Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept for Africa - it is a present-day economic and social force. As one of the defining technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), AI holds immense promise for transforming key sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and tourism. But realising this promise demands more than innovation - it demands action on digital infrastructure, policy, and investment.

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Total Telecom

MAY 29, 2025

Contributed Article The 100-strong fleet of autonomous electric mining trucks are set to improve both safety and efficiency at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia This month marked a significant step in the development of intelligent mining, with Chinese energy giant Huaneng Group deploying the worlds largest fleet of unmanned electric mining trucks.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 15, 2025

Airtel has launched a free, AI-powered security solution that automatically blocks access to malicious websites across emails, browsers, messaging apps, and SMS for all users in real time.

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Telecoms Tech News

MAY 27, 2025

5G+ promises super high speeds, massive capacity, and ultra low latency for a future where everything digital feels instantaneous. However, beyond the marketing spiel, is there actually much demand? Most of us aren’t waking up in the morning thinking, “I desperately need lower latency today!” Consumers typically do not explicitly ask for low latency, they.

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Light Reading

MAY 22, 2025

Hyperscale giant AWS is no longer selling the private 5G offering it first announced in 2021. But the company continues to offer private wireless options from its carrier partners.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 19, 2025

Malaysia's Communications Ministry launched on Monday what it's billing as a "Strategic Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure" a sovereign, full-stack AI ecosystem powered by Huawei GPUs that also marks the first national deployment of Chinese large language model (LLM) DeepSeek outside of China.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 8, 2025

Airtel Africa returned to profit in its latest financial year driven by a rise in subscriber base despite a continued hit from currency devaluation across its markets.

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Total Telecom

MAY 9, 2025

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to driving the seamless and interoperable service experience of Wi-Fi across the global wireless ecosystem, has today announced the results of Wi-Fi 7 industry trialsin Enterprise Scenarios , conducted in collaboration withAT&T, CommScope (RUCKUS Networks), and Intel. The trials, designed to evaluateWi-Fi 7s real-world performance, demonstratedsignificant improvementsinthroughput, efficiency and latency, highlighting W

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Total Telecom

MAY 9, 2025

News The proposed changes aim at promoting European innovation and competitiveness on the global stage This week, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the blocs longstanding merger rules, which it is hoped will encourage investment and innovation. The review relates to the horizontal merger guidelines(HMG), which governs mergers between actual or potential competitors in the same market, as well as those that operate at different levels of the supply chain.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 26, 2025

Telekom Malaysia (TM) announced on Monday that it has been appointed by the countrys second 5G operator U Mobile as a fibre backhaul partner in a deal valued at MYR2.4billion (almost US$570 million) over the next ten years.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

The government of Cape Verde has officially launched Tech Park Cape Verde (TechPark CV), described as a major milestone in the countrys digital transformation strategy.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 26, 2025

Kenya’s National Treasury is widely reported to be preparing to sell part of its 35% stake in leading operator Safaricom.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 8, 2025

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 announced on Wednesday that its mobile satellite services (MSS) subsidiary Thuraya is collaborating with Danish software company Gatehouse Satcom to demonstrate the commercial viability of Thurayas upcoming direct-to-device (D2D) satellite IoT service.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 14, 2025

Amazon-backed Project Kuiper is seeking swift regulatory approvals to launch its satellite internet services in India, intensifying competition in a

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

Amazon announced it will invest $4 billion to build cloud infrastructure for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division in Chile by the end of 2026.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 11, 2025

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Friday it intends to charge satellite internet players up to 4% of their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) over a five-year period to use spectrum allocated to them for satellite broadband services.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 11, 2025

ATIS Group, a digital infrastructure provider in Latin America, announced late last week that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America, to acquire Lati Paraguay, a subsidiary owning approximately 300 wireless communications towers in Paraguay.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

Indian data centre firm RackBank says it has broken ground on a campus in the city of Nava Raipur in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Spanning 13.5 acres, the development will be Chhattisgarhs first data centre campus.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 25, 2025

Vietnams telecoms regulator has reportedly ordered the countrys telcos to block messaging app Telegram over its alleged failure to prevent its users from using the app to commit crimes under Vietnamese law.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 28, 2025

The Namibian government has set out ambitious plans to rapidly improve connectivity services as part of its strategy to stimulate economic growth.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 21, 2025

Connectivity in Africa has been a hot topic for decades, often framed as a bastion of opportunity due to the continents immense population still awaiting digital access.

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Telecoms Tech News

MAY 15, 2025

The GSMA has found that operators are struggling with spectrum costs, holding back investment to improve the performance of mobile networks. According to the GSMA, on average, consumers are actually paying about 38% less for mobile services than a decade ago. Thats great news for our wallets. However, for the companies that provide our mobile. Read more » The post GSMA: Spectrum costs threaten performance of mobile networks appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Total Telecom

MAY 20, 2025

News The attack, which took place in 2022, went undiscovered for almost three years This week, a joint publicprivate investigation as revealed the enormous scale of a recently reported data breach impacting South Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT). The cyberattack took place on June 15, 2022, but was not reported to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) by SKT until April 22 this year, suggesting that malware remained undetected for three years.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 23, 2025

Veon has relocated the headquarters of its Uzbekistan subsidiary to a government-backed innovation hub, aiming to accelerate the development of digital services across Central Asia and tap into rising demand.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 15, 2025

Vodafone Idea informs the Supreme Court it cannot continue operations beyond FY 2025-26 without fresh bank funding, citing unresolved AGR dues.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

There are both positive developments and a few problems for the digital infrastructure company Equinix in Malaysia, according to recent headlines.

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Telecoms Tech News

MAY 7, 2025

The path towards next-gen superfast fibre optic networks has accelerated thanks to 50G-PON and 25GS-PON interoperability tests at Plugfest. This vital progress stems from the latest Plugfest organised by the Broadband Forum (essentially an intensive workshop where tech companies come together to ensure their new kit plays nicely with everyone else’s.

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Total Telecom

MAY 14, 2025

Wireless Broadband Alliance Services (WBA Services), a subsidiary of the Wireless Broadband Alliance , has today announced the commercial launch of WBA Services AFC , its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) service. The cloud-based platform is fully certified by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and enables the deployment of standard power Wi-Fi devices in the 6 GHz band (5.9257.125 GHz) while ensuring they do not cause interference to existing incumbents, such as fixed microwa

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Total Telecom

MAY 9, 2025

London, UK, 8 th May 2025 The UKs leading dedicated B2B network provider, Neos Networks , has today announced the launch of its new rapid activation proposition, enabling customers to order and use high-capacity optical connectivity in just five to ten days. The new proposition is powered by Neos recently re-architected network, including its first super region a high-demand zone spanning London and the South East, connecting 131 exchanges and five key data centres with fully digitised, pre-pr

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Telecom Talk

MAY 12, 2025

Reliance Jio is aiming to significantly expand its home broadband footprint, with a target of reaching 100 million households.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 13, 2025

Safaricom said on Tuesday it has entered into a strategic partnership with Kenya's iXAfrica Data Centres to offer services leveraging the new NBOX1 hyperscale data centre in Nairobi to enterprise and cloud solutions clients.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 22, 2025

Discover the biggest telecom stories of May 2025from Charters USD 34.5B Cox deal to Telefonicas 5G defense tech, Vodafones uplink boost, and AT&Ts fiber expansion.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 6, 2025

Airtel Africa partners with SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet to underserved African regions, boosting rural broadband, digital inclusion, and connectivity through satellite technology.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 19, 2025

Bharti Airtel and Google announce a partnership to offer 100GB of free Google One cloud storage for 6 months to Airtel postpaid and broadband users.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 11, 2025

Telkom Indonesias international arm Telin says it has signed a MoU with Phillippine telecoms service provider Radius Telecoms to boost cross-border connectivity services for enterprises in the Philippines.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 15, 2025

Singapore’s Singtel today (May 15) unveiled 5G+, an upgraded 5G Standalone (5G SA) service offering extended coverage and improved performance

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Telecom Talk

MAY 30, 2025

India’s telecom regulator (TRAI) is in favour of consolidating the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Department of Telecommunications

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