Africell and Aviat ink major 5G deal
07 May 2021
Wireless transport solutions expert Aviat Networks has agreed a multi-million agreement with mobile operator Africell to provide a 5G-ready end-to-end disaggregated transmission network across the continent.
The new network will be designed, installed, and maintained by Aviat and will include Aviat WTM 4000 and WTM 4800 Multi-band point-to-point radios and CTR microwave switches, and disaggregated cell site gateways (DCSGs).
Find out more Shaping the future of satcoms
14 April 2021
Satellite has attracted many favourable column inches of late. From Starlink, SpaceX’s much-hyped satellite internet service to China’s mission to dominate space internet, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the technology is going through a renaissance. Indeed, the opportunities afforded by this method of communication is moving at speed in military and defence applications and broadband IP services, to name a few. However, the challenge has been that these advancements have coincided with performance gains enjoyed by other telecommunications systems.
So, with satellite having long been viewed as a technology belonging to a different era, is it going to be playing catch up for a long time?
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‘Zoom’ing in on a Global Digital Ecosystem
14 April 2021
Martin Jarrold, chief of international programme development, GVF
In my last column published here I began with the words “The Digital Divide remains despite years of debate about solutions to bridge it.” I was reflecting on the opening statement of the pre-event description for a dialogue in the GVF Webinar Series, organised in association with the Satellite Evolution Group (https://www.satellite-evolution.com/).
In this contribution I would like to draw attention to a discussion facilitated by another of GVF’s webinars to consider the problem of a variation, or rather an extension, of that divide… A divide with consequences and implications far beyond those encompassed within the usual framework of discussion about inadequate access to the technologies and services of modern digital communications… This is what I describe as the digitisation divide.
Find out more TheAngle and ABS extend partnership in MENA region
14 April 2021
Satellite operator ABS and specialised network integrator TheAngle have extended their partnership in the MENA region, serving customers across the ABS’ MENA coverage at 75 degrees East.
The expanded and upgraded services focus on the provision of secure and reliable communications services for government, military institutions and energy companies - oil and gas. For such industries, satellite remains strategic and the preferred solution to ensure quality communications, notably from/to remote locations and offshore facilities.
In general demand for satellite services in the MENA market remains robust, driven by increased activities in the traditional verticals of corporate data services and governmental applications, key applications carried over ABS satellites and TheAngle networks.
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