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JANUARY 20, 2025

Thats the promise of the recently announced alliance between operator Bharti Airtel, one of Indias largest service providers, and Bajaj Finance, the countrys largest private-sector non-banking financial company. A strategic partnership to create one of Indias largest digital platforms for financial services.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

News The deal includes the creation of a “Korea-customised” AI model based on OpeAI’s GPT-4o South Korean telco Korea Telecom (KT) and Microsoft have announced a five-year, multibillion-dollar partnership to drive AI innovation across the country. billion CMA questions Vodafone–Three merger after second probe

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifis platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape.

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JANUARY 19, 2025

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecom service providers, and Bajaj Finance, India’s largest private-sector Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), have

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 22, 2024

Ethio Telecom partnered with financial powerhouse Visa to launch the first Visa digital wallet in Ethiopia, a move the operator claimed modernises remittance and bolster its fintech business.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has approved extra financing to finish a project undertaken by Argentinian state-owned telecommunications company Arsat to increase the capacity of its fibre optic network.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These steps aim to give TalkTalk more time to organize its finances by extending the repayment deadlines for its Revolving Credit Facilities (RCF) and Senior Secured Notes (SSN), initially due in November 2024 and February 2025, respectively.

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Ooredoo Group announces a record QAR 2 billion financing deal to expand its data center and AI business in the MENA region.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations for submarine cable landings aimed at bolstering Somalia’s connectivity sector.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If accepted, the deal could significantly reduce TIM’s debt burden and provide the company with the financial flexibility to invest in its core operations and future growth.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

PalmPay has announced the launch of its USSD code, a service that offers Nigerians an additional way to manage their finances without the need for internet connectivity.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 19, 2024

North Korea’s Pyongyang Information Technology Bureau is reportedly conducting inspections of the country’s electronic payments network to update equipment and stabilize operations in a drive to boost confidence in the country's transition to digital finance.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 18, 2024

EdgePoint Towers, part of EdgePoint Infrastructure, the ASEAN-based independent telecommunications infrastructure company, has announced the completed deployment of its Outdoor Common Antenna System (CAS) at The Exchange TRX, a 70-acre development by Ministry of Finance Malaysia in the heart of Kuala Lumpur for international finance and business.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Smartphone financing company M-KOPA hailed reaching the milestone of providing over five million customers with loans in Africa totalling US$1.5 billion.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifis platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a $400 million loan for Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), marking a significant step toward its acquisition of Telenor Group’s operations in Pakistan.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 6, 2025

The capital, which includes both equity and debt financing, will fuel the company’s next phase of growth as it works to meet the increasing demand for cloud and AI services across the region.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Deloitte cited serious concerns over the telecom company’s financial controls. The new agreement will push the debt maturities out to September 2027, giving the company more time to square up its finances.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Those are some of the topics addressed by EIB Finance in Africa 2024 , a new report from the European Investment Bank. Fintech company rollout is accelerating in Africa? And will it be sustained?

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 29, 2024

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets, and tech giant Microsoft have signed a strategic agreement to identify and enhance investment opportunities in digital transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This was “primarily due to lower revenue, higher specific costs and higher net finance expenses,” the company explained. The UK incumbent reported a 3% decline in revenue, primarily driven by issues in non-UK operations and a competitive retail environment. Reported profit before tax sits at £1 billion, down 10%.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter. These solutions will equip organizations with the state-of-the-art infrastructure, operational features, and developer tools they need to accelerate digitalization at scale,” he continued.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

As part of the railway deployment plan for HS2, mobile and broadband providers would be offered access to spare capacity in the 2,000km of fibre cabling and 80 telecoms masts being constructed alongside the railway, which will connect London and Birmingham.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Hurricane Helene knocks out a fifth of mobile sites in US Southeast Vodafone Germany leans into fibre infrastructure sharing to reach 11m EE activates 25 Freshwave small cells in London

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In summer last year, however, the company was dealt a major blow to its finances when the new Nigerian government relaxed foreign exchange restrictions, leading to the rapid devaluation of the naira. Since the start of the 2020s, IHS has been on an M&A spree, buying up thousands of towers, most notably in Africa and Brazil.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

These zones will be designed to attract and support tech, finance and service-orientated businesses in what is described as “a conducive environment tailored to the 21st-century digital trade and technological age”. Nigeria’s federal government has launched an initiative to establish digital free zones in the country.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million in financing from EXIM Bank Malaysia to support the expansion of essential telecommunications infrastructure across Cambodia.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 20, 2024

This cash increase is expected to enhance the SSIIF’s ability to finance crucial semiconductor projects aimed making China less reliant on foreign technology.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Press Release Rural broadband provider Quickline has taken a significant step in its commitment to nurturing regional talent by welcoming its first cohort of telecoms apprentices. Wendy Hiley, HR and Talent Acquisition Business Partner at Quickline, said: Welcoming our first telecoms apprentices is an exciting moment for Quickline.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Its last large funding round, back in 2022, had secured a new finance facility worth £985 million, aimed at helping the company to expand its FTTP rollout to 2.2 In total, Community Fibre has raised £1.1 billion since its inception in 2013, according to a Telegraph report. As of November last year, Community Fibre had passed 1.3

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 21, 2025

News The relief package could provide a 50% waiver of interest and a 100% waiver on penalties related to adjusted gross revenues This week, rumours are swirling that Indias upcoming government budget could contain a life raft for the nations beleaguered telecoms sector.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yango, one of Cte dIvoires most trusted platforms, which handles millions of rides and deliveries each month through its partners, has teamed up with COFINA, a leading mesofinance institution in the country and Yabx, an embedded finance platform that builds credit profiles for thin or no-file customers, to introduce a driver cash advance service.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The partnership combines AWS’s sovereign cloud infrastructure with e&’s network, catering to the public sector and regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, and oil and gas. The collaboration follows AWS’s launch of its second Middle East cloud region in 2022 , which was backed by a $5 billion investment.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 7, 2024

billion that the company raised in April and May via equity financing , and it is quickly putting these funds to good use. However, Vi did successfully raise $4.4 Last month, Vi inked a $3.6 billion network equipment deal with Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung. The deal will see the vendors supply Idea with equipment over the next three years.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million) social loan facility from HSBC Philippines to finance its fibre infrastructure rollouts to underserved and unserved communities. Philippine telco PLDT announced on Wednesday it has a secured a PHP2 billion (US$34.4

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion telecoms equipment deal with Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung. billion Idea raised in April and May via equity financing. Keep up to date with all of the latest telecoms news with Total Telecom’s daily newsletter Also in the news: Meta resumes use of UK user posts to train its AI models Verizon’s 4,800 job cuts will cost over $1.9

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