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Airtel Africa Plc Buys 80,000 Shares as $100 Million Buyback Nears March 31 Deadline
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Airtel Africa Plc Buys 80,000 Shares as $100 Million Buyback Nears March 31 Deadline

Airtel Africa bought 80,000 shares at an average 345.59 pence each on March 6, part of a $100 million buyback set to run through March 31. The company now has 3.645 billion voting rights outstanding and has repurchased 44.1 million shares under the program. Airtel plans to list its mobile payments unit, Airtel Money, in the first half of 2026. Nine-month revenue to Dec. 31 was $4.667 billion.
March 10, 2026
5G Surges, Satellite Internet Soars & Telecom Shake-Ups – Global Connectivity News (Oct 7–8, 2025)
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5G Surges, Satellite Internet Soars & Telecom Shake-Ups – Global Connectivity News (Oct 7–8, 2025)

India reported near-total 5G coverage and launched its own 4G/5G tech stack. SpaceX signed a $17 billion deal to deliver cell service via Starlink satellites. Meta finished the 20,000 km Bifrost undersea cable linking Asia and the U.S. Verizon replaced CEO Hans Vestberg with Dan Schulman, and Telefónica plans to cut 6,000 jobs in Spain.
October 8, 2025
48 Hours of Mobile Mayhem: 5G Breakthroughs, Early 6G Leaps & Telecom Turmoil (Sept 11–12, 2025)
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48 Hours of Mobile Mayhem: 5G Breakthroughs, Early 6G Leaps & Telecom Turmoil (Sept 11–12, 2025)

EchoStar sold its wireless spectrum to SpaceX for about $17 billion, prompting the FCC to close its 5G probe, while EchoStar also reached a $23 billion deal with AT&T weeks earlier. AT&T signaled it may skip Mexico’s 5G auction due to high fees. In Gabon, Airtel and Moov Africa agreed to share mobile infrastructure. Ofcom will allow direct satellite-to-phone service in the UK by 2026.
September 12, 2025
5G Outages, 6G Leaps & Telecom Shake-Ups: Inside the Global GSM Upheaval (Sept 6–7, 2025)
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5G Outages, 6G Leaps & Telecom Shake-Ups: Inside the Global GSM Upheaval (Sept 6–7, 2025)

Pakistan will auction 5G spectrum in December 2025; Turkey’s 5G tender is set for October 16 with service by April 2026. SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites to boost high-latitude broadband, while Amazon’s Kuiper eyes a September 25 launch. Russia enacted new internet laws, including fines for VPN searches and mandatory state messenger apps. A Verizon outage on August 30 left millions in the U.S. without mobile service for nine hours.
September 7, 2025