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Ericsson and Cisco will provide Telefonica Guatemala with a new Internet Protocol (IP) network backbone, based on Cisco's aggregation services routers and Ericsson's integration services.

Microsoft is deploying Nominet’s dynamic spectrum management technology to deliver broadband in the African continent.

Vietnamobile has partnered with Fortumo to offer carrier billing on the Google Play app store in Vietnam.

Econet Wireless has launched Kirusa’s InstaVoice Missed call, Voice SMS, Voice Mail and Sports Services in Lesotho.

Afghanistan’s market leader Roshan has tapped SpeedCast International to upgrade its cellular backhaul network to support 3G services over satellite in Zabul province in southwestern Afghanistan.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has tapped Viptela and Inbox Business Technologies to deploy software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) infrastructures in Pakistan.

Cambodia’s leading microfinance institution Prasac has signed an agreement for a USD 20 million green lending facility with a responsAbility-managed fund focusing on climate financing.

Mahindra Comviva has made its digital payment solutions mobiquity Wallet and payPLUS available via the cloud.

Liquid Telecom has been granted final regulatory approval to become the majority stakeholder of Raha, Tanzania’s leading Internet Service Provider.

Digicel Pacific has tapped O3b Networks to increase satellite capacity and bring state-of-the-art mobile connectivity to the remote Micronesian Island of Nauru.

Orange Group has renewed an agreement for satellite solutions with Intelsat S.A. in Cameroon.

Digital money transfer provider SimbaPay is now providing transfer services to Ghana and Uganda.

Societe Generale announces that it has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates.

South African firm Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is deploying Ciena’s Blue Planet orchestration software to automate the delivery of Ethernet services across its multi-vendor network.

MTN Uganda has announced the launch of outbound mobile money transfer services to Rwanda and Kenya.

Airtel Nigeria has selected Aviat Networks as its countrywide managed service partner (MSP) for enterprise access.

Ericsson has been selected by Claro Colombia for an OSS/BSS transformation that will drive faster service rollout and streamline end-to-end business processes. 

Cambodian market leader Smart Axiata has tapped 365squared to reduce spam and monetise its secure application-to-person (A2P) SMS traffic.

Reliance Communications subsidiary Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) has deployed its Cumulous Network, which will boost connectivity in the seven Indian Capital cities across the Indian sub-continent.

Local services marketing platform mydala is implementing carrier billing from Fortumo.

Beeline Kazakhstan has tapped Astellia to help improve its network performance and boost customer experience.

Zain and Huawei have partnered to bring convergent billing to Iraq for the first time.

Global Technologies has acquired C-band capacity on Eutelsat’s 8 West B satellite in order to upgrade the mobile and Internet network of Tunisie Télécom subsidiary Mattel.

Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W) has partnered with Juvo to boost access to mobile credit services and drive financial inclusion across 15 Caribbean markets.

Sonema has extended its agreement with Intelsat SA for satellite services to support enterprise networks in Africa.

Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL) has announced a partnership with InterCEL + to build a major wireless network.

Angola Cables has selected Etix Everywhere as its partner to build its critical infrastructure globally as part of a project to offer a lower latency route between the USA and Africa.

Satellite operator SES S.A. has announced a multi-year agreement with MADA Communications International to provide Internet services in Juba, South Sudan.

Telecom Egypt is deploying solutions from Intelsat SA to support communications services in the country.

Gilat Satcom has gone live on O3b’s ‘Fibre in the Sky’ satellite network, offering latency and throughput comparable to fibre.

BICS has announced the establishment of a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Nairobi, Kenya, thereby extending the company’s reach in the African region.

South African B2B wireless services provider Comsol Networks has signed a frame contract agreement for terminals and hub site equipment with Intracom Telecom.