Motorola unveils Edge 70 Max as first smartphone with Qira AI assistant
Motorola Mobility has presented its new Edge 70 Max handset, which comes stocked with a host of premium features, including an inaugural smartphone deployment for Lenovo's ambient AI assistant Qira. Edge 70 Max is built on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile chipset delivering peak CPU speeds of up to 3.8 GHz, which is roughly 36 percent better than the previous generation. GPU speeds are about 11 percent faster, while the latest Qualcomm AI Engine boosts neural processing by 46 percent.
Motorola unveils Edge 70 Max as first smartphone with Qira AI assistant
Motorola Mobility has presented its new Edge 70 Max handset, which comes stocked with a host of premium features, including an inaugural smartphone deployment for Lenovo's ambient AI assistant Qira. Edge 70 Max is built on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile chipset delivering peak CPU speeds of up to 3.8 GHz, which is roughly 36 percent better than the previous generation. GPU speeds are about 11 percent faster, while the latest Qualcomm AI Engine boosts neural processing by 46 percent.
Digi finalises oversubscribed IPO of Spain unit
Romania's Digi said its Spanish unit will begin trading on the Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia stock exchanges on 16 July at an initial public offering price of EUR 5.60 per share, as previously outlined in its prospectus. In a statement to stock market regulator CNMV, Digi said the share sale was multiple times oversubscribed, drawing strong demand from both international and domestic institutional investors.
Digi finalises oversubscribed IPO of Spain unit
Romania's Digi said its Spanish unit will begin trading on the Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia stock exchanges on 16 July at an initial public offering price of EUR 5.60 per share, as previously outlined in its prospectus. In a statement to stock market regulator CNMV, Digi said the share sale was multiple times oversubscribed, drawing strong demand from both international and domestic institutional investors.
Nokia to launch AI-RAN offering in 2027 with promise of major spectral gains
Nokia announced the upcoming launch of its commercial AI-RAN platform. Nokia's offering will begin pilot deployments before the end of this year before rolling out commercially in 2027. The product aims to help mobile carriers realise spectral efficiency gains of over 100 percent in the next couple of years, potentially doubling the wireless bandwidth available in existing spectrum assets.
Nokia to launch AI-RAN offering in 2027 with promise of major spectral gains
Hong Kong loses more than 12,000 fixed-line subscribers in March
Hong Kong lost 12,230 fixed-line subscribers in March, ending the year with 1.683 million users. The total includes 667,402 residential fixed-lines and 1.016 million business lines. The number of non-exchange lines (which includes IP telephone and fixed wireless services) increased to 1.357 million in March from 1.354 million in February, according to figures from the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA). The number of leased lines also rose to 136,384 in March from 136,302 in February.
Hong Kong loses more than 12,000 fixed-line subscribers in March
Kenya kicks off smart classroom initiative for junior schools
Kenyan deputy president Kithure Kindiki has kicked off an initiative to modernise teaching and learning nationwide with a live demonstration of modern classroom technology in action. Using internet-enabled digital classrooms, interactive smartboards, and virtual learning tools, an Integrated Science teacher simultaneously taught learners in six different junior secondary schools across six counties. This is the official start of a programme expected to bring ICT integration to over 10,000 schools around the
Kenya kicks off smart classroom initiative for junior schools
Grameenphone's Q2 revenue slides 3% amid macroeconomic pressure
Bangladeshi operator Grameenphone reported total revenue of BDT 39.8 billion for the second quarter of 2026, which represents a decline of 3 percent year-on-year. This decline was mainly due to the challenging macro economy, the company said. Revenue increased sequentially by 6 percent during the quarter.
Grameenphone's Q2 revenue slides 3% amid macroeconomic pressure
Elisa Estonia margin improves on higher revenues in Q2
Revenues of Elisa Estonia totaled EUR 56 million in the second quarter of this year, up from EUR 54 million in April to June of 2025. EBITDA rose to EUR 20 million from EUR 18 million, and the EBITDA margin improved by 3 percentage points to 36 percent. Capital expenditure was EUR 7 million, up from EUR 6 million. Revenues grew by 3.3 percent to EUR 11 million in the first half of this year.
Elisa Estonia margin improves on higher revenues in Q2
Prima Sport to join free DVB-T2 lineup in August
Czech DVB-T2 operator Digital Broadcasting announced plans to include the new channel Prima Sport in its free terrestrial TV lineup in August. Digital Broadcasting runs a national DVB-T2 network and is adding the channel to multiplex 24. The broadcaster Prima earlier aired its channels over the multiplex 22 run by the other operator.
Prima Sport to join free DVB-T2 lineup in August
Brazilian broadcasters pick Broadpeak for nationwide CDN
Brazilian media company Simba, a joint venture between the broadcasters Record, RedeTV! and SBT, has selected Broadpeak to power a new, high-performance Content Delivery Network (CDN) across Brazil. Utilising Broadpeak's Advanced CDN software, the platform will support live and VOD streaming for its founding broadcasters while enabling a new CDN-as-a-service (CDNaaS) offering for third-party content providers.
Brazilian broadcasters pick Broadpeak for nationwide CDN
Herotel to bring Amazon Leo satellite internet to South Africa in 2027
South African ISP Herotel announced a distribution agreement with Amazon Leo. Through the new service Evry, Herotel will bring high-speed, satellite-powered internet to residential customers in the country, with commercial launch due in 2027. As an authorised residential distributor of Amazon LEO in South Africa, Herotel will use its new Evry service to connect households and small businesses where traditional infrastructure has been impractical or entirely unavailable. Through Evry, Herotel will offer both
Herotel to bring Amazon Leo satellite internet to South Africa in 2027
Belarus reaches over 7 mln LTE users, 77% of traffic on 4G
Belarusian operators cover 94.5 percent of the country's area and 99.6 percent of its population with LTE, according to data from the state-owned infrastructure operator beCloud. The LTE user base exceeds 7 million, and the 4G network carries more than 77 percent of all mobile traffic in the country.
