MTN announced it will migrate BSS and OSS applications to Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform, a move to tap into machine learning and AI to deliver operational efficiency across the operator’s footprint, starting with Nigeria and South Africa.

Globe Telecom chief commercial officer Issa Guevarra-Cabreira (pictured) said the Philippines operator is aiming for growth through a fixed-line prepaid internet play next quarter, building on its significant fibre network expansion over the past two years.

China is in the news again – for positive reasons, this time, with the GSMA, the organisation representing mobile operators and organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, suggesting it will be the first country to reach one billion 5G connections.

The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) has signed an agreement with the country's two largest telecommunication companies with the aim of bringing faster disaster risk alerts to the public.