ARSAT, the national Argentinian telecommunications company, recently awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) an approximately US$20 million three-year contract to provide large, Ka-band telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) and gateway systems to support the ARSAT-SG1 satellite.

The African Development Fund’s Board of Directors has approved $3.9 million grant to finance an upgrade of Liberia's payments infrastructure and systems project.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired Egyptian cloud and security firm Cysiv MEA, formerly known as SecureMisr.

Slovenia’s Telemach has long been a pioneer in its market, launching the country’s first commercial 5G network in June 2021, and it has now had its achievements in 5G recognised at a global level in the Opensignal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022.

Fast Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) subsidiary of network solutions company Paratus Group, has announced that its 620-kilometre fibre optic network link between Muanda on the West Coast and the capital, Kinshasa, is now active.  The fibre link will deliver high-speed connectivity to the region through Paratus Group’s pan-African network.

Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has formalized a distribution partnership with iPoint, one of Bahrain's largest multi-brand distributors of electronics, computer peripherals, and gadgets for individuals and businesses.

FunP Innovation Group, a Taiwan-based digital advertising sales and advertising technology conglomerate, has reportedly secured US$3.12 million in additional investments to fuel a smart retail and cloud drive into the Indonesian market.

South Africa’s Rain, which describes itself as the country’s mobile data-only network, may not be data-only for long. Its major investor, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), has reportedly said that Rain hopes to launch a full mobile service this year.

Claro Argentina has signed a collaboration deal with Empatel, an Argentinean service provider based in the remote La Pampa province.

Kazakhstan’s Kcell has launched its first 5G trial with 12 sites now live across the cities of Almaty and Shymkent.

Tele2 Russia has reportedly withdrawn its RUB478 million (US$6.2 million) lawsuit against Finnish vendor Nokia, after the company ceased supplying operators and departed the Russian market due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Rostelecom has reportedly reconsidered selling its Armenian subsidiary GNC-Alfa, and plans to invest and broaden the unit. 

Several of Digicel Group’s major creditors have reportedly expressed reservations over Chairman Denis O’Brien’s proposed agreement for restructuring the group’s debt.

The Panamanian National Public Services Authority (Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Publicos, ASEP) revealed it received a bid for the telecoms licence vacated by Digicel Panama.

PLDT subsidiaries Smart Communications and Digital Mobile Philippines struck a sale and leaseback deal with Frontier Tower Associates Philippines, for 1,012 sites worth PHP12.1 billion (US$220.7 million), continuing its tower sale strategy. 

Philippines-based operator PLDT agreed to acquire cable TV and broadband provider Sky Cable, in a move to bolster the operator’s broadband offering.

The National Bank of Rwanda has granted fintech firm Flutterwave two additional licences that will boost its mobile finance offering in East Africa.

China's Sunwalk Group intends to invest US$2 billion in Pakistan's telecoms sector for the deployment of an optical fibre network that will eventually cover an area of 100,000 kilometres, according to a number of reports.

Fifteen months after conducting 5G pilot testing in the country, MTN Côte d’Ivoire has announced that its 5G services will be available by the start of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled for January in that year.

Satellite manufacturer and internet service provider mu Space and Advanced Technology has reached an exclusive deal with OneWeb, a global communications network powered by a constellation of 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, to provide LEO connectivity solutions across mainland Southeast Asia.

Indian ISP Netplus Broadband has tapped Nokia for its Multi-Access Gateway Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) application.

Helios Towers highlighted moves to lower capex for 2023 and focus on organic growth this year, as the company reported boosts to revenue and operating profit. 

Moldovan mobile network operator Moldcell has announced its entry into the financial services market with what it describes as a first-of-its-kind digital wallet called 'moldcell money'.

Hard on the heels of the announcement that it plans to use renewable solar energy for its facilities in South Africa, Africa Data Centres has now said that it intends to deploy what it calls a cutting-edge data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution in facilities in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

Malaysian satellite operator MEASAT has selected Hughes’ Jupiter System ground platform to enable broadband services on the MEASAT-3d High-Throughput Satellite (HTS).

African telecommunications and managed services provider Seacom says it has now gone live on the Equiano subsea cable following the cable’s landing in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2022.

Malaysian content and entertainment company Astro has chosen Airties, a supplier of managed Wi-Fi solutions for service providers globally, to deliver a portfolio of smart Wi-Fi software and services to support broadband subscribers across its fibre footprint in Malaysia.

Telecom Egypt chose IBM automation technologies to upgrade its OSS systems across mobile, fixed and core networks to enable the operator to reduce operational costs and minimise the time in finding and fixing network incidents.

With 5G rollout well under way in much of the country, an Indian industry group has suggested that most telecom towers still need fiberisation, a vast number still need to be deployed and that recent amended Right of Way (RoW) rules are not being met by some Indian states.