Indosat Ooredoo announced the launch of its 5G services in the city of Solo (city of Surakarta) in Java, Indonesia. Huawei is the 5G network supplier for Indosat Ooredoo.

Hong Kong-headquartered Big Data Exchange (BDx) has opened the first phase of its 35MW NKG Data Center Campus in Nanjing, China.

Israel's Minister of Communications, Yoaz Hendel, has confirmed that Israel is to abolish the split it imposed between infrastructure providers and internet service suppliers.

Carrier-neutral data centre provider MainOne has announced the imminent launch of its new data centre in Appolonia City, Accra.

Telecommunications giant MTN is continuing to pursue some very ambitious plans for Africa. Its latest commitment is to expand broadband access across Nigeria.

Global web innovator Opera has suspended support for VPN services in browsers on Russian territory after Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, banned the use of Opera VPN and another service called VyprVPN, having classified them as threats according to current Russian law.

With the granting by the country’s ICT Authority (ICTA) of 5G licences to three mobile operators, Mauritius is the latest African country to take a step towards launching 5G – but it has done so in a slightly different way.

Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have announced a strategic partnership for implementing 5G network solutions in India, which will be available for commercial development from January 2022.

UAE-based multinational telecom services operator Etisalat has partnered with Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson to deploy a 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) across its commercial network.

The Nigerian Federal Government has raised an 18-member team to map out plans for Nigeria's 5G spectrum auctions following the Senate clearance over public health concerns.

American tech giant Intel Corp confirmed that it would collaborate with India's top telco Reliance Jio to develop a 5G radio-access network (RAN), among other things, Reuters reports.

A massive deal uniting two players in the Malaysian telecoms market to make the biggest operator in the country has finally gone through.

The complex consequences of unfettered access to social media and its opposite, banning social media, have been highlighted in recent news stories from India and Nigeria.

The Angolan minister of economy and planning, Sérgio Santos, has apparently invited the Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom to invest in the country.

Total wireless subscribers in India as of March 2021 stood at 1,180.96 million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data released on Friday.

Globe Telecom Inc. has partnered with PhilTower Consortium Inc. to put up 500 new cell sites in the National Capital Region and Luzon this year in Philippines as part of efforts to boost connectivity amid the pandemic.

Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) confirmed it conducted a preliminary assessment of the merits of dual listing, but clarified that as of now there is no filing with any stock exchange.

The Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) initiative can result in a massive scale-up of the internet in rural areas and tremendous opportunity exists for the rapid proliferation of public Wi-Fi hotspots in India, said the telecom regulator.

Croatian regulator HAKOM confirmed that nine firms have applied to bid in the country’s upcoming 5G spectrum auctions.

Oman’s telecommunications services provider Omantel, and Huawei, the global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, have collaborated to establish a regional ICT training center to support talent development in the Sultanate.

Viasat World has signed a renewal agreement with the telecommunication company Digi Group for the distribution of its channels on Digi TV’s digital cable, satellite, and Digi Online platforms in Hungary and Romania, and on IPTV in Hungary.

Truecaller, the Caller ID and telephone search engine, is rolling out a new feature called Smart SMS in Africa.

Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator Telia Estonia said it now runs 5G services in more than 50 areas across Estonia.

Mexico’s rural communities are about to get a connectivity boost thanks to two satcoms-related businesses – ST Engineering iDirect and AXESS Networks – working alongside Altan, a major local operator.

There have been multiple reports over the past few days suggesting that Mocambique Telecom (Tmcel) may soon be unable to offer voice calls after an interconnection-related spat with fellow operator Vodacom Mozambique.

The consumer durables and electronics manufacturer Arçelik Global has signed a strategic business agreement with Nokia and Türk Telekom to deploy the first private wireless network in Turkey.

ZTE Corporation together with China Mobile has deployed China's first "SPN&PTN Integration" demonstration project in Changde, Hunan province.

National regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced two big initiatives: a licensing review and the approval of 73 new satellite permits.

United Group has tapped Ekinops to build optical fibre networks for its Croatian subsidiary, Telemach Hrvastska.

Pakistan’s Jazz is implementing cloud communications provider Sinch’s managed SMS Firewall and application-to-person (A2P) service for domestic and international messaging traffic.

APAC region contributed nearly 60% of mobile gaming revenue in 2020, said a study. China accounted for the lion’s share of the global mobile gaming market.