February / March 2024

NEWS

• Africa offline amidst cable outages
• Ghana to gain 5G from September
• Nilesat opts for Hughes system gateway
• Kenya to see first geothermal-powered DC

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Ooredoo launches OTT
• 40 million SIMs disconnected in Nigeria
• Zain Sudan reports 22% revenue increase
• West Africa key for MoMo sector

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Digitally transforming West Africa

FEATURE

• Building sustainable cities

FEATURE

• Does Africa need 5G?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Monetising 5G - lessons we’ve learned

WIRELESS USERS

• LNX Solutions deploys rugged LoRaWAN devices
• Ukhozi Tracker upgrades vehicle tracking

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• WiFi 7 test platform
• BSS Magic streamlines operations
• WiFi satellite tech combined
• GNSS/INS smart antenna

WORLD NEWS

• Entel brings 5G to South Pole
• Motorola to provide P25 radios for Victoria’s CFA
• Odido opts for digital transformation
• Movistar Chile surpasses 1.5 million 5G users

December/January 2024

NEWS

• Pesaflow and Visa team up on digital payments
• NCC to limit SIM cards to 1 per person
• MTN and Ericsson partner for mobile fintech
• Telecom Egypt acquires country’s first 5G license

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• CRAN revokes Ucom Mobile’s spectrum license
• Econet Wireless calls for balanced regulation
• 60% stake of Gamcel up for sale
• DRC connected 19 schools in 2021-2023

ON THE NETWORK

• Where banks, telcos and insurance unite

FEATURE

• Sharing towers, solving problems

FEATURE

• AI - what’s in it for the MNOs?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Mobile innovation in underdeveloped nations

WIRELESS USERS

• Safeguarding at ZimParks with hybrid comms
• Africa’s largest IoT conservation network

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• CSPs to gain from AI pricing software
• VSG supports wireless comms
• IoT multiband combination antennas
• RedCap modem-RF system

WORLD NEWS

• MTN Belarus pledges more remote towers
• Ooredoo Myanmar launches eSIM service
• Singtel partners with Starlink on maritime
• Lynk and Telikom launch Sat2Phone services

October/November 2023

NEWS

• Somalia prioritises emergency communications
• Tizeti secures last mile loan
• DAT and Clipfeed partner on mobile gaming
• Huawei to modernise Gamtel’s network

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Prices up in Sierra Leone
• Moov Africa Togo faces censure process
• Visionary leader sought for CA
• LEO connectivity comes to SSA

ON THE NETWORK

• LEO systems for humanitarian relief ops

FEATURE

• Digging towards a smarter future

FEATURE

• How is IoT driving wireless comms?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Towercos: seizing opportunities

WIRELESS USERS

• Bringing broadband to Sudan’s gold mines
• Nungu Mine goes smart with 5G & IoT

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Expanded NTN connecting the unconnected
• Private wireless connectivity for SMEs
• Adding GIS to enhance towerco design
• Try before you buy with 5G roaming lab

WORLD NEWS

• Italgas adopts IoT
• Solomon Islands to gain Sat2Phone service
• Batelco launches ‘Mobile Peering’
• LLA to sell 1,300 mobile towers to PTI

August / September 2023

NEWS

• Smartphone sales up 7.6% qoq
• Yahclick partners with NIGCOMSAT
• Gilat to upgrade Ethio Telecom network
• Nigeria’s 5G subscriptions surpass 500,000

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Kenya questions Starlink pricing
• TOM completes rebranding
• EBANX brings epayments to 8 more countries
• Further Telecom Egypt Telecom stake sale

ON THE NETWORK

• Enabling communications across Africa

FEATURE

• Mobile money breaks the mould

FEATURE

• Data centres - buy or build?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Keeping remote rewnable assets connected

WIRELESS USERS

• Building a smarter campus
• Deloitte targets smart sustainability

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Es’hailSat launches Playout Services for MENA
• 5G PUSCH Channel Equaliser module
• RedCap device emulation for 5G network testing
• 5G FR1 Omnidirectional antenna

WORLD NEWS

• MEASAT to connect 600 schools
• Kcell to deploy single 5G RAN network
• Lebanon to gain solar-powered internet
• Polish rail to gain advanced communications

June/July 2023

NEWS

• AMN picks Hughes for backhaul
• Starlink enters Kenya
• Botswana and Angola talk fibre
• Guinean students to gain free internet

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Vodacom Egypt brings in the bucks
• Ubuntu Towers Uganda rebrands
•  M-Pesa booms across continent
• Nigeria suspends telco tax

ON THE NETWORK

• Next gen IoT connectivity

FEATURE

• Connecting a continent via eSIM
• 5G for remote and rural regions

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Africa’s smart city opportunity

WIRELESS USERS

• First TIP OpenWiFi network in Kenya
• Sustsainable internet access across SA

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Aspire NetZero cuts energy costs for MNOs
• Generative AI for telcos
• Next-generation O-RU test solution
• Flexible patch antennas for cellular

WORLD NEWS

• Tigo expands 4G LTE in Colombia
• Orange Jordan launches 5G
• Malaysia approves Starlink
• Vodafone Spain wins 5-year smart meter deal

April / May 2023

NEWS

• Ethiopia seeks second private MNO
• Liquid and Viasat partner for broadband
• MTN and Orange up their game in Cameroon
• Starlink targets Somalia

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Airtel reports higher profit in Q4
• M-Pesa leads Africa’s fintech space
• Nexttel Cameroon seeks investor
• Airtel Nigeria appoints Carl Cruz

ON THE NETWORK

• The rise of SIM swap fraud

FEATURE

• Bringing broadband to Africa: next steps

FEATURE

• Bridging the digital divide

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Maintaining remote VSAT systems

WIRELESS USERS

• Remote learning for MST Academy
• Future-proof connectivity for High School Oos-Moot

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• IIoT gains ultra-robust SPE
• In-building 5G augmented with HUBER+SUHNER
• Mobile-first security platform
• Field-testing tools for fibre link validation

WORLD NEWS

• XConnect launches PoP in Sao Paolo
• Polembros Shipping to gain Starlink service
• Zain and Omantel launch ZOI JV
• Cellnex and Airbus explore critical comms

February / March 2023

NEWS

• NCC: MNOs must switch to renewable energy
• Huawei launches WiFi 7 in Kenya
• Omantel enters Africa
• TOGOCOM deploys 1,000th site
• MTN and Amazon Prime video team up

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• MTN Nigeria to merge fintech arms
• Inflation stalls smartphone spending
• Orange cancels Nigeria plans
• MoMo takes a hit from new tax in Ghana

ON THE NETWORK

• Unlocking the true potential of IoT

FEATURE

• Striving for tower efficiencies

FEATURE

• How is the space domain connecting Africa?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Monetising 5G FWA

WIRELESS USERS

• Connecting the unconnected
• Backhauling for last mile solutions

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Single Pair Ethernet portfolio for Industry 4.0
• New methanol fuel cell-based generator
• Hytera enhances new DMR radio
• Ativa Optimize simplifies network performance

WORLD NEWS

• AALTO HAPS to connect Saudi Arabia
• Lower Saxony gains new critical comms solution
• Moldcell introduces Moldova’s first MoMo
• Vivi fails to sell Oi Movel base stations

December/January 2023

NEWS

• 5G to contribute $26 billion to Africa by 2030
• Fibre optic consultation launched
• Djibouti to gain teleport
• TOGOCOM deploys 1,000th site
• Africell gains 5G spectrum for Sierra Leone

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Ethio Telecom grows revenue by 20%
• Togo adopts new bill for innovation
• Guinea unveils 2023-2025 development plan
• Safaricom files for tax exemptions

ON THE NETWORK

• African data centres: towards net zero

FEATURE

• Mobile money fraud

INDUSTRY VIEW

• What can the global mobile industry learn from Africa?

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Improving mobile roaming

WIRELESS USERS

• Aiding agritech with the cloud
• Enabling smart farming with IoT
  
  

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Cambium Networks launches fixed wireless platform
• Ceragon releases new RAON software
• Field Master MS2080A spectrum analyser
• New access points meet WiFi 6 requirements

WORLD NEWS

• Colombia’s MNOs eye 5G spectrum auction
• Panama seeks third MNO

October/November 2022

NEWS

• IHS Towers announces Project Green extension
• Africa needs 250,000 towers
• Safaricom launches 5G
• Kenya: 60 days for 100% SIM registration
• Nigeria sets new 5G spectrum auction

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Liquid Telecom South Sudan rebrands
• Angola’s Unitel nationalised
• Link Africa names Imran Abbas as new CEO
• INT accuses Ooredoo Tunisia of non-compliance

FEATURE

• MNOs: why data centre sustainability matters

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Accelerating mobile growth with AI

WIRELESS USERS

• NaaS for humanitarian relief

• Remote villages connected via NaaS

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Ericsson launches AI app suite
• SeeHawk Monitor automates network management
• New VSAT service for small vessels
• Grandstream launches two dual-band WiFi routers

WORLD NEWS

• Huawei removed from UK
• Malaysia on the cusp of 5G
• Gilat to deliver oil and gas connectivity in Brazil
• MTN Congo launches 5G

July / August / September 2022

NEWS

• Africa lags on mobile speeds
• MTM Nigeria launches 5G
• Uganda gains 600 free WiFi hotspots
• North Africa leads on mobile data affordability
• Ghana cracks down on unregistered SIMs

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Telecoms ‘will be the fastest growing African business sector’
• Safaricom Ethiopia responds to alleged discrimination claim
• Ethio Telecom upgrades fraud management system
• NCA denies blocking Ghana Telecommunications Company sale

FEATURE

• FWA: bridging the digital divide

INDUSTRY VIEW

• CPaaS vendors augment operator capabilities

WIRELESS USERS

• Rolling out 5G to Kenya
• Streamlining tower inspections via drone

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Siklu expands series with point-to-point and node solutions
• The Huawei Mesh 7
•  Samsung and Airbus partner to launch new critical comms kit
• Pure Glass from Nippon

WORLD NEWS

• Marlink to use Starlink capacity for enterprise and maritime customers
• Tanzania gains first 5G mobile network
• Three UK and Freshwave to combat poor mobile 4G indoor connectivity
• Vodacom to invest in Limpopo

April / May / June 2022

NEWS

• Ethio Telecom launches 5G
• Growing number of cables connecting Africa
• Sparkle partners with Nigeria’s Ciudad
• IoT helps curb motorcycle crime in Uganda
• Senegal’s HYLAS 4 satellite gateway

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Airtel Uganda applies for extension
• MTN to invest more in Ghana
• Lesotho operators begin SIM registration
• Orange appoints new leaders

FEATURE

• Critical comms in Africa

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Interview with Ericsson’s Nicola Blixell

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

• Mauritania

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Motorola’s bluetooth earbud
• The Curvalux antenna
• Kenwood’s emergency solution
• Mobile Mark upgrades LTM series

WORLD NEWS

• Orange France, Ericsson partner for 5G converged charging solution
• Deutsche Telekom turns to nature for 5G site
• Bezeq posts solid Q1 figures
• Canada bans Huawei

Feb / Mar 2022

NEWS

• Google cable lands in Togo
• Egypt’s hotels to increase internet speed
• Kenyan regulator to pilot 5G
• Mobile money growth ‘hugely evident’
• Senegal president calls for better coverage
• Ethio Telecom sale postponed

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Cameroon suspends unregistered SIMs
• Liquid gets new ID in Tanzania
• Zain selects Tecnotree for BSS transformation
• Botswana invests in village project

ON THE NETWORK

• Mobile Broadband for all

FEATURE

• Are we at the start of a new ‘space race’?

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

• Nigeria

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Cobham makes tactical move
• Compact TETRA radio
• Perle’s new 5G router
• Nokia adds to cooling portfolio

WORLD NEWS

• Hawaiian Telecom’s US$100m fibre investment
• Cellnex unveils Ireland IoT plans
• Israel’s Partner Communications sees Q4 boost
• Orange and MasMovil talk Spanish merger