The government of Mauritania has indicated that it intends to develop a national space programme focused on nanosatellites to strengthen sovereign capabilities and support overall economic development.

Airtel Business, part of global communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel Limited, has entered into a strategic partnership with precise-positioning-technology company Swift Navigation to launch India’s first AI/ML-powered, cloud-based location service.

ZTE and Thai operator AIS said on Monday they have successfully validated one of ZTE’s intelligent network O&M “agents” that use AI to monitor and analyse AIS’ network.

Ericsson said on Monday that MTN South Africa has successfully completed its core network modernisation project that will give its mobile infrastructure reduced latency, enhanced data throughput and a better overall user experience.

Vodafone Idea’s enterprise arm, Vi Business, said on Monday it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) to launch an IoT Innovation Lab to help enterprises develop solutions for things like connected vehicles, smart manufacturing and enterprise automation.

Ooredoo Group, the international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, has announced the rollout of advanced cybersecurity services across its markets, in partnership with software development company Innovatix Systems.

Submer, a major name in data centre design and immersion cooling, has announced its strategic expansion into the Indian market, positioning the country as a central hub for manufacturing and serving the entire Asian region.

Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Tata Consultancy Services, the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Tejas Networks unveiled on Saturday India’s first indigenously developed 4G stack.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has reportedly entered discussions with Thai telco True Corp and AIoT integration firm T3 Technology to find ways to collaborate on AI-powered smart-home solutions for Vietnam.

Orange Egypt has partnered with Egyptian online gold trading platform mnGm to launch what they say is the country’s first digital platform for gold trading services using mobile wallets.

True Corp will challenge a decision by the Central Administrative Court which dismissed its appeal against an arbitration order requiring the operator to pay THB4 billion ($124.3 million) plus interest to National Telecom (NT).

In a busy week for the payments giant, Mastercard has announced an extended digital identity partnership in Africa and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) relating to a national payments ecosystem in Syria.

Telekom Malaysia’s wholesale business arm, TM Global, announced on Thursday it has completed its fifth cable landing station in Morib, Selangor that can support up to three subsea cable systems, including the upcoming SEA-ME-WE 6.

Vietnam’s mobile money service is reportedly set for a major upgrade from pilot mode to full-fledged service that, among other things, will see transaction caps raised to ten times the current amount.

Subsea cable provider Seacom revealed on Thursday it will build a new subsea cable system, Seacom 2.0, that will provide AI-level capacity across the Indian Ocean Basin, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Southern Europe.

PLDT Enterprise, the corporate arm of Philippines operator PLDT, has in recent days announced not only a remote connectivity initiative but a mixed reality (MR) trial that could benefit remote healthcare.

Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), a Mexican telecommunications company and a wholly owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant America Movil, with a portfolio that includes fixed line services, broadband internet and submarine cables, says its TMX5 submarine cable has officially launched operations.

Malaysian telco  U Mobile has signed separate deals with Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, both aimed at driving adoption of 5G-Advanced and AI for enterprise use cases.

Malaysian operators, CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia and YTL Communications have unveiled plans to launch a new federated network service via the GSMA Open Gateway initiative to help online businesses combat fraud and digital identity theft.

NLT Telecom, a Brazilian operator focused in IoT, floLIVE, a provider of connectivity and network services, and TNS, which provides connectivity solutions and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), have announced a partnership to promote the use of eSIMs with the new SGP.32 standard from the operator association the GSMA in the Latin American Internet of Things (IoT) market.

The São Paulo Subway, one of Latin America's largest subway transportation operators, which operates in the most populous city in Brazil, has implemented a new P25 (two-way radio) land mobile radio (LMR) communication system from Motorola Solutions.

The World Bank Group has approved the Digital Zambia Acceleration Project (DZAP), a project that aims to support Zambian government efforts to increase access to, and inclusive use of, the internet and digitally enabled services.

Huawei has launched a three-step "ACT" pathway to enable intelligent transformation for enterprises, with the aim of helping them harness the power of AI, as well as nine new industrial intelligence solutions developed with Huawei’s partners.

Nokia announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with Indian fibre networking services provider Microscan Infocommtech to deploy its optical network solution in Microscan’s DWDM backbone network in Mumbai and Pune to address surging bandwidth demand.

Telecom Egypt says it has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Jordanian Tier III carrier-neutral data centre Aqaba Digital Hub that it says will enhance connectivity across the Middle East for businesses and hyperscalers.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has agreed to fund a feasibility study for a plan to extend AFR-IX Telecom’s Medusa subsea cable along Africa’s western coastline.

Data sovereignty is, yet again, making headlines, this time with the news that technology company Cassava Technologies has agreed a strategic collaboration with global professional services company Accenture to scale Cassava’s sovereign AI capability across Africa.

Loc8 has reportedly entered Namibia’s 5G arena, aiming to launch its network in Q1 2026 after years of securing telecoms licences for both 4G and 5G spectrum.

Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Globalstar Europe SAS, has announced that the construction process has begun on doubling the size of its existing ground station in Estonia.

A new agreement announced this week between Amazon's Project Kuiper low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network and Kazakhtelecom, the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan, aims to bring high-speed satellite internet to communities throughout Kazakhstan.