Telecoms activity, you might think, should be slowing down as the holiday season approaches – but 5G launches are still making headlines. Following recent announcements from Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata and SLT-Mobitel, it’s now the turn of Claro Paraguay.
Uruguay-headquartered dLocal, which describes itself as the leading payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced a new strategic partnership with commercial payments specialist Convera.
Payments giant Mastercard say it has partnered with MoneyHash, a payment orchestration platform built for emerging and global markets, to expand merchant access to the newly launched Merchant Cloud across the Middle East and Africa.
According to the latest "Telecom Billing Market Radar - 2025" released by Omdia, a globally authoritative consulting firm, Huawei Convergent Billing System (CBS) has entered the "Leader" quadrant for the first time, driven by its outstanding capabilities in AI-powered intelligent operations, all-scenario convergence, ultra-high carrier-grade reliability, and open ecosystem enablement.
Saudi Arabian telco stc group announced on Thursday that it has formed a a strategic joint venture partnership with Humain, a Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF)-owned AI company, to build AI data centres in the country.
Sri Lankan telcos Dialog Axiata and SLT-Mobitel commercially launched their respective 5G networks on Thursday, following years of trials, after the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) wrapped up its spectrum auction this week.
Google plans to build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, funded by Australia under a mutual defence agreement between the two countries.
At the recent 19th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit, held under the theme ‘Tech Intelligence Beyond Mobility’ from 10-11 December 2025 in Dubai, UAE, a panel hosted by Telecom Review Group CMO Issam Eid and titled “Pioneering 5G-Advanced Experience Monetization in GCC” brought together leading voices from operators and ecosystem enablers across the region.
Veon-owned digital telco Kyivstar says it has made first investment in renewable energy by buying solar power company Sunvin 11, which owns a 12.9-MW solar plant in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has launched an interoperable payments platform developed by the Mojaloop Foundation that enables mobile money transfers between mobile operators Lone Star Cell MTN and Orange Liberia.
The Medusa Submarine Cable System, the largest subsea connectivity project in the Mediterranean, reached another major milestone this week with the successful landing of its cable in Nador, Morocco.
Two new renewable energy agreements involving Malaysia are a reminder of the growing power demands of data centres and of date centre owners’ need to find cleaner, cheaper and more demand-responsive ways to meet them.
Omani operator Omantel and Archangel Lightworks, a UK-based pioneer in optical and laser communications, have announced the signing of an agreement to accelerate the future of satellite and optical communication services.
El Salvador’s telecommunications regulator, SIGET, has selected Liberty Networks to construct and deploy the country’s first subsea cable, in a move aimed at expanding international connectivity capacity and meeting rising demand.
The move towards greater digital efficiency in retail operations continues in Egypt with two deals that are particularly relevant to fuel and food retail.
Airtel Africa announced on Tuesday it has signed a deal with SpaceX to launch Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service across all of its 14 markets across the continent sometime next year.
UAE-based satellite firm Space42 announced on Tuesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) to explore ways to collaborate on direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity.
GIBO Holdings, which describes itself as an Asia-based AI-generated animation platform, has announced a strategic initiative to develop Malaysia's first phase of a high-performance AI data centre, beginning with a 30MW deployment featuring a 14,000-GPU supercomputing cluster.
Saudi Arabian digital enabler stc Group says it has signed a new five-year master frame agreement (MFA) with tech giant Ericsson to accelerate the delivery of advanced digital infrastructure and boost technology adoption across Saudi Arabia.
UAE-headquartered telecom and digital services provider du has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Telecom Global (CTG), a division of China Telecom, one of the world’s largest providers of integrated telecommunication services.
Adopting Huawei's intelligent campus solution, KTSP has achieved efficient operations management, superior intelligent wireless experience, robust intelligent security, and low-carbon green sports，delivering a safer and smoother intelligent campus experience for the spectators. This reinforces Hong Kong's reputation as Asia's premier hub for global events.
Veon-owned digital operator Beeline Kazakhstan said on Monday it has completed its field test of Starlink Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service ahead of a planned commercial service launch in the country next year.
The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium has reportedly tapped Nokia to supply submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) for its planned subsea cable project linking Bangladesh and Singapore.
Orange Money Group, the mobile money service of telecommunications service provider Orange, and payments giant Visa have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating online payments and democratising access to financial services across Africa and the Middle East.
Thailand’s True Digital Group, Vietnam’s VNPT Technology and AIoT integration firm T3 Technology have officially kicked off an initiative to design, develop and sell AI-powered smart home solutions in Vietnam.
China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak, a.k.a. Zong 4G), announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership deal with local communication-as-a-service provider Eocean to launch a digital commerce-as-a-service (DCaaS) offering.
Veon-owned telco Banglalink announced on Thursday it has received regulatory clearance from Bangladesh Bank to operate as a digital payment service provider in Bangladesh as it seeks to expand into digital financial services.
Brazilian SaaS company Mambo WiFi and US-based decentralized wireless communications firm Helium say they have launched a new joint venture to bring Helium’s network of Wi-Fi offload hotspots to mobile users in Brazil.
Ericsson announced on Thursday it has signed a strategic microwave frame contract with Veon-owned digital operator Jazz to strengthen its network backbone in Pakistan.
API-enabled technology platform Setu, owned by payments technology company Pine Labs, has announced the launch of what it calls India’s first agentic bill-payments experience.
Southeast Asian wholesale connectivity provider SEAX has acquired a major stake in ITEL (Interlink Telecom), a Thai fixed network telecommunications provider.
Thai market leader AIS (Advanced Info Service) has tapped Netcracker for what the companies describe as the largest cloud deployment in Thailand.
Singapore-based data centre developer and operator Empyrion Digital announced on Tuesday it has secured regulatory approvals for its planned 200+MW hyperscale data centre campus in Johor, which will also be its first campus in Malaysia.
Edotco Bangladesh, an integrated telecommunications infrastructure services provider, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS), a state-owned enterprise under the country's Posts and Telecommunications Division.
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