Telecom Egypt appoints Tamer El Mahdi as chief

Operator Vodacom South Africa has built an enablement platform for mobile virtual network operators and signed up its first MVNO client, declaring the platform open for business.

Airtel Africa reported profit gains subscriber growth as the group continues to battle against currency devaluation on the continent.

The parent companies of Indonesian telcos XL Axiata and Smartfren have reportedly asked permission from telecoms regulator KemKominfo to carry out a long-planned merger of the two companies – and seem likely to get it.