Enterprise Ecosystems

Cellcom, Israel’s largest cellular provider, and the compatriot telecommunications equipment supplier Novlesat aim to collaborate on a pilot of real-time video content distribution on 5G network infrastructure.

China Mobile joined hands with Huawei in building an optical network to connect the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao area. Huawei says that it is “the world’s largest green all-optical switching hub network”.

Infinet Wireless, the global developer and manufacturer of broadband wireless access solutions, has assisted ASTEL, Internet service provider in Kazakhstan, to expand its backbone network via radio links in the Almaty region.

Indian multinational telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Management (SCM) to digitise and simplify its finance, planning, and supply chain processes.

Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) will top $229 billion this year, an increase of 2.7% over 2021, said a study.

Ethiopian telecommunication company Ethio Telecom partnered with Subex for a new business assurance solution using the enterprise AI platform HyperSense.

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has added a multi-cloud-based solution from Teridion to its backbone services as part of its efforts to offer internet services that match changing enterprise needs.

Avelacom, which owns and operates a global network connecting to 80+ data centers worldwide, announced the deployment of its point-of-presence (PoP) at Bursa Malaysia, the stock exchange of Malaysia, to extend its network footprint into Malaysia capital markets.

South African mobile communications company Vodacom Group and Amdocs, a provider of software and services to the communications and media industry, announced the creation of the African Centre of Excellence (CoE), which will assist the telco with operational efficiencies.

Indonesia’s XL Axiata and the Philippines’ Globe Telecom have signed separate multi-year agreements with software and services provider Amdocs.

FreeMove Alliance, the global mobile telecommunications alliance between Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telia and Telecom Italia, and Latin American telecom giant Millicom have announce a major new partnership agreement.

China Mobile (CMCC), Nokia, and MediaTek have successfully verified the world's first 3 Components (3CC) Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology in Shanghai, China.

Malaysian multinational telecommunications conglomerate Axiata will be acquiring a 66.03% stake in one of Indonesia's biggest cable TV operators and fixed broadband internet provider, Link Net, for about $604 million, paving the way for expansion in the archipelago's untapped fixed broadband market.

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

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

ZTE Corporation together with China Mobile Research Institute, the Guangdong Branch of China Mobile, and MediaTek, has completed all the test items of URLLC key technologies in Guangzhou, China.

Airtel Uganda, the mobile communications and information technology services provider in the East African country, has said that ‘discussions are going on internally’ concerning the listing of a 20% stake in the company via an initial public offering (IPO).

Cambodian ISP and A2P messaging aggregator MekongNet has partnered with mobile identity solutions provider IPification to deliver seamless mobile data authentication services in Cambodia.

China's ZTE Corporation and China Unicom have jointly completed the Proof of Concept (PoC) of computing power network service scheduling.

Transformation solutions provider Nexign has successfully replaced the BSS system for Uzbekistani mobile operator Ucell.

Zain Jordan has selected a suite of products from Infovista to help it modernise its network.

Turkish operator Turkcell is seeking strategic foreign partnerships for its subsidiaries, CEO Murat Erkan said.

Romania's Competition Council approved the French global investor and asset manager Meridiam's takeover of half the shares in Netcity Telecom through a partnership with Netcity's owner E-Infra.

Cloud services marketplace and distributor Pax8 is buying TVG, a cloud services and software distributor in northeastern Europe. The acquisition will allow Pax8 to dip its toes into the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

Bahrain-based telecom services company Batelco recently debuted its eCommerce platform, Batelco eSuite, in a move to help merchants create online stores in a few steps.

IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, participated in a guaranteed line of up to COP625,000 million (GBP 113 million) for the benefit of Tigo Colombia, a subsidiary of Millicom.

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd (China Mobile) will buy back up to $12.6 billion worth of its Hong Kong-listed shares on the market, as the company prepares for its 48.7 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) listing in Shanghai on Wednesday, China’s biggest public share offering in a decade.

Following a competitive auction process, Latvian fixed broadband operator Tet is acquiring 100% of Telia’s local B2B unit Telia Latvija for EUR10.75 million (US$12.1 million).

Azerbaijan state-owned operator AzinTelecom will merge with the Data Processing Center (DPC), which operates under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MDDT).

The shareholders of PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo) have approved the Indonesian operator's merger with rival Tri, which is also known as Hutchison 3 Indonesia.

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have joined hands to build a 5G-based remote working technology using robotics. Both the companies are currently running the trials in Airtel's 5G lab at Manesar, in the state of Haryana.

Russia's active mobile subscriber base totaled 259 million this year (2021), up by 3.3% from the year before but slightly off from the 260 million recorded at the end of 2019, said a study.

Russian integrated provider of digital services and solutions Rostelecom has acquired 100% of the share capital of TVE-Telecom for RUB 1.7 billion (GBP 17 million).