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Digicel Group is rolling out Squire Technologies’ SVI_STP (Signal Transfer Point) across multiple sites in their Caribbean, Central American and Asia Pacific networks.

SES and Orange Central African Republic have partnered to provide connectivity services in the Central African Republic.

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has added Android Pay to its service, offering its users a new way to send money internationally and reach millions using mobile money accounts.

Satellite communications provider CETel has acquired Onlime’s Managed Satellite Services for an undisclosed amount.

East African operator Djibouti Telecom has joined its IP network with Hurricane Electric, the world's largest IPv6-native Internet backbone.

Contactless mobile money payments provider Youtap has partnered with MatchMove to provide its customers in Africa and Asia with an off-the-shelf open-loop payment acceptance solution for closed-loop wallets.

Nokia and China Mobile are deploying millions of home gateways to provide residential customers across 29 different provinces in China with access to fibre-based ultra-broadband applications and intelligent home services.

Tigo Rwanda has partnered with Ericsson to completely overhaul its Business Support System (BSS) ecosystem.

Dalkom Somalia has Somalia signed an agreement for satellite services with Intelsat SA that will expand its broadband enterprise and direct-to-home (DTH) services in East and Central Africa and the Middle East.

MFS Africa and Paga have partnered to connect Paga users and Nigerian bank account holders to remittance senders from around the world.

Bharti Airtel has approached Google to discuss the possibility of installing Wi-Fi hotspots across India to bolster its broadband coverage.

Samsung is aiming to double the amount of handsets it manufactures in India to ten million units a month with a KRW700 billion ($623 million) investment.

SES has been selected to lead a project to extend high-speed communications infrastructure throughout Burkina Faso.

Kalaam Telecom has partnered with Versa Networks to launch Bahrain’s First Secured SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) infrastructure that provides an end-to-end solution to simplify and secure the WAN/branch office networks.

Mauritius-based IOX Cable and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have signed a turnkey agreement for the deployment of the IOX Cable System.

Ingenu and Upland Global Wireless Technology have deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Nigeria.

Banglalink and ZTE have completed the migration of 60 million legacy users to the world’s largest virtual Subscriber Data Management (vSDM) platform in Bangladesh.

Thailand’s AIS is enhancing its customer experience by upgrading its revenue management solution from Netcracker.

A new joint venture aimed at mass producing and commercialising fuel cell power systems for the Chinese Telecom market has been formed by Element 1 Corp and China Aqueous Group.

Global-IP Cayman has selected Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter system to deliver high-performance connectivity throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Palau Telecoms has implemented a new hybrid resiliency platform from SES designed to serve the specific needs of telcos, mobile network operators, enterprises and maritime connectivity providers.

IPSTAR International has chosen the Jupiter System from Hughes Network Systems to extend the reach of broadband throughout India.

Actility and machinestalk have partnered for the deployment of a large-scale LoRaWAN network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

China Telecom has launched what it describes as the “world’s most extensive new-generation commercial” narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) network.

Malaysian digital mobility services provider Webe is launching direct carrier billing on the Google Play app store with Fortumo.

Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone SE handsets in India, and will begin selling them in the market as early as this month.