Orange spearheads green agriculture technology
22 April 2024
Orange, the European Union (EU) and German cooperation (GIZ) have signed a partnership agreement for the development of green agriculture through digital technology.
The ‘DigiGreen & Agri’ project is part of a strategic vision aimed at modernizing agriculture and initiating a transition towards a green economy, with emphasis on the cocoa sector.
Find out more HYLA Mobile partners with Admin Plus
22 April 2020
HYLA, the mobile device repurposing vendor, has partnered with South African insurance firm Admin Plus to deploy its latest machine learning technology, which allows the latter to see the state of the device remotely.
Admin will be able to see things like cracks and water damage from afar to help it issue short-term policies quickly. This helps to significantly reduce its risk exposure to fraud.
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Avoid unnecessary video calls, says Ghana’s regulator
17 April 2020
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has released 10 pointers to consumers on the responsible and rational use of telecom networks as well as the internet, during this period of the coronavirus crisis.
According to the umbrella organisation that regulates and promotes the interests of telecom firms in the west African nation, the advice needs to be adhered to in order to ease communication during this period. It has also asked that consumers avoid unnecessary video calls, not only during rush hours but at all times.
Find out more SK Telecom, Ericsson and Samsung claim multi-vendor 5G transmission first
06 April 2020
Korean operator SK Telecom said it has managed the world’s first standalone 5G data session on a multi-vendor commercial 5G network, with help from Ericsson and Samsung.
SK applied standalone new radio (NR) software to its existing non-standalone (NSA) 5G base stations, and completed multi-vendor interoperability between network equipment of the two vendors.
The operator has also applied key 5G technologies such as network slicing and mobile edge computing (MEC) to its standalone 5G network.
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