Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin signed a trio of agreements last week to expand its international connectivity business, along with a fourth agreement to adopt TM Forum’s Open APIs and open digital architecture model.
Vietnam is reportedly once again facing disruptions to internet connectivity speeds with four out of six international subsea cable connections now suffering from outages.
Underlining the strategic importance of international cable connections to the country, India is reportedly looking at ways to reduce delays in approvals for submarine cable repairs.
Visa announced on Wednesday it has successfully tested its first live international transaction in Syria in its bid to help integrate the country’s financial services sector into the global digital economy.
Alibaba Cloud announced on Thursday it has launched its first cloud region in Brazil, with two new data centres and an upcoming suite of enterprise-grade agentic AI services in the region.
MTN Digital Infrastructure confirmed on Thursday that it has formed a new company in partnership with UAE-based investor Tarek Al Ashram to speed up development of AI-ready digital infrastructure platforms across Africa.
Infineon Technologies, which describes itself as a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, has announced the acquisition of India’s C2i Semiconductors, a technology company specialising in software-defined multiphase controllers and smart power stages for AI data centre applications.
Viettel’s Cambodian subsidiary Metfone announced on Wednesday it has expanded its partnership with Canadia Bank with an MoU to explore ways to cooperate in digital infrastructure, digital solutions, cybersecurity, green energy, and logistics.
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison’s digital infrastructure spinoff Infra Fiber Teknologi (IFT) launched a new project called RAIA Grid on Wednesday to build an AI-powered digital infrastructure platform across Indonesia.
Across the telecoms sector, operators, vendors and other suppliers are pushing towards renewable energy and sustainability goals with an uncommon unity. Given that operating a network requires a constant supply of power, it makes sense that to pivot towards cheaper and more sustainable sources of energy – but behind the talk, are companies truly taking action on their Net Zero goals?
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has opened a smartphone assembly plant in Algeria as it looks to increase its local manufacturing presence and tap into the country's growing demand for devices.
Mozambique Telecom (a.k.a. Tmcel) has started proof of concept (PoC) tests with Angola’s Angosat-2 satellite as part of an agreement between the two countries earlier this year to cooperate in the space, telecoms and ICT sectors.
Orange Slovensko, one of the largest telecommunications operators in Slovakia, and Enery, a leading independent power producer in Central and Eastern Europe, have signed a ten-year physical power purchase agreement (PPA) linked to the supply of solar energy.
AI solutions company Mistral and Humain, a global AI company building the full AI stack and backed by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund have announced a strategic collaboration focused on sovereign AI.
Data centre company Equinix has reportedly expanded its Colombia data centre footprint and increased its investment, bringing online the second phase of BG2, its second data centre in Colombia, doubling the site's cabinet capacity in Bogota.
China has approved its first private-sector commercial trial for satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services, granting a permit to Zhejiang Geespace Technology as part of what are being described as broader efforts to open the country’s satellite communications market to private capital.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reportedly announced a change of policy that means it will cease direct manufacturing of commercial launch vehicles, though this may boost its other businesses.
Paratus Uganda said on Monday it has become the first service provider in the country to launch Starlink’s LEO satellite service after the Uganda Communication Commission approved Starlink’s provisional operational licence in May.
Telikom PNG subsidiary Datec PNG officially launched Kumul Cloud Infinity – billed as Papua New Guinea’s first sovereign cloud and AI data centre – on Friday in partnership with CloudSigma.
Omantel announced on Monday it has partnered with Chinese LEO satellite operator GalaxySpace to explore ways to cooperate in next-gen satellite connectivity in Oman, to potentially include direct-to-device (D2D) satellite technologies.
Latin American data centre firm Terranova, the hyperscale data centre platform backed by the Actis infrastructure fund, described as one of the largest and longest-standing sustainable infrastructure investors globally, has started work on a new data centre campus outside Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has reportedly approved the acquisition and deployment of two new high-throughput communication satellites.
India is set to see the launch of locally designed smartphones from three companies within the next 10-14 months, as the government pushes manufacturers to develop original devices rather than copy existing products.
Tech giant Ericsson and MTN Group Fintech, which operates African digital financial platform MoMo (Mobile Money), say they have completed what they call the Mobile Money (MoMo) Evolved Migration across key African markets, with more markets on the way.
Smartphone shipments in Latin America fell 10% year-on-year in Q2 2026, marking the region's largest annual decline since Q3 2023, as the ongoing memory shortage pushed up component costs and weighed on demand.
Qatar Airways says it has become the first airline to operate Starlink-equipped Boeing 787-9 aircraft globally. The carrier has also completed Starlink rollout across its Boeing 787-8 sub-fleet in seven months, bringing the total number of its Starlink-equipped widebody aircraft to 150.
Chinese LEO satellite operator Geespace announced on Thursday it has received official approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to conduct a two-year commercial trial of satellite IoT services.
Ciena announced on Thursday that Indonesia’s ION Network (a.k.a. Parsaoran Global Datatrans) is deploying its WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) on its new ION Cable System 1 (ICS1) that will connect Jakarta with Singapore.
South African fixed wireless connectivity and private network operator Comsol announced on Thursday it’s entering the country’s home broadband sector with a wholesale 5G-Advanced fixed wireless access (FWA) offering.
Research group Omdia says the Africa smartphone market is expected to decline 26% in 2026 following its first contraction in three years, blaming rising device prices for a fall in shipments of about 7%.
Kazakh telco Transtelecom (TTC) said on Tuesday it’s currently installing Starlink connectivity on trains operated by Passenger Transportation JSC, a subsidiary of national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ).
Papua New Guinea’s state-owned telecoms network wholesaler PNG DataCo has reportedly signed a five-year deal with Digicel PNG to provide it with more bandwidth and stronger support for its network.
According to a number of local press reports, Kazakhstan expects to launch the first facility at Data Centre Valley, a large data centre campus in the country’s northeast, in the summer of 2027.
Bangladesh telco Robi Axiata officially retired the Airtel name – which has served as its youth brand for the past ten years – on Monday with the launch of a new digital-focused youth brand called Cirkle.
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