MTN Digital infrastructure – a.k.a. Bayobab – says its South Sudan subsidiary, Bayobab Infra Solutions, has been awarded a license from the country’s National Communications Authority to construct, install, and operate fibre networks.
Vodacom Tanzania launched a global payments service for its M-Pesa mobile money platform on Thursday that enables Tanzanian customers and merchants to use their M-Pesa wallets to make payments while traveling and doing business abroad.
Beyon Connect, part of Bahrain-headquartered technology company Beyon Group, the Ivorian postal service La Poste de Côte d’Ivoire, and Post Connect, an Egyptian company specialised in technical solutions for electronic trust services, have signed a memorandum of understanding.
It is – as so often these days – a busy time for finance initiatives targeting developing regions. Indeed, two recent announcements relevant to such regions involve pan-African operator MTN.
Pakistan has expanded its international connectivity after landing the SEA-ME-WE 6 subsea cable system, adding a major new high-capacity route linking the country to markets between Singapore and France.
Smartphones are now so ingrained in our lifestyles that we see them as our gateway to connectivity. In developed markets, society is increasingly structured on the reasonably accurate premise that everyone has access to a 4G device, but in emerging markets, it becomes apparent that smartphones are more of a luxury.
One Hungary will serve Direct One’s satellite TV subscribers from December following regulatory clearance for the acquisition of the platform’s Hungarian customer base.
Orange Morocco has opened a new 1.5MW data centre in Casablanca, expanding the operator’s local hosting and cloud capacity as the country pushes ahead with its Maroc Digital 2030 agenda.
YOFC Indonesia marks its 10th anniversary on November 13, highlighting a decade of partnership in Indonesia’s digital transformation.
5G subscriptions across the Asia–Pacific region are expected to reach 4.6 billion by 2030, up from 2.7 billion in 2025, according to GlobalData.
Telkomsat, Indonesia’s leading satellite service provider, has formally signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australia-headquartered satellite IoT company Myriota, to bring its connectivity and solutions platform to the country.
South African operator MTN and technology giant ZTE Corporation have announced three major joint innovations in South Africa that they say will transform network performance and customer experience.
Amazon has started trialling its Leo (Project Kuiper) satellite broadband service with selected enterprise customers, marking the first phase of a broader commercial rollout planned for later this year to take on Starlink.
Jiangsu, one of the most economically dynamic coastal provinces in eastern China, has a permanent population of over 85 million and has ranked first nationwide in per-capita GDP for 16 consecutive years. Its 13 cities boast diverse cultural heritages and historical backgrounds, creating a “mega-market” with varied demands.
Thai telco True Corp announced on Tuesday that it has become the first mobile operator in Thailand to achieve Level 4 autonomy validation from TM Forum for 5G service assurance and RAN energy efficiency optimization.
NeutraDC Singapore – a subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia-owned NeutraDC – revealed on Tuesday it has signed an MoU with Indonesian operator Super Sistem to connect the latter’s planned subsea cable between Singapore and Indonesia to its data centres in both countries.
Nokia announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Indian neutral telecoms infrastructure provider RailTel to upgrade its DWDM National Long-Distance (NLD) network and metro optical transport networks across India.
China has launched a two-year commercial trial programme for satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services, a move designed to expand low-Earth-orbit (LEO) connectivity and speed up adoption of non-terrestrial IoT across key industries.
Technology giant ZTE, operator China Unicom Liaoning and Dalian Changhai Airport have announced the successful launch of a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) ISAC private network aimed at improving low-altitude security and airport safety.
ZTE and state-owned Ethio Telecom revealed on Monday that they have successfully deployed 152 rural base stations across Ethiopia’s remote regions, providing 2G, 3G and 4G mobile coverage for over 1 million users in underserved areas.
Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Monday that it has officially launched Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service for its customers after months of testing, with the initial service supporting only SMS.
DigitalBridge’s Vantage Data Centers announced on Monday it has closed its acquisition of Yondr Group’s 300MW+ hyperscale data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia via a US$1.6 billion equity investment in its APAC platform by an affiliate of GIC, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Reported last week but only recently receiving wider coverage is the news that a Brazilian company – Rio de Janeiro-based Sollar Machine – has announced an investment of about US$9 million to build a data centre in Paraguay that will operate independently of the national power grid.
Google Cloud has unveiled plans for a new subsea system, TalayLink, which will connect Australia to Thailand as part of the company’s wider Australia Connect initiative to expand infrastructure across the Indo-Pacific.
Space Communication Technologies (SCT), Oman’s national satellite operator, has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space, a major player in the aerospace industry, for OmanSat-1, the first Omani satellite.
Indian telco Bharti Airtel has reportedly accused domestic telecoms vendor Tejas Networks of installing "sub-standard equipment" in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL's) 4G network, which Airtel claims is disrupting its network in the Rajasthan circle.
Edotco Bangladesh announced on Friday it has signed a new five-year space and power lease agreement with tower firm Summit Communications that it says sets the groundwork for a more integrated infrastructure model for accelerating tower rollouts,.
The Solomon Islands is set to get a second international subsea cable connection via a project funded by the Australian government to build a subsea cable that will interconnect with Google’s planned Bulikula system.
Ethio Telecom has partnered with Awash Bank to launch Tila, a new digital credit, savings and device-financing service available through the operator’s Telebirr mobile money platform.
NetBIT, the enterprise services unit of Mexican ISP ENI Networks, announced on Thursday it has collaborated with Ciena and Braxem to launch a new offering that leverages passive optical network (PON) access technology to drive digital transformation for Mexican enterprises.
NeutraDC Singapore – a subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia’s data centre arm NeutraDC – announced on Thursday it has signed an MoU with chipmaker AMD to implement proof-of-concepts using AMD’s Instinct accelerators and other initiatives to expand AI infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
A potentially significant new approach to enabling real-time network optimisation and coverage improvement, particularly in underserved areas, has been trialled in the Philippines.
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has announced plans to collaborate with UAE-based satellite company Space42.
Carrier-neutral data centre network Wingu Africa has announce the launch of Wingu Cloud Exchange (WCX), a locally hosted private cloud platform designed for the wider East African region.
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