A dispute over a real estate loan that left operator MTN Cameroon unable to get its hands on over US$20 million worth of assets may finally be over.
There’s good news – potentially – for African data centre development with the announcement from Raxio Group, a sub-Saharan African data centre platform, that it has signed an agreement for US$100 million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.
The GSMA has elected MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita as its deputy chair, following the appointment of Bharti Airtel vice chairman Gopal Vittal as chair.
My family has probably watched Lord of the Rings a dozen times or more1. We can (and sometimes will) quote entire passages from the films.
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly awarded 5G spectrum worth INR610 billion to state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to ready the telco for its planned launch of 5G services sometime this year.
Globe Telecom announced on Wednesday it has become the first mobile network operator to join the UN Global Pulse's Data Insights for Social and Humanitarian Action (DISHA) coalition as part of a pilot project in the Philippines to harness data and AI for better disaster preparedness and response.
Wireless Logic, a provider of IoT solutions, has announced its acquisition of Arqia, Brazil’s largest independent authorised MVNO.
Vodacom South Africa has instituted what it calls a community-based model to secure towers against battery theft. The community of Kamberg in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal has partnered with Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal region to implement additional security measures at the operator’s base station sites in the area.
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India) has announced plans open a new artificial intelligence (AI)-ready data centre campus in New Town, Kolkata, the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India, in the second quarter of 2025. The planned investment is said to be INR4.5 billion (aboutUS$52.7 million).
Vodacom Group CTO Dejan Kastelic (pictured) believes satellite providers like Starlink are not a threat to mobile operators but rather an opportunity to enhance telecom services in emerging markets with challenging infrastructure deployment.