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Nokia in pact with OIV to deliver 5G private network in Croatia

Nokia in pact with OIV to deliver 5G private network in Croatia

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Vendors
28 January 2022
7006 views
  • Nokia
  • Croatia
  • Balkans
  • 5G networks

Nokia has joined hands with OIV, a provider of communications infrastructure in Croatia, to deliver a 5G private wireless network solution for AD Plastik’s automotive component manufacturing facility in Croatia.

South Africa investigating Telkom over corruption allegations

South Africa investigating Telkom over corruption allegations

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James Barton
Category: Operators
27 January 2022
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Multilinks
  • Corruption
  • Telkom SA
  • iWayAfrica

Telkom South Africa is set to face scrutiny from the country’s independent Special Investigating Unit (SIU) over “allegations of corruption and maladministration.”

Kenyan nanosatellite to launch later this year

Kenyan nanosatellite to launch later this year

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
27 January 2022
4795 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • Disaster Management
  • SpaceX
  • Nanosatellite
  • EnduroSat

Kenya will be launching its first software-defined nanosatellite later this year, according to the two companies behind the development and launch of the satellite.

Rohde & Schwarz supports microwave link monitoring in Paraguay

Rohde & Schwarz supports microwave link monitoring in Paraguay

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Wireless Networks
27 January 2022
8590 views
  • Test and Measurement
  • Latin America
  • Paraguay
  • CONATEL
  • drones
  • Microwave links

Microwave link measurement has taken to the skies of Paraguay  after a recently announced deal involving drones.

Philippines' Globe debuts Asia’s first eco-SIM

Philippines' Globe debuts Asia’s first eco-SIM

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Operators
27 January 2022
5757 views
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • SIM Cards
  • Southeast Asia

Globe Telecom, a provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines, has launched the first-ever Eco-SIM cards in Asia for its postpaid mobile customers.

Epsilon to deliver AWS Direct Connect in Indonesia

Epsilon to deliver AWS Direct Connect in Indonesia

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
27 January 2022
6337 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Indonesia
  • Epsilon
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Southeast Asia
  • AWS

Global connectivity provider Epsilon Telecommunications is providing customers with access to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region in Indonesia. This is the second AWS Region in Southeast Asia other than Singapore.

TIME first in Southeast Asia to be MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certified

TIME first in Southeast Asia to be MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certified

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Operators
27 January 2022
6950 views
  • Malaysia
  • MEF
  • SD-WAN
  • Southeast Asia
  • TIME dotCom

TIME dotCom, a fixed-line telecommunications provider in Malaysia, has become the first telecommunications provider in Southeast Asia to obtain the MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification.

Israel’s Partner signs cross-continent fibre deal

Israel’s Partner signs cross-continent fibre deal

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
26 January 2022
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  • Middle East North Africa
  • Fibre Optic Cable
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Partner Communications

Israel’s Partner Communications has been awarded a contract for a new fibre link connecting two continents.

Eutelsat and Intersat announce satellite connectivity deal for West Africa

Eutelsat and Intersat announce satellite connectivity deal for West Africa

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
26 January 2022
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Senegal
  • Internet
  • Intersat Africa
  • Gambia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Eutelsat
  • Satellite Connectivity
  • High Throughput Satellite

In a major deal anounced this week, Eutelsat Communications has been selected by Intersat to help deliver internet connectivity for three countries in West Africa.

True and DTAC set to merge before end of first quarter

True and DTAC set to merge before end of first quarter

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James Barton
Category: Operators
26 January 2022
7642 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Thailand
  • Mergers
  • DTAC
  • True Move

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has stated that the merger between DTAC and True Corporation is set to go ahead, with the companies submitting confirmation of their intent.

Infobip helps Afridig drive financial inclusion with chat solution

Infobip helps Afridig drive financial inclusion with chat solution

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James Barton
Category: Mobile Finance
26 January 2022
7238 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • WhatsApp
  • Mobile Financial Services
  • Infobip

Infobip has implemented a WhatsApp-based chat banking solution for fintech start-up Afridig Wallets.

Nokia joins Alstom to deploy private wireless network in India

Nokia joins Alstom to deploy private wireless network in India

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Wireless Networks
26 January 2022
7427 views
  • India
  • Nokia
  • Wireless Networks
  • South Asia

Nokia announced it is working with French multinational firm Alstom to deliver a private wireless network for the National Capital Regional Transport Corporation’s (NCRTC) Delhi to Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).

India's STL wins deal to build PGCIL’s communications networks

India's STL wins deal to build PGCIL’s communications networks

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
26 January 2022
4745 views
  • India
  • Sterlite Technologies
  • South Asia
  • STL
  • Digital Networks

Sterlite Technologies (STL), an integrator of digital networks, announced a partnership with India's largest power distribution company, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).

Airtel commissions its largest captive solar plant in India

Airtel commissions its largest captive solar plant in India

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Data Centres & Networks
26 January 2022
5668 views
  • India
  • Data Centres
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Airtel
  • South Asia
  • Nxtra Data Limited
  • Avaada Energy

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has commissioned a new 21-megawatt solar power plant in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra as part of its commitment to reduce carbon footprint and contribute to the global efforts to curb the effects of climate change.

South Africa’s operators cooperate to combat crime

South Africa’s operators cooperate to combat crime

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Operators
25 January 2022
8899 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Cyber Security
  • Operators
  • crime
  • Vandalism

After a few months during which South Africa’s operators have had a number of reported disagreements with each other or the South Africa regulator, MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, Cell C and Liquid Intelligent Technologies have now joined forces in a common cause: to take on criminals.

Jazz Digital Park opens in Pakistan

Jazz Digital Park opens in Pakistan

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Data Centres & Networks
25 January 2022
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Data Centres
  • Pakistan
  • Cloud Platform
  • Veon
  • Jazz

The Jazz Digital Park (JDP), named after leading Pakistan operator Jazz, was formally inaugurated by Kaan Terzioğlu, the CEO of Jazz owner Veon Group, this week.

A home-grown mobile OS for India?

A home-grown mobile OS for India?

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Devices & Platforms
25 January 2022
6178 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • India
  • Android
  • Google
  • Apple
  • Mobile Phones
  • iOS
  • Operating Systems
  • ICEA

Is the Indian government hoping to bring a new mobile phone operating system to its home market? That appears to be the implication of a number of recent reports in the Indian press.

Chad looks at lower cost of entry to digital economy with tax breaks

Chad looks to lower cost of entry to digital economy with tax breaks

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
25 January 2022
7088 views
  • Devices
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tariffs
  • Chad
  • Network Equipment
  • Tax Breaks
  • Airtel Chad
  • Moov Africa Chad

The finance ministry of Chad has decreed that equipment related to telecom and internet services, including network equipment, devices, modems and routers, are exempt from import duties and taxes for the next five years.

Latvia concludes 1.5GHz tender as Lithuania delays auction deadline

Latvia concludes 1.5GHz tender as Lithuania delays auction deadline

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
25 January 2022
9980 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • 5G Spectrum
  • Tele2 Latvia
  • 1.5GHz Spectrum

Latvia’s Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) has concluded its tender for 1.5GHz spectrum permits, with the regulator’s council due to approve the results by the end of January 2022.

Transsion enhances smartphone location accuracy with HERE

Transsion enhances smartphone location accuracy with HERE

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
25 January 2022
10940 views
  • Global
  • Location-Based Services
  • Transsion

Transsion has selected network positioning services from location data and technology platform HERE Technologies to improve its location accuracy capabilities in emerging markets including Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand.

OneWeb, Hughes in pact to provide LEO connectivity in India

OneWeb, Hughes in pact to provide LEO connectivity in India

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Satellite Networks
25 January 2022
4843 views
  • India
  • leo
  • Satellite communications
  • South Asia
  • OneWeb
  • Hughes

Satellite communication companies, OneWeb and Hughes partnered to provide high-speed, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband connectivity across India.

Ericsson installs NOC for DNB's 5G network in Malaysia

Ericsson installs NOC for DNB's 5G network in Malaysia

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Operators
25 January 2022
8666 views
  • Malaysia
  • Ericsson
  • Network Operations Centre
  • Southeast Asia
  • Digital Nasional Berhad

Ericsson has established a network operations centre (NOC) in Malaysia dedicated to Digital Nasional Bhd’s (DNB) 5G network as well as its key performance indicators. DNB is Malaysia's single wholesale 5G network operator.

Mexico's GigNet signs Mera fibre deal

Mexico's GigNet signs Mera fibre deal

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
25 January 2022
5963 views
  • Mexico
  • WiFi
  • Fibre Networks
  • North America
  • GigNet

Mexican telecommunications service provider GigNet has announced a deal to install a private high-speed internet and Wi-Fi network for Mera Corporation.

Brazil deal boosts IHS in Latin American market

Brazil deal boosts IHS in Latin American market

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Investment
24 January 2022
7541 views
  • Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Towers
  • GTS
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • IHS Towers

IHS Towers, which describes itself as one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, just got even bigger after a major acquisition in Brazil.

Telkom removes objections to South African spectrum auction – for now

Telkom removes objections to South African spectrum auction – for now

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Operators
24 January 2022
7206 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • South Africa
  • Telkom
  • Spectrum Auctions
  • ICASA

Will South Africa’s next spectrum auction now go ahead on 8 March as planned? A compromise gesture on the part of operator Telkom, whose court proceedings threatened to derail the process, implies that it may.

Intelsat makes news in both disaster relief and aviation services

Intelsat makes news in both disaster relief and aviation services

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
24 January 2022
6240 views
  • Disaster relief
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Gilat Satellite Networks
  • Intelsat
  • In-Flight
  • Tonga
  • Satellite communications
  • Aviation
  • Digicel Tonga
  • Tonga Communications Corporation

Integrated satellite and terrestrial network operator Intelsat has made news recently – both in disaster relief and in the more sedate area of commercial and business aviation services.

Philippines’ DITO aims to double subs numbers in '22

Philippines’ DITO aims to double subs numbers in '22

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Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Operators
24 January 2022
6877 views
  • Investment
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Towers
  • China Telecom
  • Philippines
  • Globe Telecom
  • Coverage
  • Smart Telecom
  • DITO

Following reports late last year that Philippines telecommunications company DITO had hit its target of five million subscriptions before the end of 2021 in the nine months since its commercial launch in March, recent announcements suggest that the company is aiming even higher.

Telemach Croatia closes acquisition of Optima stake

Telemach Croatia closes acquisition of Optima stake

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James Barton
Category: Operators
24 January 2022
11151 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Acquisitions
  • Croatia
  • Optima Telekom
  • Telemach

Croatian operator Telemach has closed its acquisition of a majority holding in local broadband provider Optima Telekom.

Vietnam awaits 2022 to surge ahead with mobile broadband

Vietnam awaits 2022 to surge ahead with mobile broadband

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James Barton
Category: BuddeComm Market Reports
24 January 2022
8449 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Viettel
  • Vietnam
  • Mobifone
  • BuddeComm
  • VNPT
  • Market Reports
  • Vinaphone

Even with Covid-19 pandemic-related mobility restrictions in place, Vietnam’s economy has continued to outperform the rest of the region in 2020 and 2021. Nevertheless, the telecom sector essentially spent most of this period in a holding pattern, focusing on maintaining service throughout the crisis while preparing for some major changes to come in the mobile market in 2022.

Brunei’s fixed-line telecom markets blossom while mobile languishes

Brunei’s fixed-line telecom markets blossom while mobile languishes

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James Barton
Category: BuddeComm Market Reports
24 January 2022
9720 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • BuddeComm
  • B-Mobile
  • Market Reports
  • Brunei
  • Telekom Brunei Berhad

Brunei Darussalam seemed poised to start its economic recovery from the double blow it received to its GDP in 2020 from the Covid-19 crisis and a global slump in oil prices. However, expectations may have been dashed by the sudden emergence of the Covid-19 Delta variant in the country in August 2021, which followed months of zero cases.

Maldives telecom sector feels the sharp impact of tourists staying away during Covid-19

Maldives telecom sector battered by Covid-19

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James Barton
Category: BuddeComm Market Reports
24 January 2022
12946 views
  • Central South Asia
  • Dhiraagu
  • Maldives
  • BuddeComm
  • Market Reports
  • Ooredoo Maldives

With its economy so heavily dependent on tourism, the Maldives has suffered heavy economic as well as health casualties during the pandemic. The country had a relatively short period of lockdown and was willing to welcome visitors back as early as July 2020.

Camtel is all set for launch of Blue Mobile service in Cameroon

Camtel is all set for launch of Blue Mobile service in Cameroon

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Operators
24 January 2022
9609 views
  • Cameroon
  • GSM
  • Africa
  • Camtel

Camtel, a national telecommunications and Internet service provider in Cameroon, is gearing up for the commercial launch of its new nationwide GSM mobile service, after unveiling the 'Blue' brand for its operations in August last year.

Bahrain's Batelco launches three new digital companies

Bahrain's Batelco launches three new digital companies

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
24 January 2022
8055 views
  • Cloud Computing
  • ICT
  • Cyber Security
  • Middle East
  • Bahrain
  • Batelco

Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has launched three new independent digital companies that will provide ICT, cloud computing, cyber security, and digital communication services.

Etix rolls out a new data center campus in Bangkok, Thailand

Etix rolls out a new data center campus in Bangkok, Thailand

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Shailaja Pai
Category: Data Centres & Networks
24 January 2022
6539 views
  • Data Centres
  • Thailand
  • Etix Everywhere
  • Southeast Asia
  • Etix

IT service management company ETIX Everywhere acquired a 67% interest in Genesis data center, in Bang Chalong 30 kms from Bangkok’s historical center. This data center will form the basis of a new data center campus which will be jointly developed with its local partner Interlink Telecom.

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