DirecTV Argentina, now owned by local holding company Grupo Werthein, has signed an agreement with the Argentinian telecommunications service provider Metrotel to expand its fibre to the home network in the Buenos Aires province.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has reportedly initiated a preliminary engagement with aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services and communications corporation SpaceX, exploring the introduction of Starlink internet services in the country.

Bridge Data Centres has announced plans to build another new data centre in Malaysia. The new facility will be located in the Kidex Sedenak business park in Sedenak, to the north of Johor, and will reportedly be the largest of its kind in Malaysia.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released a consultation paper entitled “Auction of spectrum in the frequencies identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) / 5G”. This apparently comes in response to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) request on 13 September to TRAI to provide recommendations on the subject.

Leading Asian regional integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company edotco Group has announced a major acquisition that, it says, strengthens its aspiration to be a top five towerco in the world and cements its home market leadership position as the largest independent tower company in Malaysia, where it is headquartered.

MTN Benin confirmed that it will have invested XOF10 billion (US$17.2 million) into the market this year by the end of December.

Bangladeshi operator Robi Axiata is joining Fortumo’s payments platform.

North Macedonia’s Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) has begun a tender process for 5G-ready spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6GHz (3400MHz-3800MHz) bands.

Telecommunications companies in Asia’s emerging markets may face higher spectrum liabilities, but it would have limited immediate impact on their liquidity and cash flow, said a report.

The government of India advised people against subscribing to Starlink Internet Services, a division of billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company.

A new report now claims that India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited will soon launch a new tablet and a smart TV.

Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) announced that its IP Transit service is now available on Manama-IX (MN-IX), the Bahrain-based internet exchange that interconnects global carriers, local and international operators.

A new digital mobile network has launched in East Africa – an MVNO enabled by x-Mobility, a company that styles itself as an MVNE – a mobile virtual network enabler.

Ahead of the nationwide introduction of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), Uruguay’s mobile operators have signed contracts with the appointed MNP database administrator.

What does the purchase earlier this month of nearly 96 percent of Mexican facilities-based telecommunications provider Maxcom Telecomunicaciones by US-headquartered digital infrastructure service provider Transtelco mean for the Mexican fibre market?

Airtel Lanka is set to extend its 4G services throughout Sri Lanka via a new network expansion initiative.

Nepal’s National Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has nullified the Basic Telecommunications Services licence of Nepal Satellite Telecom (NST) due to outstanding regulatory fees.

India's Reliance Industries (RIL), which controls Reliance Jio, is weighing a bid for UK-based telecommunications giant, BT, formerly British Telecom.

America's Apple iPhone has surpassed smartphone brand Vivo to emerge as the largest smartphone vendor in China in October 2021, says a report.

China’s shipment of smartphones grew 30.6% year-on-year to 32.7 million handsets in October, said the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT).

Qatari multinational telecommunications firm Ooredoo Group and Nokia signed two agreements as part of a strategic partnership intended to drive Ooredoo’s digital transformation and enhance experiences for its customers.

Is Africa a data centre opportunity or challenge? Either way, it is a market that is underserved relative to demand, so it may be no surprise that a new pan-African data centre company has announced its launch this week.

Estonia’s parliament The Rigiikogu has approved new legislation that effectively bans the country’s operators from using network equipment from China’s Huawei.

A consortium of Israeli businesses has made an offer of US$300 million for S.B. Israel Telecom’s 27% stake in local operator Partner Communications.

Nepal’s National Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has at long last cleared state-owned operator Nepal Telecom to trial 5G services in the market.

Vietnam’s state-owned VNPT (Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group) has launched a pilot mobile money service nationwide.

Indian cellular operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to increase their combined revenue market share for private telecom operators to 80%-82% in 2022, from around 77%-78% in June 2021, said the credit rating agency Fitch Rating.

Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel has conducted India's first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band with mobile and telecom equipment manufacturing company Nokia.

Three Chinese operators have deployed Huawei MetaAAU — a comprehensive 5G solution — in Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Xiamen.

Global rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bharti Airtel's long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'BBB-'.

Thirteen foreign technology firms have been reminded by Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor that they must set up in Russia by 2022. However, actual instructions on what they need to do to meet this mandate have been in short supply.

Malaysian operator Digi is back in the news, where its plans both for a merger with Celcom and for the ongoing shutdown of its 3G service are making headlines.