D2C service for interference issues

Kenyan regulator audits Starlink’s D2C service for interference issues

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John Tanner
Category: Regulation
11 March 2026
8639 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Airtel Kenya
  • Communications Authority of Kenya
  • Spectrum Interference
  • Starlink
  • LEO Satellite
  • direct-to-device satellite
  • Direct to Cell

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has reportedly kicked off a technical audit of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) technology as part of a review of Airtel Kenya’s application to offer the service in the country.

New partnership claims Africa’s first WhatsApp-enabled neo-bank

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Customer Management
11 March 2026
6866 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • WhatsApp
  • SADC
  • WhatsApp Payments
  • Cross-border Payments
  • Platforms
  • Paymentology
  • Chikwama Pay
  • Neobank

Paymentology, a global issuer-processor, has announced a partnership with Chikwama Pay, a pan-African neobank providing accessible financial services through WhatsApp.

Huawei Launches Industry's First Single-Wavelength 2T Ultra-High-Speed Metro Solution

Huawei Launches Industry's First Single-Wavelength 2T Ultra-High-Speed Metro Solution

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STAFF WRITER
Category: Vendors
11 March 2026
9430 views
  • Huawei
  • Partner Content
  • MWC26

At this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC 2026), Huawei unveiled and demonstrated its single-wavelength 2T ultra-high-speed metro solution in the optical transmission domain. Covering both terrestrial and submarine cable scenarios, this solution reduces per-bit network construction costs to enable global operators to deliver ultra-broadband, highly reliable, and agile communication services.

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