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Orange MEA, CAF agree landmark mobile-first broadcast rights

Access
Users of the Max it super app can watch live a selection of 35 football matches that will be played in the tournament between 13 Sub-Saharan African countries
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Orange goes live with ‘European first’ satellite SMS service

5G & Beyond
Orange has activated its Message Satellite offering in France, enabling users to send and receive text messages via satellite when terrestrial coverage is unavailable
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Vodacom to gain controlling stake in Safaricom for €1.81bn

Financial/Regulation
Vodafone's African subsidiary will acquire a 5% stake from its parent company and 15% from the government of Kenya to consolidate a 55% holding
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Qatar mobile ops launch anti-fraud APIs via GSMA Gateway

Security
Ooredoo and Vodafone Qatar collaborated to provide developers with identity verification tools in the fight against the rising tide of digital fraud
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Vodacom signs multi-year Google Cloud deal

5G & Beyond
Collaboration aims to modernise Vodacom’s data platforms and scale AI-driven services across the group’s African markets
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MTN’s revenues rise 26% in first 9 months

Financial/Regulation
Nigeria and Ghana are the star performers among the group's opcos, along with a surge in data traffic and financial transactions, but growth in South Africa slowed
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MTN expands Microsoft partnership with AI tools for consumers 

Automation/AI
The pan-African operator is ramping up its Microsoft collaboration, pairing AI-driven Microsoft 365 tools for consumers with an Azure rebuild of its analytics platform
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IDC: global spending on telecom services growing at less than 2% pa

Financial/Regulation
Ups the ante on telcos monetising AI, leveraging it as a strategic enabler to drive sustainable growth
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Zain partners Aduna to commercialise network APIs

5G & Beyond
The move follows Ooredoo Group recently signing-on as the app company looks to accelerate adoption in the Middle East
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e&, AWS launch UAE Sovereign Launchpad to boost AI, cloud and security

Automation/AI
The platform is now available for public and private sector organisations in United Arab Emirates, hosted in the AWS Middle East region
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Sparkle’s BlueMed cable lands in Cyprus as the Med sees more cables

Access
TIM Group’s international arm expands its reach across the eastern Mediterranean with a new landing at Cyta’s Yeroskipos station in Cyprus
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Submer expands into MEA as immersion cooling demand rises

Automation/AI
Although immersion cooling is more complex than other liquid cooling, hyperscalers like that servers using it boost the kilowatt per square metre – going beyond 1,000 watts per chip
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Turkcell largest bidder as 5G auction raises $3.53bn

5G & Beyond
Turkey will now prepare to launch nationwide 5G services by April 2026 under new localisation and investment mandates
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IHS completes Rwanda tower sale to Paradigm Tower Ventures

5G & Beyond
The towerco will use the proceeds to reduce debt, consider share buybacks and perhaps even a dividend but all eyes will be on what Paradigm does next
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Nokia, fibertime to speed roll-out to underserved S African townships

Access
The operator is to provide coverage to a further 400,000 homes in the country's underserved communities – its goal is to connect 2m homes by 2028
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