14 February 2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for a boycott of mobile operators' services in response to tariff increases.
This comes after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a 50% pricing increase in late January, the first in twelve years.
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The Ghanaian government plans to set up a committee to reduce the cost of the internet in the coming days, for its 24 million citizens, according to Minister for Digital Technology, and Innovations Samuel Nartey George.
The committee will be tasked with discussing and developing a roadmap that works for all parties involved. It will be composed of representatives from the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Energy, Finance, National Communications Authority, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Ghana Telecommunications Chamber, Content Creators Association.
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12 February 2025
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Tunisie Telecom has signed a partnership agreement with Medusa Submarine Cable System for the deployment of a third submarine cable.
1,200km long and with a capacity of 20Tbps, it will connect the city of Bizerte in Tunisia to Marseille in France. The work will begin this year and commissioning is scheduled for 2026. The contract period is 25 years.
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Linda Clark, MD, Mobile Mark Europe
During the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, I saw the essential role antenna infrastructure and technology played in providing reliable connectivity and access for visitors as well as underpinning critical communications. Just as in Africa, the requirement for connectivity in the UK was a challenge that had to be achieved between venues and while users were on the move.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games was attended by 1.3 million people, the overwhelming majority of whom wanted to connect their portable devices to the internet. This is a major challenge to all mega events, where people now expect to have access to fast, reliable communications and transmission capability. How this is achieved often must depend on what systems are already available at a venue and its environs. Options can include Wi-Fi 6 as an enhanced version of the 2.4/5GHz spectrum - 2.4GHz provides the most coverage at slower transmission speed, while 5GHz gives less coverage but higher data transmission speed - to allow multi-user connectivity. Meanwhile, LTE and 5G provide good communications with the capability for expansion via temporary cell sites. There are also Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), widely used in stadia, which facilitate multipleuser, high speed connectivity. The network used is often determined by what is already available and the resources available to pay for access to a network.
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