Saudi Arabia’s largest telecommunications company, STC, has acquired a 9.9% stake in Telefónica, a leading telecoms player in Spain, Germany, the UK and Brazil, along with a number of other Latin American countries through Telefónica Hispanoamérica. The stake is valued at €2.1 billion (about US$2.26 billion).
Malaysian operator Maxis conducted a trial of 6GHz spectrum with Universiti Malaysia (UM), as the operator looks to improve network traffic and explore use cases such as cloud computing, VR and AR.
Pan-African digital connectivity solutions company Bayobab Group has announced that it has been granted a national long-distance operator licence by the regulatory authorities in Nigeria. Bayobab’s subsidiary in Nigeria is now empowered to facilitate long-distance traffic.
The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) found a flaw in the country’s new SIM registration system, by using a photo of an animal to successfully register for a SIM card.
India's largest operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, is said to be raising up to $2 billion in offshore loans with major international banking establishment BNP Paribas as lead arranger of an initiative that will help fund the purchase of 5G network gear from Ericsson.
A more than US$40 billion boost for China’s semiconductor sector could be on the way, as reports – officially unconfirmed but widely reported – suggest a new state-backed investment fund for the sector is to be launched by the country.
Smartphone shipments in Indonesia declined for the eighth quarter in a row but analyst company IDC forecast a better H2 for the market as shipments will stabilise.
Safaricom announced it secured a deal to gain a loan of up to KES20 billion (US$137 million) from a consortium of Kenyan banks to fuel its sustainability plan, in what the operator claims is the first ESG-linked loan facility in East Africa.
Vodafone partnered with Amazon’s satellite connectivity company Project Kuiper, a move to use the latter’s low earth orbit satellites (LEO) to extend 4G/5G coverage for Vodafone and Vodacom subscribers in Europe and Africa.
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Development & Management Company and Orange Business, the enterprise division of Orange, have signed a deal through which Orange Business will supply a smart city platform for KAFD.
Huawei opened a cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia’s capital city Riyadh, a move to grow its cloud services in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
Green energy is a regular – indeed necessary – part of most data centre development announcements these days. In fact in two recent cases – in Kenya and India – it seems to be the main event.
Following last week’s news that 5G spectrum is finally about to go on sale in Argentina, the country's three main mobile operators have been quick to express concern at the terms laid down by regulator Enacom – and now have been joined by industry association the GSMA.
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Mobile.
State-owned Indian operators Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have signed an MoU to synergies their operations and provide pan-Indian telecom services, reported Economic Times (ET).
Vanuatu operator Wave has partnered with local ISP 3 Link to launch an affordable 5G broadband offering in 2024.
Telemor, the Timor-Leste subsidiary of Viettel, has renewed its eight-year agreement with SES to provide enhanced mobile connectivity for consumers and enterprises in the market.
Chip manufacturer Intel revealed plans to invest US$1.2 billion into its Costa Rican business over the next two years, to fuel development in next-generation technologies.
ZTE has partnered with Thailand’s AIS (Advanced Info Service) on the world’s first dynamic RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface) trial in an mmWave network at the AZ centre in Bangkok.
Operator group Millicom announced its CEO Mauricio Ramos will be promoted to executive chair of the board, as former chair Jose Antonio Rios departs effective immediately.
As broadband service providers continue to bring higher speeds to market, many are now offering residential customers gigabit and even multigigabit speeds over fibre. But, as good as these services can be, 95% of households then rely on Wi-Fi in the home to connect their devices.
Inception, the artificial intelligence (AI) applied research unit of UAE technology group G42, has announced the open-source release of Jais, described as the world’s highest-quality Arabic large language model (LLM). Jais is a 13-billion parameter model trained on a newly developed 395-billion-token Arabic and English dataset.
For mobile operators, problems with the power grid can be expensive to manage. Now Vodacom in South Africa has announce a novel solution. It’s called virtual wheeling.
NEC Corporation India, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, says it has launched the latest smart city project in Tirupati, India, for Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited.
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) announced it will collaborate with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to address concerns about the drop in mobile service quality.
Latin American markets also saw smartphone shipments fall as the region experienced a 14% year-on-year drop to 27.9 million units in Q2, but is showing signs of recovery according to analyst company Canalys.
Finnish vendor Nokia announced it deployed infrastructure in the southern islands of the Philippines for Globe Telecom to accelerate 5G in the region.
The board of Argentine telecom regulator Enacom (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones) has approved the tender for spectrum for the provision of 5G services, albeit two opposition representatives voted against the approval.
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) has announced that it is joining forces with services platform GoDaddy.
The board of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has greenlit plans to acquire rival Telenor Pakistan with a binding offer to be tabled in September.
Analyst company Canalys reported smartphone shipments in Southeast Asia fell 15% year-on-year in Q2 to 20.9 million units, the lowest total since 2014, macroeconomic conditions continue to dampen consumer confidence.
United Group, which describes itself as the leading multi-play telecoms and media provider in Southeast Europe, has confirmed that it has completed the sale of its mobile tower infrastructure unit (TowerCo) in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia to Tawal, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's STC Group and a leading integrated ICT infrastructure company in the MENA region.
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