Thai state-owned operator National Telecom (NT) gained approval from its board to invest THB800 million (£17.7 million) to build its network to tap into spectrum in the 26GHz band, to provide FWA services and connect enterprises to private 5G networks. 

Kenya’s leading operator Safaricom says it has increased account limits on its wildly popular M-Pesa mobile money service to KSh500,000 (about US$3,477) following approval from the Central Bank of Kenya.

South Africa’s biggest home fibre network operator, Vumatel, says it has now passed two million households with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity.

IXAfrica Data Centre, a developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in East Africa, and Tilisi Developments, a premier real estate developer, have announced that IXAfrica has signed a term sheet to purchase 11 acres of prime land for the construction of its second data centre campus in Nairobi, Kenya.

Reliance Jio completed a nationwide rollout of 5G services ahead of schedule across 22 regions in India tapping into multiple spectrum bands, before the end of December as initially expected.

Indian operator Vodafone Idea received a loan of INR20 billion (US$240 million) to aid it in making scheduled payments, as the operator continues to grapple with high debt.  

Globe Telecom stated in its Q2 results its full-year revenue projection will be lower than expected due to continuing macroeconomic pressures, extended high inflation, and low consumer spending power.

Malaysian operator Maxis has finally launched 5G services today (August 15) after state-owned 5G wholesaler Digital Nasional Berhad signed access agreements with the nation’s operators.

Saudi Arabian service provider Zain and Red Sea Global (RSG), a multi-project developer, have unveiled what they call the world's first zero-carbon 5G network at the Six Senses Southern Dunes resort at The Red Sea Project on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched the Gaborone Metro Ring, a high-capacity, high-speed, and secure telecommunication network that will empower local businesses to deliver a huge boost to Botswana’s economic growth.

Brazilian regulator Anatel has signed an agreement with the Japanese government focused on open RAN, with the goal of increasing deployments of the technology in Brazil and developing new business opportunities between the countries.

Airtel Kenya has outlined plans to invest a minimum of US$150 million into expanding its network across the next three years.

Vietnam is preparing to auction 700MHz spectrum for mobile use.

Constancia mine in Peru is the latest industrial application to use LTE to improve its operations, with the help of broadband communications technology company Rajant Corporation.

Instant messaging app Beep Pakistan has arrived. But will it challenge the popularity in Pakistan of WhatsApp?

Senegal’s mobile operators have implemented agreements to enable nationwide roaming between their networks.

Safaricom has confirmed the resignation of its Board Director and longstanding employee Michael Joseph.

Airtel Uganda has announced that it is set to make an initial public offering via the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE).

Asian data centre provider Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has entered into a renewable energy contract with independent power producer Cikarang Listrindo (CL) to procure power generated from biomass sources for its 30 MW data centre campus in Cibitung, a district in West Java Province, Greater Jakarta.

Service provider Vodacom’s plans to buy two fibre operators have been blocked by South Africa’s Competition Commission, which says it has found no major benefits from the proposed transaction that were not already in existence.

Salam has selected Oracle to drive 5G innovation across the Middle East.

Digital transformation has been very much a theme of recent financial technology news from Angola, in the shape of initiatives from payment giant Mastercard and the US government, supported by the Angolan government and local businesses.