Camtel to expand coverage with competitor networks

02 December 2024

Camtel is looking to leverage its competitors to expand its mobile network coverage with a network sharing agreement with Orange.

With the expansion of its network, Camtel intends to strengthen its competitiveness in the growing mobile telephony market. Camtel is targeting a market share of 10% within two years, compared to less than 5% currently.

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African telcos increasingly under attack

27 November 2024

While it’s true that every company is a potential target for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, cybercriminals will often exploit security challenges and develop customised attack patterns that target the unique characteristics of specific vertical sectors.

For the first half of 2024, this statement certainly rings true for the telecommunications sector – from the global level, right through to many countries across the African continent.

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Making broadband applications mission critical

19 November 2024

Picture courtesy of Motorola Solutions

Picture courtesy of Motorola Solutions

An industry-wide standards-compliant approach is essential to ensure broadband applications for critical communications users are mission-critical quality. This is a key takeaway from a new white paper from TCCA, based on the results of a sector-wide survey, which also highlights the importance of testing and certification of applications designed to support mission-critical operations.

A wide range of broadband applications are already in use by critical communications users. However, the majority of these applications are currently deployed over commercial networks, with over-the-top, best-effort Quality of Service (QoS). As broadband data applications become increasingly important for day-to-day operations, users will demand their applications to be delivered with mission-critical QoS.

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IoT cyber-attacks on the rise

18 November 2024

Wireless Logic highlights key security concerns among organisations and reveals a strong demand for enhanced security features from IoT connectivity providers, as enterprises seek to better protect their connected environments.

The report sheds light on the challenges of deploying global IoT solutions and the opportunities these present to their connectivity partners, with 89% saying the threats of cybersecurity breaches, or issues related to compliance as a result of cybersecurity issues, represent a pain point for their organisation. Other key findings include:

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