Stc Bahrain announced on Wednesday it has partnered with the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (ASRY) to deploy what they say is the country’s first commercial private 5G network.
Vodafone Qatar and Iraq’s state-owned Informatics and Telecom Public Company (ITPC) have signed a joint cooperation agreement to establish a framework for collaborating on telecoms and digital infrastructure.
A potential solution to the problem of ensuring the wide affordability of satcoms services – or at least satellite-enabled Wi-Fi services – has been announced by UAE-based spacetech company Space42 in South Africa.
The adoption of private networks by industry has continued, this time in Bahrain, with the introduction of what is described as Bahrain’s first commercial private 5G network.
Proparco, a French development finance institution, is investing €600,000 (about US$$670,000) into Cashi, a fintech company developing digital payment solutions to expand access to financial services across overlooked markets in Africa.
Regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) says it has embarked on a process to make additional high-demand spectrum available for assignment to the providers of mobile communication services.
Hytera Communications, a leading global provider of critical communications technologies and solutions, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Orascom Services.
Israeli telecoms group Bezeq has agreed to acquire mobile operator Wecom for up to NIS265 million (US$84 million), with the deal expected to generate cost savings of up to NIS100 million for the group over the longer term.
PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications said on Monday it has rolled out three new cell sites to connect geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in Cebu, Bukidnon and Cotabato.
Japan’s SoftBank Group announced on Monday it has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with Singapore-based digital powerhouse Grab and Malaysian oil and gas firm Petroleum Sarawak (PETROS) to invest US$1 billion in developing AI data centre infrastructure in Sarawak.