31 Aug 2022

Mobile

Safaricom Ethiopia begins phased network pilot in Dire Dawa

Safaricom Ethiopia has announced the start of a ‘large-scale customer pilot of its network’ in the country’s second largest city, Dire Dawa. Issuing a statement regarding the development, the company... more

VMO2 switches on first live Open RAN sites

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), NEC Corporation and Rakuten Symphony have announced their joint multi-vendor Open RAN deployment is entering the field phase, commencing with the activation of the first live... more

ENACOM raises USD27.7m via 2600MHz sale

Argentina’s National Communications Agency (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, ENACOM) has announced that it has generated USD27.7 million from its sale of unused 4G frequencies in the 2600MHz band. The announcement... more

Italian 5G JV expected to be concluded in Q4

WINDTRE and Iliad Italy are planning to conclude their 5G network sharing joint venture agreement in the fourth quarter of this year. A report from MondoMobileWeb says that around 6,600... more

Fixed Broadband

Dhiraagu fibre reaches two new islands

Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun (Dhiraagu), the Maldives’ incumbent telecoms operator, has announced the expansion of its fibre broadband and DhiraaguTV service to Nolhivaranfaru, an inhabited island of Haa Dhaalu Atoll, as... more

Fixed Voice

Grupo ICE seeks to stem losses by ditching copper

Costa Rican utility firm/telecoms operator Grupo ICE has issued a statement confirming its plans to slow the pace of its investment in loss-making copper networks and concentrate on the deployment... more

Corporate/Financial

Harmoni Towers to acquire Parallel Infrastructure from Apollo

Harmoni Towers, a portfolio company of alternative asset manager Palistar Capital, has agreed to acquire Parallel Infrastructure from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. The terms of the... more

Miscellaneous

NCC amends international termination rate determination, sets fee at USD0.1

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it has increased the international termination rate (ITR) for voice services paid by overseas telecoms carriers for terminating international calls on local... more