Billing it as the first step in a global expansion, the GTA-based telco said it “will provide the capability to purchase SIP trunks”—bulk lines used for voice-over-internet connections—to customers in the African country. “We will begin with our best-in-class wholesale services and expand our product offering in the coming months,” Iristel’s CEO Samer Bishay said in the announcement. (The Logic)

Talking point: In Canada, Iristel offers wired and wireless internet service, including in remote communities in the Arctic through its Ice Wireless brand. It’s been having increasing trouble doing business here, though: Iristel has filed a suit against the Canada Revenue Agency over a tax dispute that the company said kept it from bidding competitively in the last auction for prized 5G wireless spectrum, and faces millions of dollars in costs to meet government demands to replace network equipment supplied by China’s Huawei.