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e& UAE announced on Monday it is partnering with cloud, AI infrastructure and digital services specialist Core42 to deliver sovereign, on-demand GPU infrastructure to enterprise and government customers in the UAE.

Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin and BW Digital announced on Monday that they have successfully landed the Nongsa Changi Cable (NCC) linking Singapore and Indonesia at Nongsa Digital Park (NDP).

Satellite-to-phone specialist AST SpaceMobile, whose planned or existing trials include a number of developing markets, has rescheduled its commercial direct-to-device (D2D) service launch to early 2027 from late 2026.

The province of Chubut in southern Argentina is reported to be seeking to attract investment in data centres and develop a second submarine fibre optic landing point in the country, citing significant competitive advantages compared to other provinces.

GigaCloud, a Ukrainian cloud service provider, and Cubbit, described as the first geo-distributed cloud storage enabler, last week announced a new partnership designed to equip Ukrainian and Polish organisations with fully sovereign, resilient, and cost-effective cloud storage services.

China Unicom Beijing and Huawei say they have launched what they claim is the world’s largest deployment of Huawei’s “GigaUplink” technology in a 5G-Advanced network.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has invited telecoms players to submit draft proposals to build a new subsea cable connecting peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak under the Universal Service Provision (USP) framework.

Viasat has demonstrated what it claims is the first satellite voice call fully integrated into a BMW Group vehicle, highlighting how non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) could extend connected car services beyond the reach of terrestrial mobile coverage.

Thai telco True Corp announced on Thursday it has partnered with the Ministry of Public Health to launch True SkyBridge, an autonomous air logistics management platform designed to support medical drones delivering medical supplies to remote areas.

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has reportedly ruled that Reliance Jio’s proposal to build a domestic LEO satellite constellation to compete with the likes of Starlink, Eutelsat OneWeb and Amazon Leo is technically sound.

Telecom Egypt announced on Thursday it has scrapped a deal to sell a majority stake in its Regional Data Center Hub (RDH) to Helios Investment Partners, opting instead to carve out RDH as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

China’s smartphone market fell 4.3% year-on-year to 66 million shipments in the second quarter of 2026, marking a fifth consecutive quarter of decline as rising memory and component costs pushed up device prices, according to IDC.

Airtel Africa is reportedly stepping up preparations for the long-awaited initial public offering of its mobile money business, with plans to list the unit in London as soon as the second half of the year.

Veon announced that its Pakistan subsidiary JazzWorld has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake of TPL Insurance for PKR4.55 billion (US$16.4 million), enabling it to expand its digital services portfolio into the insurtech sector.

Sri Lanka-based telecom technology and services company Omobio said on Wednesday it has signed an exclusive agreement with Moov Africa Côte d'Ivoire to deploy its international A2P messaging and firewall solutions.

Amazon Leo announced on Wednesday it has partnered with South African fixed ISP Herotel to launch a new service called “evry”, powered by Amazon’s LEO satellite network.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it has signed MoUs with US companies Ernst & Young and Hummingbird AI Holdings to develop AI-ready data centres and infrastructure in the country with at least 450MW of load capacity.

Equatorial Guinea’s state-owned telecommunications operator Getesa has signed a collaboration agreement with Huawei to optimise the country’s national telecommunications network.

Schneider Electric says it has landed a deal with technology and connectivity investment group T964 to provide power and cooling infrastructure for T964’s planned Tier III data centre in Iraq.

African payments technology company Flutterwave has announced a collaboration with Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, to enable fast transfers into Nigeria.

Advanced technologies company Thales and operators Singtel (Singapore), Optus (Australia), AIS (Thailand) and Globe Telecom (Philippines) have announced the successful deployment of the world’s first multi-operator enterprise eSIM connectivity network for the Internet of Things (IoT).

India's fast-changing data centre landscape continues to make headlines. This time home-grown company Webyne has announced that it has achieved 10 MW Tier III data centre capacity across Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) and is targeting 100 MW expansion.

Malaysian broadband operator Time dotCom announced on Friday it has formalised a strategic Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) with local cybersecurity services company LGMS to strengthen Malaysia’s cybersecurity ecosystem.

Senegalese telco Sonatel says it has boosted its teleport in Gandoul with the deployment of Eutelsat OneWeb's Satellite Portal Network (SNP), which includes 16 LEO satellite antennas and a Tier III technical room.

New Caledonian operator OPT-NC has successfully completed its first satellite mobile connectivity test in New Caledonia in partnership with satcoms company Lynk Global.

Google has signed a deal with agroforestry carbon removal firm Thryve.Earth to purchase 260,000 tons of carbon removal credits from a reforestation project in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has officially joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), which aims to enable the efficient flow of money securely across African borders.

Mercantile Space, a leading Nepalese communications technology company, is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide what is described as a unique next generation connectivity network with the necessary security and performance to drive digital innovation and transformation.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced on Thursday it has launched a new initiative to develop frameworks that ensure that the behaviour of AI agents are trustworthy and accountable.

Airties is set to acquire Bengaluru-headquartered Aprecomm, a provider of self-healing network and customer experience solutions.

Operator Vodafone says is trialling energy-saving 5G technology in Turkey, using new radio antennas and advanced engineering designed to boost performance and resilience while saving power.

Agribusiness seems to have become a very attractive proposition for IoT equipment and services providers, as a recent announcement from the LoRa Alliance, the organisation defining, evolving and promoting the LoRaWAN standard, indicates.

Airtel Africa reduced diesel consumption by 9.1 million litres during its 2025/26 financial year as the operator accelerated efforts to lower emissions and improve the sustainability of its network operations.