Ghana’s Communication and Technology Ministry announced that operators MTN, Telecel, and AirtelTigo have committed to investing a combined US$150 million this year to enhance their networks, driven by regulatory demands for improved service.
The Vietnamese government has reportedly signed a new decree that, among other things, promises to make it easier for telecoms players, data centre operators and cloud providers to get the necessary approvals to set up operations in Vietnam.
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU), a specialised agency of the African Union in the field of telecommunications, has secured a grant from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to accelerate Africa’s transition from In…
Malaysian telcos and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission’s (MCMC) have promised mobile users that their personal data and privacy won’t be compromised following a news report that telcos were ordered by the MCMC to hand over mobile n…
Qatar regulator the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has announced that it has opened access to more than 4,860 kilometres of government telecom duct infrastructure across Qatar.
The SAMENA Telecommunications Council and the World Broadband Association (WBBA) said on Monday they have signed a MoU to collaborate on advancing broadband access across the South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa region and beyond.
The latest spectrum licence auction in Thailand has apparently only attracted two bidders: True Corporation and Advanced Info Service (AIS) – and they do not seem interested in all the spectrum on offer. So what happens now?
Vietnam’s telecoms regulator has reportedly ordered the country’s telcos to block messaging app Telegram over its alleged failure to prevent its users from using the app to commit crimes under Vietnamese law.
IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IHS Towers group, announced on Thursday it has formed a strategic partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to increase protection of critical telecoms infrastructure across Nigeria.