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CMI and MPT Collaborate to Advance Internet
Data Center Solutions, Accelerating Africa’s

Digital Transformation

China Mobile International Limited (CMI) and Master Power
Technologies (Pty) Ltd. (MPT) will collaborate to advance Internet
Data Center (IDC) solutions in Africa and help boost the growth
of digital economy across the region. The new partnership was
confirmed with the signing of a memorandum of understanding at
AfricaCom in Cape Town yesterday by Mr. Colin Wang, Managing
Director of CMI Middle East and Africa Region, and Mr. Menno
Parsons, Chief Executive Officer of Master Power Technologies
(Pty) Ltd. Under the MoU, CMI and MPT will collaborate to support
telecommunications companies, financial services firms and other
enterprises to build and leverage the IDC solutions that underpin
Africa’s digital transformation. Mr. Wang said: “Investment
in Africa’s data center market is expected to grow by 15% to
2026, bringing greater processing power and speed to boost
efficiency and growth for enterprises and organizations across
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the continent. We are honored to join with MPT to expand access
to high-performance data centers for internet and cloud service
providers and other companies driving Africa’s digital future.” Mr.
Parsons said: “MPT shares CMI’s belief that long-term relationship comprehensive enterprise service portfolio – iSolutions - CMI
with clients and partners are the best way to deliver value and helps enterprises navigate digital transformation and fuels their
help create a better digital future for Africa. We are delighted to global expansion. MPT is a leading provider of dynamic power
work with CMI to help build data center infrastructure that boosts supply and integrated IDC solutions in Africa, with capabilities in
Africa’s digital ecosystem and promotes innovation and economic IDC design, construction and operation. The company specializes
resilience and growth. We are confident that the first project under in engineering power supplies, dynamic environment monitoring
this collaboration will be launched soon. And we expect to deepen services and full-service IDC solutions, providing one-stop
our partnership and expand our cooperation into other areas in supply, implementation, and after-sales services. MPT serves
the future.” CMI is one of the global leaders in developing and customers throughout Africa, including large enterprises in
delivering world-class data center, cloud and IoT solutions and telecommunications, media, finance and power industries as well
has invested heavily in reliable, scalable and resilient network as government agencies. Its professionalism and services have
resources in Africa and beyond. Adding to its wealth of global a high reputation in the industry. CMI is dedicated to providing
resources, CMI is the only Asian operator participating in 2Africa, customized IDC services and quality network connection services
the world’s largest subsea cable project. It will extend connectivity to enterprises around the world. Through the collaboration, CMI
for Africa and the Middle East to Europe, Asia, and the world via and MPT will work together to advance IDC solutions to achieve
its global infrastructure. In addition, CMI provides customized efficient convergence and agility, providing access with large
enterprise business services to customers worldwide. With its bandwidth connectivity to customers.

Signing of the Final Agreement Relating to the

Combination Between Eutelsat and OneWeb

Following the issuance by the employee representative bodies
of their opinion on the proposed combination between Eutelsat
Communications and OneWeb announced on 26 July 2022,
the Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications (ISIN:
FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris: ETL, “Eutelsat”) has approved the
transaction. Consequently, Eutelsat and the main shareholders
of OneWeb (Bharti, the UK Government, Softbank and Hanwha)
signed on November 14th the final combination agreement. regulatory authorities. Given the currently expected timetable for
Completion of the transaction remains subject to the customary review by these authorities, the Extraordinary General Meeting of
conditions precedent, in particular the approval by the relevant Eutelsat shareholders called to approve the transaction is now

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