Orange announced on Wednesday that the France-to-Tunisia route of the Medusa Submarine Cable System – dubbed “ViaTunisia” – is now operational, establishing a new digital link between Europe and North Africa.

Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX says it has upgraded connectivity between its locations in Mexico and Dallas in preparation for what it says will be the unprecedented six-billion-strong audience anticipated for the FIFA World Cup this summer.

Proof perhaps that AI and satcoms can have practical applications in everyday situations comes from Mexico where Google and Fester, a building material company, which have together launched a platform in Mexico that uses AI to help support efforts to make cities cooler.

Pan-African service provider MTN has this week launched the 2026 edition of its 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign. Described as its flagship employee volunteerism campaign, it continues from 1 June until 21 June.

BDx Data Centers (BDx), a leading owner and operator of data centres in Asia, has announced what it calls “a series of transformative power milestones” in a strategic partnership with electrical utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN).

The diversified infrastructure firm Anant Raj has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the North Indian state of Haryana to invest approximately INR250 billion (about US$2.62 billion) in the development of a large-scale data centre in the state.

Underlining the importance of tourism to the country and the potential of telecommunications in supporting growth in this sector, a new partnership has been announced between Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife and Google Kenya.

Space solutions company SES has clearly been busy in the Latin American market – something that has been underlined by recent announcements relating to inflight connectivity in Mexico and expanded broadband access in Colombia.

Papua New Guinea’s state-owned telco Telikom PNG has joined the Starlink bandwagon after announcing it has signed a deal to become the country’s second authorised Starlink reseller as of last Friday.

Russian telcos Rostelecom and VimpelCom announced on Monday they have completed the integration of their respective IT systems to automate coordination of access to Rostelecom's line and cable infrastructure.

Chinese subsea cable firm HMN Tech has announced that the South East Asia Hainan–Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) connecting China to Southeast Asia is now ready for service.

ST Digital and Togo’s Société d'Infrastructures Numériques (Digital Infrastructure Company or SIN) have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) formalising a strategic partnership for a private cloud service offer at the Lomé Data Centre.

DDSP, a developer of hyperscale digital and decarbonised energy infrastructure across Asia-Pacific, has announced the successful financial close of a US$283 million green financing for the company’s hyperscale data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia, incorporating AI-ready liquid cooling technology.

Movistar has been fined COP1.36 billion (US$330,000) by Colombia’s telecommunications regulator after an investigation found weaknesses in its SIM card replacement procedures that allegedly enabled fraud against customers.

FLAG has launched a new subsea route between Chennai and Singapore, adding capacity and route diversity along one of Asia’s busiest connectivity corridors.

Thailand’s state-owned National Telecom (NT) says it will stop offering satellite internet service via Thaicom 4 at the end of this month as Thaicom continues preparations to retire the 21-year-old satellite.

Paratus Kenya announced on Friday that Murang’a County has launched what it says is Kenya’s largest public digital healthcare initiative, which connects 170 health facilities via Starlink’s LEO satellite constellation.

Ooredoo Qatar announced on Sunday it has established what it claims is the first quantum-safe communications link in Qatar in collaboration with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HKBU) and the Ministry of Defense.

Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) fined Orange Liberia LRD4 million (US$20,000) after finding the operator liable for the unauthorised issuance of a customer’s SIM card to a third party, resulting in a privacy and communications breach.

Vietnamese operator Viettel has reportedly approved plans to launch telecoms operations in the Dominican Republic, a move that would make it the country’s fourth mobile operator.

PLDT Group’s data centre arm Vitro said on Thursday it has partnered with BBIX Philippines to establish a direct peering connection between BBIX and its Vitro Internet Exchange (VIX) in a play they say will strengthen the country’s digital ecosystem.

Global operator Sparkle announced on Thursday it has signed three new capacity agreements to expand the reach of European research and education network operator GÉANT across Europe, Africa and MENA.

Brazil’s Ministry of Communications says that, following the auction of the 700MHz band, held in April by telecoms regulator Anatel and the Ministry of Communications, highway coverage will be expanded.

SMART Zambia, an official body mandated to coordinate and implement electronic government, and ICT giant Huawei Technologies have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to jointly support the development in Zambia of a National Artificial Intelligence Data Centre.

Telenor IoT, a leading global provider of IoT connectivity, and Sateliot, a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation based on the 5G standard, have announced a strategic partnership that they say represents a significant milestone in expanding global IoT coverage.

Huawei executives said the company is repositioning itself from a traditional storage hardware supplier into a provider of full-stack AI data infrastructure, arguing enterprises will need to overhaul existing architectures to cope with the rapid rise of AI workloads.

Global digital operator Veon announced on Wednesday that Ukrainian ride-hailing platform Uklon – which is owned by Veon’s Kyivstar – has started testing autonomous vehicle technology for a planned robotaxi service in Ukraine.

Last week’s launch of Bharti Airtel’s Priority Postpaid service has reignited debate in India’s telecoms sector over whether network slicing – a key feature of standalone (SA) 5G – is consistent with the country’s net neutrality policy.

A number of news outlets are reporting that tech giant Samsung Electronics is planning to invest about US$1.5 billion in Vietnam to build a semiconductor testing plant, though neither the company nor the country have formally confirmed this.

Another plan to tax mobile money transactions is under attack – this time in Kenya, the market that, arguably, pioneered mobile payments.