Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire sign interconnect deal
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14 October 2024
Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire will interconnect their respective fibre optic networks following an agreement signed between the Ivorian Minister of Digital Transition and Digitalization, Kalil Konaté, and the Guinean Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Rose Pola Pricemou.
"Our digital infrastructures will be interconnected in order to make our countries a little more resilient in the event of disasters. We must pool our efforts and resources to carry out our digital projects because the investments are heavy, but if each country contributes, these costs will be reduced," said Ivorian Minister Kalil Konaté.
Find out more Vodafone and Google announce 10-year AI deal
11 October 2024
Vodafone and Google have announced a ten-year strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone’s customers across Europe and Africa, supported by Google Cloud and Google’s Gemini models.
The agreement will bring storage, security, and AI assistance to Vodafone’s customers in 15 countries, as well as its partners in an additional 45 markets worldwide, while Google will use Vodafone’s fixed and mobile connectivity services to improve workforce productivity.
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Egypt marches towards private 5G licences
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10 October 2024
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Egypt has signed agreements for the second phase of granting 5G licences to Orange Vodafone, and e& Egypt.
The signing ceremony was conducted at NTRA headquarters at the Smart Village, spearheaded by NTRA executive president Mohamed Shamroukh and minister of communications and information technology (MCIT), Amr Talaat. According to the minister, the agreements solidify Egypt’s strategy to deploy advanced technological services to support key sectors including smart cities, logistics, healthcare and agriculture.
Find out more NCC to sanction Starlink over price increases
10 October 2024
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled plans to sanction Starlink for increasing its subscription price in Nigeria without approval from the regulator.
At the start of October, Starlink increased monthly subscription for its internet service from N38,000 to N75,000. For new users, the company also increased the Starlink kits (hardware) by 34% from N440,000 to N590,000.
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