Philippine startup telco NOW Telecom says that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has renewed its license to operate mobile services using the 800-MHz band, keeping its hopes alive to crack the market’s mobile sector.
Two new data centres will support growing hyperscale and enterprise demand in India’s Chennai region, according to the partners in a major joint venture.
State-owned telecommunications operator Mauritius Telecom says it is assessing opportunities in several African nations as part of what is describes as a key strategic initiative to diversify out of the Indian Ocean island market.
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Digital systems integrator BCX has launched an Africa Local Public (ALP) cloud service, with Alibaba Cloud, aimed at delivering innovative technology solutions to businesses across the continent.
Pakistan and Indonesia are preparing to auction 5G spectrum in the near future.
Cambodian operator CamGSM PLC says it has cleared two key regulatory hurdles to listing its planned US$20 billion sustainability bond next month.
Philippines mobile operator Globe Telecom says it’s managed to reduce incidents of cable theft as it announces plans to boost collaboration with local government units (LGUs) and law enforcement authorities to combat the problem.
Philippines telco PLDT and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications say they have expanded their Ligtas Kit programme nationwide, with 58 kits now deployed to municipalities and cities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to provide resilient communications during natural disasters.
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has met with yet more financial woes after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) dismissed its appeal relating to its outstanding licence fees for the fiscal years between 2015-16 and 2016-17.
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has issued three 5G licences following its sale of spectrum in the 700MHz and 800MHz bands last week.
Mauritania’s regulator has once again threatened to issue fines to the country’s three main operators over poor quality of service (Qos).
Nokia has established a 6G Lab at its Global R&D centre in Bangalore, India.
Kenya’s cabinet is seeking to reverse the government’s purchase of a 60% majority holding in Telkom Kenya obtained from Helios Investment Partners in October 2022.
Brazilian regulator Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes) has confirmed that it plans to provide subsidies as an incentive to accelerate the transition from legacy 2G and 3G network architectures to 4G and 5G standards.
Business licencing authority Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) and Amazon UAE have signed an MoU to enable businesses registered within the RAKEZ hub to sell their products to millions of customers across the UAE on Amazon.ae.
Telecom Egypt, one of the largest subsea cables operators in its region, and 4iG, a Budapest-based telecommunications and IT group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to link Egypt and Albania via a point-to-point high-capacity subsea cable.
Jacto, a Brazilian multinational corporation in the machinery sector, has selected technology giant Nokia to deploy what is described as the first industrial-grade private wireless 4.9G/LTE and 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America.
Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has partnered with Iraq IXP to extend low-latency Peering services from the Gulf to Iraq, enhancing Iraq’s connectivity and access to global digital services.
TikTok, the short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet technology company ByteDance, has ended its online retail operation in Indonesia after the country imposed a ban on e-commerce transactions on social media platforms.
SoftBank Corp, the telecommunications subsidiary of the investment holding company SoftBank Group Corp, has announced that from October 2023 it will launch a full-fledged expansion of its global IoT business in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Technology giant Huawei has announced a five-year investment initiative, totalling US$430 million, for the 28 African countries north of the equator.
Sabah, a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the East Malaysia region, is to play host to a Tier IV data centre worth RM119 million (about US$25.2 million).
Tanzania and Uganda have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to integrate their national information and communication technology (ICT) networks in a deal said to be worth US$28.8 million.
Thailand’s PROEN Corp has deployed Qwilt and Cisco’s Open Edge Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution to improve the quality and delivery capacity of its digital content and applications.
A legal case brought against the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) by operator NOW Telecom has been dismissed by the country’s Court of Appeals.
In an interesting recent development, Nigeria’s mobile operators are threatening to abandon uniform tariffs. Thus subscribers could be charged differently for telephony services depending on their locations.
Argentinean operators Telefonica and Telecom Argentina (which respectively operate as Movistar and Personal) have confirmed last-minute bids to join Claro in the country’s upcoming auction of 5G spectrum.
The Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur (IIT-K) and InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, have announced a bilateral research partnership to develop enabling technologies that impact future wireless standards.
Kenyan operator Safaricom has announced an upgrade to its local cloud computing platform and cloud services suite.
African e-commerce platform Jumia has announced an agreement with satellite internet service Starlink to retail the Starlink Residential Kit in Africa.
Indonesian fintech firm Yokke has formed a strategic partnership with Japan’s SB Payment Service Corp, a unit of SoftBank.
PLDT’s enterprise subsidiary ePLDT is set to invest US$600 million to build its 12th data centre facility in the Philippines, a move to remain competitive against rivals in B2B.
Globe Telecom struck a deal to sell off its 77% stake in fintech company Electronic Commerce Payments (ECPay) to Mynt for PHP2.3 billion (US$40.7 million).
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