Argentinian pay-TV and fixed-line operator Supercanal Airlink is revamping its visual identity across the 14 provinces in which it operates, simplifying its name to Super while expanding internet coverage via new infrastructure deployments and boosting the stability of connections.

Late last week President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerians, in an Independence Day broadcast, that after a government team had had "extensive engagements" with Twitter, the ban on Twitter's operations in Nigeria was to be lifted. But there are strings attached.

Beijing, the Capital of China, now has 45,700 5G base stations as of the end of August, with 5G users totaling over 12 million, said the report.

Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) to drive digital transformation and the knowledge economy for socio-economic development across the continent.

Jordan-based telecom and contact centre services provider Globitel has been awarded a contract to supply its USSD Gateway product to Telecommunications Company Suriname (Telesur).

5G will accelerate the adoption of Smart Home IoT devices, such as Smart TV (29%), Smart Health Systems (21%), and Smart Speakers (17%), said a survey.

Russian production company Star Media has unveiled the new streaming service 'Lava', which promises to offer more than 7,500 hours of content to a Russian-speaking audience abroad.

Chinese multinational electronics company Xiaomi Corporation is dropping the ‘Mi’ branding ten years after the company launched its first Mi smartphone, said local media reports.

Facebook has announced the launch of its Marketplace service (described as "a convenient destination where people can discover, buy and sell items from others in their local communities") to 37 countries and territories in sub-Saharan Africa.

Uganda's Smart Telecom (Suretelecom Uganda Limited) announced its decision to end operations in the country on August 31, said local media.

A fascinating initiative announced recently involves what will probably be one of the first government-backed digital currencies in Africa – if it happens.

Global communications platform for business, Infobip will provide WhatsApp customer communication services and its Conversations CPaaS-based contact centre system to Senegal mobile operator Expresso.

Russian long-distance telephone provider Rostelecom has signed an agreement with the compatriot universal bank VTB to create a system for issuing electronic signature certificates to the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media.

Telecom Armenia, an IPTV operator working under the Beeline Armenia brand, has deployed Ateme's OTT video-delivery solution.

Interswitch Group, the Africa-oriented technology-driven company focused on payments, has signed a deal with K-Unity Sacco to provide the savings and credit society's more than 100,000 members with secure digital payment services.

Facebook has joined hands with the African integrated customer experience company Ajua to automate commercial interactions and customer support for businesses through WhatsApp.

For the second time this month an African MTN operator has announced a digital advertising services partnership, underlining the importance of mobile advertising to modern mobile business models, especially in low-income or low-margin markets.

Ethio Telecom, the state-run telco in Ethiopia, reported an 18.4% rise in full-year revenue to end-June to 56.5 billion birrs ($1.29 billion) and a 22% jump in subscribers to 56.2 million.

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio continued to lead the market in mobile subscriber additions for the second straight month in April whereas troubled Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost customers.

Following hard on the heels of its launch of Hype – the in-browser chat service for Opera Mini users – in a number of African countries, global internet brand Opera has now added interest-based social clubs to the fast-growing chat service.

The telecommunications and media company Millicom which provides cable and mobile services in Latin America under the Tigo brand has announced the launch of ONEtv on Android TV (Google) in the markets where it operates in the region.

United Group's Android TV platform EON has made its debut in Croatia. EON is provided by Austrian-based Solford Alpine and users can subscribe online or through Telemach Croatia sales channels.

Pakistan’s Jazz is implementing cloud communications provider Sinch’s managed SMS Firewall and application-to-person (A2P) service for domestic and international messaging traffic.