Axiata Group announced on Monday that its shareholders approved the proposed merger between Indonesian telecoms operators XL Axiata and Smartfren Telecom during its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
Two of Africa’s biggest operators – Vodacom and MTN – have, coincidentally, announced technology deployment firsts for the continent in the past few days – one involving MIMO, the other involving 5-band RRU commercial deployment.
Veon subsidiary Jazz secured a PKR75 billion (US$270 million) loan to finance plans to expand infrastructure across Pakistan, and aid plans to transition from a telco to a technology services company.