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Data Centres
Digital Realty enters Türkiye with a 22 MW Ankara campus planned for 2028
The joint venture with Rönesans Infrastructure plans a second site in Istanbul; the release gives no investment amount or ownership split.
Networks
Georgia's ComCom finds one operator holds about 70 per cent of usable ducts
The preliminary findings, presented to Parliament on 22 September, say wholesale duct access rules are insufficient and more regulation is needed.
Cables and Satellites
Kazakhstan and CONTEC discuss a satellite component hub and ground stations
The 14 September meeting gave no investment figure; South Korea's CONTEC is to register a Kazakh subsidiary and cites 17 ground stations worldwide.
Policy and Spectrum
Beeline Kazakhstan to seek payment organisation status
The National Bank memorandum covers processing and settlement through the National Payment Corporation but authorises no new services, VEON says.
Data Centres
Drone strikes on Yandex data centres disrupt Kazakh and Uzbek services
Yandex Cloud says its Vladimir data centre has stopped operating; Kazakhstan's ministry says key computing for local users is still performed abroad.
Laid
Kazakhstan says half of 4,511 km West-East fibre route is laid
The government targets commissioning before the end of 2026 for a transit backbone that a ministry description puts at a design capacity of at least 12 Tbps.
Deals and Markets
Kazakhstan's NIT repays 20 per cent of two bonds and pays their coupons
The state-owned IT company paid about KZT 5.6 billion on 11 September; KZT 15.92 billion of principal remains on the two issues.
Policy and Spectrum
Azerbaijan drafts AI rules and signs MoU to test Grok in public services
Draft Cabinet resolutions cover ethical AI, personal data risks and computing infrastructure; the SpaceXAI memorandum covers all government agencies.
Networks
EBRD weighs up to €48.38 million for Tajikistan's fibre and rural broadband
The proposed sovereign loan would be implemented through the national operator, and the project summary lists 16 December 2026 as the approval date.
Cables and SatellitesExplainer
Trans-Caspian corridor, part 2: the landing points and the links beyond them
The documents name Aktau and Sumgayit as the cable's ends but no landing station, and the path west of the Caspian runs through Georgia with no published route.
Deals and Markets
Türk Telekom opens TL 2.5 billion buyback as TTNET plans TL 7.5 billion of sukuk
Disclosures show 1.2 million shares bought in the first three purchase days and a domestic lease certificate programme of up to five years at the fixed-line unit.
Networks
Georgia reports 575 km of state-backed fibre backbone complete and 1,050 km under way
ComCom's 22 September account of the World Bank co-financed Log-in Georgia programme lists 3,000 km of completed and ongoing works covering more than 420 settlements.
Data Centres
Uztelecom opens Bukhara and Kokand data centres on national cloud
The operator commissioned two Tier III-designed sites more than 300 km from Tashkent, with GPU services; capacity figures were not disclosed.
Networks
World Bank project hands Uzbekistan a rural broadband PPP design as office builds slip
The September status report marks the PPP design as delivered, rates progress moderately satisfactory and shows 12.2% of the $50m IDA credit disbursed.
Cables and Satellites
Armenia plans at least three satellites and a ground station network
Prime Minister Pashinyan told a Paris summit on 10 September the plan covers two Earth observation satellites and one for telecoms; no cost or launch date was given.
Cables and Satellites
Beeline Kazakhstan launches Starlink satellite-to-mobile service
The operator says standard smartphones can reach apps and messaging outside terrestrial coverage, free during an initial period.
Cables and SatellitesAnalysis
Corridor Capacity Tracker, October 2026: the Caspian and Black Sea routes
Five subsea systems, announced against lit or initial capacity, with a source in every cell; only two of the five have a published lit or initial figure.
Operators
Georgia's licensed telecom operators earned GEL 1.855 billion in 2025, ComCom says
The regulator's 22 September statement counts 6.43 million mobile subscriptions, led by Magticom at 41 per cent, and 1.212 million fixed broadband lines.
Policy and SpectrumExplainer
Northern Cyprus 5G runs to a licence timetable: 4G spectrum from 2026, full bands in 2028
Turkcell's filing shows Kıbrıs Telekom bought 247 MHz for US$19.1 million in 2022, with staged 5G dates as Türkiye-backed fibre arrives on the island.
Deals and Markets
Turkcell rolls short-term debt at 37% after repaying TRY 1 billion of 40.25% bills
The operator also approved up to TRY 6 billion of lease certificates and put TRY 8 billion into its Turktell subsidiary, its exchange announcements show.
Policy and Spectrum
ADB study puts Türkiye and Kazakhstan among connectivity leaders, Tajikistan near last
The GSMA study for the bank finds Uzbekistan made the biggest index gain since 2020 and urges cheaper spectrum and service-neutral licences.
Networks
BTK counts 44.5 million 5G subscribers in Türkiye, 26.1 million able to use it
The regulator's second-quarter report says device or SIM incompatibility explains the gap, and shows 4.5G subscriptions falling by 43 million as 5G was counted.
Networks
Georgia's regulator adds 5G and VoLTE tests to its mobile quality monitoring
ComCom told Parliament on 22 September that a Rohde & Schwarz system measures 5G, VoLTE and WhatsApp call quality while Silknet's coverage obligations run.
Networks
Kazakhstan has connected 370 of 1,600 villages planned for 2026, government data show
The rural connectivity programme had reached about 23% of its 2026 village target by early October, leaving about 1,230 villages for the rest of the year.
Operators
Shah Capital moves its 6.72% VEON stake to a passive filing as a $200m buyback runs
LetterOne, with 45.46% of VEON, has agreed to sell up to 32,957,830 shares into the programme in proportion to its holding, a 24 September agreement shows.
Operators
Azerbaijan's internet service revenue rises 21.5% in nine months while mobile grows 3.3%
State Statistics Committee data show mobile services at AZN 987.1 million, about 30 per cent of ICT services, and sector investment up 57.3 per cent.
NetworksExplainer
Kazakhstan's 5G deadline passed with Kcell covering 53.5% of the population
The government set end-2025 to complete 5G. City targets appear met; Kcell's filings show population coverage of 53.54% then and 64.29% by June 2026.
Operators
MegaFon Tajikistan hands its wired broadband customers to Tojiktelecom from 19 October
The operator's notice gives no customer numbers, price or asset terms; its own figures put its mobile base above 2 million and 4G coverage at 85.4% of people.
Cables and SatellitesExplainer
Trans-Caspian corridor, part 1: the route from Aktau to Sumgayit and beyond
The first fibre line across the Caspian runs about 380 km between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, and officials describe a path on to Europe through Georgia.
Deals and Markets
Transtelecom pays out all 2025 profit and asks bondholders to change its TCOMb1 coupon
Shareholders Unit Telecom and KTZ are due KZT 3.55 billion; the 30 October bondholder vote covers the coupon rate and prospectus.
