Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine, is all set to acquire a stake of over 50% in Farlep-Invest, which runs Vega Telecommunications.

Brazilian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Desktop Sigmanet (Sigmanet Comunicação Multimídia SA) has acquired Net Barretos, a small-scale broadband provider that serves the interior of Sao Paulo.

Serbia Broadband (SBB) said that it would begin free digitalization of the Serbian cities of Kraljevo and Vrsac in September by extending its ‘GIGA’-branded fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

Partner Communications Company, formerly Orange Israel, has reported a 9% year-on-year increase in total turnover for the three months ended 30 June 2021, with the company seeing increases in both service and equipment revenues.

The Indian government is apparently gearing up to address the role of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites in the country – but whether this will mean a favourable regulatory system is as yet unclear.

Targeting in particular the 1.7 billion consumers that it says have joined the world’s middle class in the past decade, most of them in emerging markets, fintech Boku has launched M1ST (Mobile First), which it calls the world’s largest mobile payments network.

The Cuban Ministry of Communications (Mincom) has officially implemented several new laws concerning the country’s telecoms sector.

The Maldives’ Dhiraagu is upgrading its systems and consolidating its standalone assurance functions with Subex’s Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management (iRAFM) solution.

Vodacom DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) has commissioned ST Engineering iDirect and Gilat Telecom to help it migrate its VSAT-based 2G network to 3G.

The state-owned satellite operator Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) announced it has completed the migration of the Express-AM33 satellite from the orbital position of 96.5 degrees East to the 11 degrees West slot.

Arc Solutions, a provider of integrated networking solutions that simplify connecting and optimising applications and services across the Middle East, has expanded its network to Bahrain in the digital business platform Global Zone.

Brazilian telecommunications company Algar Telecom has completed the purchase of 100% of the share capital of Vogel Telecom. The operation was announced in May this year.

The multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings announced that it has agreed with the Indonesian telecommunications provider Indosat Ooredoo to extend the period to pursue negotiations on a potential transaction to combine PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Company, and PT Indosat TBK, a subsidiary of Ooredoo, on an exclusive basis. 

EdgeConneX, which provides a full range of data centre solutions worldwide, has agreed to acquire Global Data Center (GDC), an Israel-based data centre operator headquartered in Herzliya, the hub of Israel’s hi-tech district.

Broadband network and digital services offered in Seychelles will soon get a boost from a new cable system that will be leased by Seychelles-based telecommunications provider Intelvision Limited with support from global development institution IFC.

A fascinating initiative announced recently involves what will probably be one of the first government-backed digital currencies in Africa – if it happens.

Altice Dominicana and Claro Dominicana have submitted technical and economic offers to The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) as the regulator prepares to auction 5G spectrum.

Lebanon’s state-owned provider Ogero confirmed that it is unable to offer connectivity in three locations until further notice, since no diesel is available to fuel electricity generators.

Brazilian manufacturer and provider of optical solutions serving the network operators, IT, and multimedia, Padtec reported operating revenue of BRL 119.6 million for 2Q 2021, an increase of 38.8 percent on the previous quarter and 86.3 percent year-on-year.

Latvian telecommunications company Tet, previously Lattelecom, has opened its sixth data centre in capital Riga, as it plans to grow its data centre business by 15% per year.

The mobile phone operator of Turkey, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. announced that it has posted robust financial performance despite the impact of the pandemic for the second quarter (2Q) ended June 30, 2021.

The new major telecommunications provider in the Philippines DITO Telecommunity Corp. said that it has further expanded its network coverage to seven more areas across the country.

Spanish technology services company Lleida.net has signed contracts with the postal operators of five African countries to provide them exclusively with digital postal services and registered electronic communications technology.

Google has announced plans for yet another subsea cable. This one, called Apricot, will connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia. The Apricot cable is expected to be ready for service in 2024.

2Africa, not only Africa’s biggest subsea project but, the consortium behind it says, the largest subsea cable project in the world, is in the news again with plans for more branches.

A1 Croatia has launched its 5G offering after winning a holding of 5G-ready spectrum at auction last week.

Mobile operator Megafon has expanded the coverage the first federal-scale Voice over LTE (VoLTE) cellular network in the Russian Federation.

China Mobile reported a 6% year-on-year rise in net profit for the first half of 2021, buoyed by a new 5G users and improving average revenue per user.

Bezeq, Israel's largest telecoms group, has approved plans to spin off Bezeq International's ICT business activities into a separate corporation.

Sercomtel, a regional telecom operator in the state of Paraná, Brazil, Nokia, and Brazilian agricultural research corporation Embrapa have launched 5G connectivity pilot projects in Brazil to develop techn services for the agribusiness sector.