Sierra Leone and Malawi announce digital development deals with Chinese vendors

Data from Dell’Oro Group showed Huawei was the leading telecom equipment vendor by revenue in 2023, but the overall market had contracted 5% year-on-year, snapping five years of consecutive growth. 

State-owned operator Vietnam signed up Ericsson to build out its 5G RAN across the majority of provinces in Vietnam.

Malaysia’s special purpose company for 5G deployment Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) partnered with Ericsson to boost digitalisation in the country, with microchip giant Intel also involved.