Saudi Arabia-based telecoms and digital infrastructure company Etihad Salam said on Tuesday it has entered into a strategic partnership with AFR-IX Telecom to be the primary landing and interconnection hub for the Medusa subsea cable system and extend the system’s reach to the Red Sea.
The GSMA announced on Tuesday two separate key initiatives with African mobile operators – one to make 4G handsets more affordable across the continent, and the other to strengthen Africa’s AI ecosystem.
Two major international subsea cable connectivity announcements have just been made – both of them relevant to developing markets. One, not too surprisingly, comes from the Philippines. However, the other has a starting point in Greece – on the island of Crete.
Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX, which provides interconnection services in approximately 60 locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, says that, having successfully launched operations in São Paulo, it is expanding its presence in Brazil with DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro, its newest interconnection hub in the country.
State-owned company Telkom Indonesia, a multinational telecommunications conglomerate, has agreed to partially spin off its wholesale fibre connectivity business to its infrastructure-focused subsidiary Telkom Infrastruktur Indonesia in a deal valued at 35.787 trillion rupiah ($2.16 billion).
The ups and downs of the payment service provision business, particularly in Africa, have been highlighted in two recent news stories: one involving expansion for SPAYZ.io and the other signalling the end of Pay U Kenya.
Massive New Black Sea Cable Project Set to Outsmart Russian Control of Internet Routes By Cheyenne R. Ubiera, Daily Express US October 20, 2025 Construction is set to begin on a high-capacity submarine cable that will be laid across the Black Sea to connect to Europe and Asia, completely bypassing Russia. The Kardesa submarine cable system will [...]
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Over 160 operators worldwide have published AI strategies, and research from the GSMA indicates that there are three key ways in which AI integration is helping them increase revenue and improve efficiencies: monetizing traditional services, expanding new services, and improving O&M efficiency.
Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine have announced plans to begin construction of a new submarine cable system in the Black Sea, aimed at creating a digital corridor between Europe and Asia.
Ethio Telecom and Djibouti Telecom announced that they are actively exploring new collaboration opportunities to deepen their ongoing partnership to advance integration in the broader East African digital ecosystem, including international gateways and mobile money.