PLDT Global Corp, part of Philippines’ telco group PLDT, has expanded its Tindahan ni Bossing (TinBo) digital platform, described as the go-to app for all the needs of overseas Filipinos, with the launch of a new service called ePadala.

M-Pesa Ethiopia last week announced the signing of an agreement with the country’s postal service EthioPost, officially designating EthioPost as the primary agent within the M-Pesa ecosystem.

The TAM-1 submarine cable system has reached Colombia, marking a key milestone in its rollout across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Digital Edge announced on Monday it’s secured a US$665 million green loan to support development of the first phase of its planned 500MW AI-ready hyperscale data centre in Indonesia.

Cambodian telco Smart Axiata says it has signed an MoU with super app firm Grab to look at ways to collaborate on B2C and B2B initiatives that leverage Smart’s 5G network to create a more connected and customer-centric digital and mobility ecosystem.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) and state utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) announced on Monday they have signed an MoU to develop green energy solutions for more sustainable and interconnected energy and telecoms infrastructure across Malaysia.

Ericsson said on Monday it is partnering with Vietnamese telco VNPT to install next-gen mobile infrastructure for major airport projects in Vietnam.

It looks like Papua New Guinea intends to join the growing list of countries insisting on SIM card registration after a lengthy consultation process that ended recently.

Cambodia's government approved a draft law late last week targeting fraudsters running cyberscam operations and promises to shut down such operations completely by April. But previous crackdowns against online scam centres have not eliminated the problem. Will this one?

MTN Group hailed its full-year 2025 performance as “exceptional”, reporting a return to profit and surpassing the milestone of 300 million customers, driven largely by strong growth in its Nigerian and Ghanaian businesses.

Mirova, a global asset management company dedicated to sustainable investing, has announced a US$15 million senior secured facility for iSAT Africa Mauritius Limited, a leading rural connectivity platform, to support the deployment of fully solar-powered mobile towers in Liberia and Zambia.

Philippine telco PLDT and its wireless arm Smart said on Friday it's doubling down on measures to lessen operational reliance on fossil fuels in light of the impact of the Middle East on global oil prices.

Orange Tunisie announced on Friday it has launched satellite broadband services in Tunisia via an earlier deal with Eutelsat, offering connection speeds of up to 100 Mbps.

Work on the Middle Eastern segment of the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable system has reportedly stopped due to the war between the US, Israel and Iran as Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) says it’s unsafe to continue operations.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Safaricom revealed on Friday they have signed an agreement to combine their collective experience in AI and fintech to co-develop better customer experiences within their respective digital ecosystems.

The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Directors earlier this week approved what is described as a transformative regional initiative that will directly boost job creation in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It includes a strong focus on digital infrastructure.

Telkom Indonesia’s data center arm NeutraDC announced on Thursday it has signed an MoU with F5 to explore strategic cooperation in the development of managed AI connectivity solutions in Indonesia.

ZTE revealed on Thursday it has signed an MoU with Bangladesh telco Grameenphone to collaborate on deploying large language model (LLM) and agentic AI technologies to build autonomous networks.

Satcoms company ST Engineering iDirect, has announced a strategic partnership with Q-KON, a premier African satellite engineering and service provider, to launch an initiative called Intuition Unbound across Africa.

The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) has announced that Botswana and five other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have collaborated to substantially reduce and harmonise mobile roaming tariffs in line with the One Network Area (ONA) framework.

Ooredoo Algeria says it has expanded its 5G network to all provinces in the country, well ahead of the government’s rollout schedule, although actual coverage in each province remains limited.