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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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Angola Cables appoints new European CEO

Cloud/NFV
Established in October 2024, TelCables Europe is using its Portugal PoP to attract customers looking for cloud and peering services with its parent
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Seacom 2.0 to link India to Southern Europe on rising anti-sabotage tide

Access
Seacom strives for greater resilience, the FT uncovers extent of Russia's subsea sabotage capabilities and preparation, while Japan moves to secure subsea sovereignty
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EMEA’s mobile operators diverge on mobile data growth – Tefficient

5G & Beyond
Nordic and Baltic operators are pulling away from their European peers with data usage exceeding 50GB per month
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The winners of Mobile Europe’s CTO of the Year Awards 2025 are…

CTO of the year
Ayman Amiri of Orange Egypt won the Gamechanger Award and Jorge Méndez Prieto of Spain's Onivia is our Trailblazer of the Year – congratulations to them and all those shortlisted
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Lynk seeks FCC approval for S-Band trial in South Africa

5G & Beyond
CEO Ramu Potarazu has also been sharing his views on life after SPAC and LEO market consolidation
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