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Surinamese operator Telesur has gone live with its implementation of Cerillion’s BSS/OSS suite.

Fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions says it has rolled out 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) fibre connectivity at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 4 (NAIA T4) in Manila as part of its Free Wi-Fi project for the benefit of the country’s international and local gateways.

Megatelecom, which operates in Brazil’s corporate market as a provider of telecommunications services, has acquired the G8 Telecomunicações group, also a provider of telecom and multimedia connection services for the corporate market.

Chinese companies have taken the majority of the Russian smartphone market after Western vendors departed the country for humanitarian reasons stemming from the invasion of Ukraine.

Brazilian data centre and digital infrastructure group V.tal has acquired a plot of land in Fortaleza in Ceara, a state in the northeast of the country, for what is expected to be its first hyperscale data centre.

India’s Minister of Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, has announced the introduction of the Bharat 6G Alliance. This initiative is said to bring together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to foster the development of 6G in India.

Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra, a specialist in marine works related to optical submarine cable systems, submarine infrastructure operator Medusa and operator Orange have announced the coming into force of the construction contract for the Medusa Submarine Cable System, an ambitious project that will boost connectivity across the Mediterranean.

Telecommunications giant Huawei is to offer equipment and solutions to help the ICE Group deploy private 5G networks for companies in Costa Rica.

DZS and Summit Technology Solutions have partnered to deliver hyper-fast fibre optic broadband connectivity to Africa’s tallest building.

Nokia and Telefónica have announced an alliance to accelerate digital transformation for enterprises in Latin America.

RingCentral, a US-headquartered provider of AI-powered global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration and contact centre solutions, has announced that it is the first global cloud provider to offer fully compliant cloud phone services in India.

Indian operator Bharti Airtel has teamed up with Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to pilot the delivery of high-speed internet services across India’s rural and remote regions via a laser technology that uses light beams.

TerraPay has partnered with Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank to facilitate real-time and seamless global money transfers directly to bank accounts in Morocco.

Network operator Paratus Group has announced plans to construct Angola’s first Tier-IV-by-design data centre in Luanda.

Following last week’s news that satellite operators Intelsat and SES have ended talks about a possible merger, there’s been evidence from both companies that it’s still business as usual with Intelsat highlighting a significant Indonesian deal and SES announcing a collaboration related to space situational awareness services.

Digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler Arab Financial Services (AFS), and Moamalat Financial Services, which specialises in electronic payment services in the Libyan market, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enter into a strategic partnership for the development of Libya’s electronic payment ecosystem.

State-owned Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has entered into a strategic partnership with engineering services company L&T Technology Services (LTTS) to drive and enable global enterprises in their private 5G network deployments.

Kazakhtelecom JSC is working with A10 Networks to improve the reliability of broadband access for businesses and consumers nationwide.

Cashless innovation continues across Africa. This time Kenyan bank KCB is partnering with payment giant Visa and technology company Thales to enable contactless payment transactions.

The Indian government approved chip manufacturer Micron Technology’s plan to build a US$2.7 billion semiconductor packaging and testing facility in West India.

Lynk Global has partnered with Palau’s largest operator PNCC to provide satellite-direct-to-mobile phone services to the island nation using Lynk’s “cell-towers-in-space”.

Satellite company SES ceased merger talks with rival Intelsat, it confirmed in a statement today (June 22). 

Ericsson’s new Mobility Report highlights continuing global 5G growth, with India apparently leading the way.

STT GDC Indonesia, a leading data centre provider, has officially launched its first data centre facility, STT Jakarta 1, in Bekasi, Jawa Barat. The data centre campus will support up to 72 megawatts of critical IT capacity, with STT Jakarta 1 supporting up to 19.5 MW.

Somalian service provider Somtel is deploying the DZS Saber compact and environmentally hardened coherent optics solutions to future-proof its dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone network for reliable, cost-effective delivery of high-bandwidth aggregation and transport services.

Winity, which became a new Brazilian national mobile operator in 2021, and satellite operator Hughes have announced a pilot project involving prepaid mobile internet in remote areas.

Chile’s Entel is now offering 3.5GHz 5G coverage in Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.

Google is reportedly searching for suppliers in India to build its Pixel smartphone range as the US company pivots away from manufacturing in China. 

Telefonica-owned business-focused company Movistar Empresas and Nokia have announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of companies in the Latin American region through the development of industrial IoT networks.

Digital communications technology corporation Cisco has announced plans to establish a data centre in Saudi Arabia dedicated to cloud-delivered security.