Operators

Bankrupt Brazilian operator Oi announced on Saturday it has signed a contract to sell its fixed line services unit to Método Telecomunicações for BRL60.1 million (US$11.6 million) in cash as part of a judicial auction held in April.

The UAE-headquartered operator group e& is selling its 16.21% stake in Vodafone Group to Vega, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by the family of French billionaire Xavier Niel, for £4.4 billion (US$5.95 billion).

Philippine telco PLDT said on Wednesday that its wireless arm Smart Communications has successfully completed a live trial of Nokia’s local-breakout roaming technology that it hopes will improve the outbound data roaming experience for subscribers.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided Airtel Africa with a US$150 million loan to help expand and modernise its mobile networks, targeting improved connectivity in underserved communities across the continent.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) will extend the tenure of President Director and Chief Executive Officer Vikram Sinha for another five years, subject to shareholder approval at the company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Conversational agentic AI is heralded as the next big opportunity for 5G – provided 5G operators have sufficient uplink speeds to support its latency requirements. But a new report from Ookla finds that most don’t – and the gap is getting worse.

Kenya’s Court of Appeal has lifted an injunction blocking the government’s planned sale of a 15% stake in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom, reviving a transaction valued at KES204.3 billion (US$1.6 billion), reported to Bloomberg.  

Mauritius Telecom CEO Veemal Gungadin highlighted the operator’s progress  to build trust in AI-native learning across its home market, a strategy culminating in the creation of a national AI registry.

Philippine operator Globe Telecom has secured a PHP5 billion (US$88 million) loan from BDO Unibank to help fund capital expenditure, refinance debt and support general corporate requirements.

Jordan’s Department of Statistics and operator Orange Jordan have signed a technical and institutional cooperation agreement under which the company will develop and implement the software system and digital solutions supporting the 2026 General Population and Housing Census project.

PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications said on Friday it has switched on a new mobile site in San Vicente, Palawan, as part of the Philippine government’s Bayanihan SIM programme to connect geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs).

Lao Telecom announced on Friday it has signed a cooperation agreement with Lao-China Railway Company Limited to build a 4G signal network along the Lao-China railway that will also serve passengers.

ICT company Azerconnect Group has landed a US$20 million Shariah-compliant facility from the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) to help finance telecom infrastructure development in Azerbaijan.

Colombia's Ministry of ICT (MinTIC) has fined operator Telecall Colombia COP7.42 billion (US$1.8 million) for failing to meet obligations attached to its 5G spectrum licence.

Jamaican operator Flow has claimed to launch the country’s first commercial 5G network, providing coverage to around 70% of the population.

Asiacell announced on Tuesday it has become the first telecoms company in Iraq to successfully implement IPv6 Dual Stack technology.

Grameenphone announced on Sunday it has launched nationwide deployment of its recently acquired 700-MHz spectrum band across Bangladesh.

Bharti Airtel shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the operator’s proposal to increase its stake in Airtel Africa through a share-swap transaction with promoter group entity Indian Continent Investment Limited (ICIL).

India’s Jio Platforms (JPL) announced on Sunday it has surged 320 places year-on-year in the latest Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) rankings released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to crack the global top 20 list of PCT applicants.

Telecom Namibia has taken more steps to expand its regional satellite and subsea cable connectivity with Angola via separate agreements signed with Angola’s Gabinete de Gestão do Programa Espacial Nacional (GGPEN), Angola Telecom, and SATCAB (Satélite e Cabo TV).

Vodacom Tanzania has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission (TCDC) to accelerate the digital transformation of cooperative societies through its M-Kulima platform, according to Daily News.

Telefónica announced it reused or recycled 95% of the waste generated across its operations in 2025, marking progress towards its goal of achieving zero waste by 2030.

MTN Group appointed Côte d’Ivoire CEO Mitwa Ng’ambi as its new Group Chief People and Culture Officer, succeeding Paul Norman, who is set to retire later this year after almost three decades with the company.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has selected Nokia to modernise its mobile network across Indonesia, deploying advanced 5G radio access network (RAN) technologies and laying the groundwork for AI-powered services.

Pakistan telco Jazz says it has launched an IoT weather monitoring station at its headquarters in Islamabad that uses AI-driven analytics to transform real-time weather observations into actionable insights.

Ooredoo announced its latest spinoff on Thursday with the launch of Al Abraj, a new standalone company that will independently operate and manage Ooredoo Qatar’s passive tower infrastructure assets in the country.

Russian telcos Rostelecom and VimpelCom announced on Monday they have completed the integration of their respective IT systems to automate coordination of access to Rostelecom's line and cable infrastructure.

Vietnamese operator Viettel has reportedly approved plans to launch telecoms operations in the Dominican Republic, a move that would make it the country’s fourth mobile operator.