AIS partnered with Bangkok Bank to expand its fintech strategy by launching a debit card, which the operator aims to have six million accounts opened by 2028.

MTN Ghana has broken ground prior to the construction of the Ghana ICT Hub, itself part of the broader Ghana Innovation Hub project to which MTN has committed US$25 million.

KIO, a data centre and digital infrastructure platform with more than 20 years of experience in colocation and IT services, has announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of a new data centre campus in Colombia.

Axiata Group’s proposed sale of shares in its tower unit edotco has attracted the interest of four possible buyers.

Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom penned a memorandum of understanding with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), to enhance their communication channels and safeguard bank accounts against online fraud.

Total fixed communication services revenue in India is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4% from US$10.2 billion in 2022 to US$13.9 billion in 2027, mainly driven by the strong growth in the fixed broadband segment. That’s the view of data and analytics company GlobalData in its India Fixed Communications Forecast (Q1 2023).

A company working in satellite communications and two companies working in e-health have announced a partnership aiming to offer accessible healthcare in Africa through e-health solutions.

The Republic of Mauritius has completed implementation of a new population alerting solution. The solution was supplied by Everbridge, which specialises in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning solutions.

French regulator Arcep awarded 5G spectrum to operators in French Guiana, Saint‑Barthélemy and Saint‑Martin, paving the way for next-generation connectivity on the islands.

Huawei has announced that CFO Meng Wanzhou will become the vendor’s rotating chair for six months from 1^st April.

Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has agreed to acquire 11 data centres across six countries in Latin America and the US from Nabiax, a European data centre operator owned by independent investment management firm Asterion Industrial Partners and service provider Telefonica.

Telecoms infrastructure provider Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) secured a US$20 million loan with plans to spend the cash on mobile towers to connect deep rural locations in six new African countries.

NLT Telecom, a Brazilian operator specializing in IoT, and floLIVE, a provider of global connectivity and network services for IoT, have announced their collaboration to provide dual-connectivity access to both Brazilian and international enterprise customers, including OEMs and mobile operators.

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company OneWeb has confirmed the successful deployment and contact of 36 satellites launched by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India, on Sunday 26 March.

Dialog Enterprise, the corporate ICT solution arm of Sri Lankan service provider Dialog Axiata, in collaboration with the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka & Dialog University of Moratuwa Research Laboratory, has devised an IoT-led implementation to assist local rubber plantations with the drying of crepe rubber.

Vodafone Idea is equipping a technology factory in the city of Hazira, India, with a private 4G network to showcase automation through IoT, a move to advance its enterprise unit.

China is in the news again – for positive reasons, this time, with the GSMA, the organisation representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, suggesting it will be the first country to reach one billion 5G connections.

The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) has signed an agreement with the country's two largest telecommunication companies with the aim of bringing faster disaster risk alerts to the public.

Recent announcements in Africa have yet again underlined the growth of payment technology across the continent, with major names in the digital payments space announcing significant agreements in Egypt and Tanzania.

The Guinean government granted infrastructure provider Guineenne de Fibre Optique (GFO) permission to sell interconnection services and optical fibre transport to operators in Guinea.

Six of Somalia’s operators have enabled voice interconnection between their services.

As 5G networks are deployed one of the most important growth opportunities for carrier will be in the enablement of digital transformation for enterprises and the public sector.

Ethio Telecom has upgraded its mobile money Telebirr app into a so-called ‘super app’ with crucial upgrades and integration of services, a move to bolster its mobile money proposition in the face of new competition from Safaricom.

In recent years, technological advancements have completely overhauled our expectations around how we use communications services.

Another SIM registration drive is underway, this time in Argentina, where regulator Enacom has kicked off what will be a 60-day process as identity validation through biometric data for mobile telephony comes into force.

The Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023 has just ended in South Africa, and Africa’s technology press is reporting on the unveiling of what Huawei calls its Non-Stop Banking initiative.

Whale Cloud has signed a three-year BSS contract with Malaysia’s Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), a government-owned company entrusted to lead the implementation of Sarawak's Digital Economy initiatives.

UPDATE: Claro Brasil has joined Vivo and TIM Brasil in abandoning its sale of surplus assets acquired through the three-way acquisition of Oi Movel.