Mobile operator Hutch Lanka has announced a strategic partnership with payments company Bancstac to enable new payment acceptance capabilities across all of Hutch’s digital payment channels in Sri Lanka.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Orange have joined forces to support over the next two years the establishment of a viable business model for a high-quality standard secondary market of mobile devices and networks/IT equipment in Egypt.
Malaysian telecoms infrastructure services provider REDtone Digital says it has signed an authorised reseller agreement with SpaceX to offer Starlink's LEO satellite broadband services in Malaysia.
At the recent Africa Digital Expo in Kinshasa Fast Congo, a subsidiary of the pan-African operator the Paratus Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced that it had signed a long-term agreement with Group Vivendi Africa (GVA) to provide fibre capacity between Muanda and Kinshasa in the DRC.
Pan-African operator MTN and technology giant NEC Corporation say they have launched Africa’s first 400G optical transponder.
Operator Ooredoo Qatar has partnered with Ericsson, which will supply and implement a 4G network for Ooredoo’s oil and gas enterprise customers. The network will be deployed offshore to connect oil and gas enterprise facilities with arriving ships.
Safaricom Kenya and Nokia have announced an initiative to save on network energy usage and cost – one that makes use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Adding cybersecurity to 5G platforms is essential for gaining customers' trust and critical for driving enterprise 5G adoption.
Viettel High Tech says it has successfully deployed and validated its 5G Open RAN gNodeB, co-developed with Qualcomm, on Viettel’s live network in Hanoi.
North Korea is reportedly taking pre-orders for a newly launched smartphone called Hwawon, but details are scarce and prospective customers can only order by phone.
Analyst company Canalys reported the smartphone market is showing signs of recovery predicting a lower decline in 2023, and growth will be pushed by emerging markets next year.
UAE operator e&, part of the Etisalat Group, has announced the introduction of what it describes as an eco-friendly Green SIM Card initiative for its UAE customers.
The Malaysian state of Selangor is working with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to achieve 100% 5G network coverage by 2025, according to a state government official.
Is Vietnam edging closer to mobile money adoption? That appears to be the case after the announcement of an extension to the existing mobile money service pilot.
Scala Data Centers, a Latin American sustainable data centre platform leader in the hyperscale market, has announced a new issuance of what are called green debentures. They are worth US$ 215 million and will mature in six years.
Operator Ooredoo Qatar and Nokia are claiming a significant milestone with the establishment of the Middle East and Africa’s first private wireless network in the region for the energy sector.
China Unicom faced huge challenges in operating a centralised customer contact centre serving users in 31 provinces across China. The centre handles the largest number of users (420 million) and the highest traffic volume (100 million calls/month) in China.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and ComClark Network and Technology Corp announced on Tuesday that they will collaborate on a project to provide various connectivity technologies to over 2,000 remote areas across the Philippines.
Leading Argentine commercial airline Aerolíneas Argentinas has selected Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, to provide multi-orbit in-flight connectivity service on 18 Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
OneWeb India says it has received the necessary authorisations from Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to launch Eutelsat OneWeb’s commercial satellite broadband services in India.
Nokia has entered into an agreement with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to deploy a next-generation optical transport network (OTN) that, it says, will provide additional capacity, higher reliability and lower cost, enabling superior services for Airtel’s customers.
VIPNET, a privately-owned corporate internet service provider (ISP) in Côte d’Ivoire, has announced a partnership with Liquid Dataport, part of pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies.
Indonesian tower company Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) reported a surge in profit on the back of tower acquisitions and growth in tenancy occupations.
Nokia said on Monday that Philippine operator Globe Telecom has deployed its AI-powered energy efficiency software via a SaaS model to lower network power consumption and costs.
The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC) welcomed the news that LEOsat operator Starlink has acquired licences to operate in Fiji, saying it will boost competition and make the digital economy more inclusive.
Payments fintech company Cellulant has obtained initial approval as a Payment Service Provider and Payment Facilitator in Egypt.
The drive to bring affordable smart connectivity to tens of millions of Africans continues, this time through a partnership involving MediaTek, Digit and pan-African operator Vodacom.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a feasibility study grant to Malaysia’s Hexa Capital Consultancy to develop what would be the first subsea cable system directly connecting Malaysia and the US.
What is described as a “landmark agreement” will lay the foundation for South Africa’s Gugulethu Colliery, a newly developed mine in Mpumalanga, to integrate 5G technology in its operations.
A project to build submarine cable network between Sihanoukville, a coastal city in southern Cambodia, and Hong Kong is to be completed in July 2025, according to regional press reports.
Satellite connectivity company Astranis announced it will have two satellites in operation next year over the Philippines to connect remote islands.
Intelsat and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) have revealed plans to deploy 1,340 new satellite-connected cellular towers in Madagascar, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Eutelsat OneWeb signed a multi-year master distribution agreement on Wednesday with African ICT integrator NEC XON to bring OneWeb’s LEOsat connectivity to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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