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
NEWS
- Cameroon MoMo users against new tax
- Ghana’s Celltel rolling out Wi-Fi project
- Senegal to Cape Verde fibre link complete
- AFR-IX invests in ‘Medusa’
- Liberia rebrands state operator
- Nigeria extends enrolment deadline
- Djibouti Telecom ready for sale
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Safaricom confident over Ethiopia
- Airtel Uganda to list part of its capital
- Monty Mobile rescues Gambia’s Comium
- Chad negotiates lower internet rates
- SAP appoints new president of EMEA south
- PowerX names Green as non-exec director
- MTN SA makes senior appointments
FEATURE
- Are we at the start of a new ‘space race’?
INDUSTRY VIEW
- The role of IoT in agriculture
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
- Libya
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Mining tools
- ‘High-end routers’
- ‘Breakthrough next-gen VSAT platform’
- Optimised for IoT applications in the world?
WORLD NEWS
- Argentina takes agricultural IoT into space
- Albania’s antitrust body clears sale
- Fibre optic cable set for Arctic Ocean
- Chinese telco exits Canada
- Wind Tre upgrades fibre backbone to 600G
- Korean government working on 6G
NEWS
- MTN Uganda, TerraPay boost partnership
- Orange CEO Richard to leave following conviction
- Ghanaian government acquires AirtelTigo
- NCC releases final IM for 5G auction as deadline arrives
- ‘Sub-Saharan mobile financial services use more than triples in six years’
- InterSAT, Kymeta and Azercosmos to boost connectivity in Africa
- Telecom26 provides connectivity to SystemOne’s new digital healthcare programmes in Nigeria
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Egypt to regulate free competition
FEATURE
- 5G: towers and technology
INDUSTRY VIEW
- How 5G is making the difference
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
- Algeria
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Ultra-rugged phablet
- FleetBroadband terminals
- Sepura’s new SCU3 Vehicle Device
- New directional coupler
WORLD NEWS
- Nokia,Orange complete network trial
- 4iG acquires Telenor Montenegro
- Telstra acquires Pacific firm
- ‘First’ 5G cross-border test site in Europe
- Colombia talks spectrum caps
NEWS
- ACE subsea cable is now live
- Egyptian regulator approves operation of 173 mobile towers
- Mauritania to tighten internet control
- Digital and data centre opens at Exeter College
- Cameroon and Gabon fibre interconnection now operational
- Huawei partners with Mondia Pay for digital payment options in Algeria and Tunisia
- Hormuud Telecom to expand 4G network
- South Sudan launches first domestically-owned MNO
- Cameroon regulator’s new model to become highly efficient by 2025
- ‘Sub-Saharan Africa to reach 70m 5G subs by 2026’, says Ericsson report
- Egypt helps Libya to rebuild telecoms services
- Connecting Nigeria’s unconnected
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Africa looks up for connectivity
FEATURE
- Why is broadband connectivity still a problem in Africa?
INDUSTRY VIEW
- Journey to a digital Africa
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- A tracking and monitoring service for maritime customers
WIRELESS USERS
- CommScope unveils Heliax to speed up FTTA deployments
WORLD NEWS
- Rock Mobile becomes Jamaica’s third player
NEWS
- Telecom Egypt picks Juniper
- Orange leads solar panel deployment
- Submarine cable DARE-1 now operational
- Safaricom bids for Ethiopia licence
- NITA Uganda could merge with UCC
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Pandemic hits Safaricom revenue
FEATURE I
- Africa’s smartest cities
INDUSTRY VIEW
- What a difference a year makes
FEATURE II
- Testing the network
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Wittra takes IoT straight to ‘proof of value’
WORLD NEWS
- More Telecom acquires Powercom Pacific
- Orange to lay off 485 employees
- Deutsche Telekom upgrades telecom sites
- WIOCC extends connectivity to new locations
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NEWS
- Connecting Europe with Africa
- Algerian minister says ‘5G is not a priority’
- TheAngle and ABS extend partnership in MENA region
- South Sudan launches first ever 4G internet bandwidth
- Outages affect WIOCC clients across Africa
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Somalia hands first mobile money licence to Hormuud Telecom
FEATURE I
- Satellite has played vital role for decades, whether it’s for communication or entertainment - but is it in danger of being left behind? Robert Shepherd asks the experts
INDUSTRY VIEW
- Sanjeev Verma, CEO of Squire Technologies looks at how African telecoms operators are meeting the challenge of network fraud in a challenging threat landscape
FEATURE II
- FWA, an invaluable tool for internet connectivity in remote and built-up areas? Robert Shepherd connects with the industry to find out if this is so and how
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Doodle Labs’ Mesh Rider OS for the Smart Radio Platform
WORLD NEWS
- Caribbean Express: next stop Jamaica
- Brazil regulator approves 5G spectrum auction rules
- Russia’s MTS launches pilot 5G network
- SES supplies broadband to Indonesian villages
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NEWS
- Grameenphone gets 500 towers from edotco
- Mount Everest welcomes 5G infrastructure
- NT urged to up its game
- Gilat carries 5G traffic over Thaicom satellite
- Pakistani government approves strategy
- Enea and Matrixx partner to accelerate 5G
- Reliance Jio calls for spectrum auctions
- Vietnam to end 2G services in 2022
- Firms partner for 5G-ready transport network
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Ooredoo Maldives introduces SuperNet broadband services
FEATURE
- 5G was the biggest technology topic a year ago, before it was relegated by coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Robert Shepherd gets back to the once hot talking point to see how things have progressed…or not
INDUSTRY VIEW
- Enea’s Indranil Chatterjee examines the potential implications of Covid-19
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- WIRELESS SOLUTIONS Last mile unit is easy to disguise
WIRELESS USERS
- AIS has developed a mobile IoT-based solution for monitoring the temperature of perishable goods during transportation
WORLD NEWS
- SCG22 mobile terminal deployed worldwide
- SpaceX gets FCC funding
- Bouygues launches commercial 5G in France
- MTN officials visit Ghana for ‘peace talks’
- Madagascar joins free Wi-Fi party
- Potraz boss criticises telecoms vandals
NEWS
- Roke and Facebook supply affordable internet
- Kenya deploys 630km of fibre up north
- Internet services restored after outage
- Telecom Egypt and Ericsson sign deal
- IoT device deployments double in a year
- MTN officials visit Ghana for peace talks
- Liberia begins SIM registration process
- TE to provide SHG with first subsea solution
- Tunisia targets 2022 for 5G launch
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Huawei commits to 5G handsets by year-end
FEATURE
- Now, approaching one-year since the first Covid-19 cases surfaced and subsequently grounded economies, Robert Shepherd goes back to the once hot topic
INDUSTRY VIEW
- David Lofti, CEO at Evina, on how mobile fraud is draining Africa’s economy
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Septentrio ‘Credit cards’ track from the sky
WIRELESS USERS
- Lives go wireless for villagers thanks to new base station project
WORLD NEWS
- Camilleri named non-exec chairman
- SpaceX adds 60 satellites to Starlink
- Japan’s PM orders operators to cut prices
- Yemenis could lose telecom services
- Quortus partners with TLC
NEWS
- Burkina Faso deploys new IXPs and VLPs
- Telecom Egypt targets 2600MHz airwaves
- Sierra Leone explains SALCAB plan
- Ethiopia Telecom auction set for 2021
- Ghana readies tower overhaul
- Cape Verde switches to 4G
- New hurdles face would-be money providers
- Somalia has cheapest internet in Africa
- Hormuud Telecom sees increase in MoMo
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Kenya and Ghana behind only China in mobile payments
FEATURE
- Robert Shepherd takes a look at the critical comms network in place ready to help out when things take a turn for the worse
INDUSTRY VIEW
- Jiashun Tu from ZTE takes a look at how developing countries should approach 5G
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- Intellian launches latest addition to GX range
WIRELESS USERS
- Two farmers are now training students in 14 countries online and at low cost
WORLD NEWS
- ‘Aerkomm needs a telecom licence first’
- UFO turns out to be internet balloon
- Israel greenlights fibre-optics network rollout
- TIM offering ‘unlimited data via FWA plan
- Madagascar tops Africa’s net speeds
- TPG Telecom signs network deal with NAB
- TDC launches 5G in Denmark
- Cellular looting in SA by ‘WASPS’
- Vodacom to enhance telecom services
NEWS
- Spacecom demonstrate VSAT return
- CVT considers litigation against regulator
- Firms compete for Ethio privatisation project
- Liberian operator boosts MoMo
- MainOne aids Burkina Faso project
- Nigeria’s regulator to look at social media
- Intelsat and AMN team up
- 2Africa subsea cable announced
- Niger fights virus using satcom technology
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- ‘Morocco’s prices among lowest in the world’, says minister Hafid Elalamy
FEATURE
- Should you consider Low Earth Orbit networks above geosynchronous satcoms?
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- A look at Hytera’s smart, new PoC radio with integrated DMR
WIRELESS USERS
- Talia and KNP partner up to connect the underserved in Cameroon
INDUSTRY VIEW
- How satellite-based cloud services offer opportunities that rural economies can rely on
WORLD NEWS
- Huawei and UnionPay team up
- Thuraya modernises network using Ericsson
- Belgium grants temporary 5G licences
- Singapore chooses Nokia over Huawei
- Canada’s Telus picks Samsung for 5G
- Bouygues adds users and boosts reach
- Claro Brasil launches 5G
- China Telecom makes push for US licence
- Afghan and Uzbek state operators expand 4G
NEWS
- Balloons to access Kenya’s airspace
- Orange gives extra €3m to help Africa
- Moroccan operators offer free internet
- MTN Benin gets AI managed services
- Liquid ready to enter Eritrea, says CEO
- Hormuud Telecom becomes ISO certified
- Operator’s plans frustrated by pandemic
- OneWeb declares bankruptcy
- Safaricom and Vodacom complete deal
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Telecom Egypt boosts internet packages
ROUNDTABLE
- Four key industry players give us the latest on Africa’s ‘smart city’ journey
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- TE Connectivity extends M12 range with rightangle connectors for PCBs and panels
WIRELESS USERS
- Avanti is donating solar satellite broadband connectivity and laptops to refugee settlements in east Africa
INDUSTRY VIEW
- Changing the landscape of the cellular backhaul market in Africa and beyond
WORLD NEWS
- Dare1 lands in La Siesta, Djibouti
- MWC to offer refunds for cancelled event
- Inmarsat launches new services in Saudi
- Bladon sign deal to supply Alkan CIT
- Paraguayan network to be completed
- Broadband growth predicted for Argentina
- Spanish firm Sateliot partners with IEEC
- Comtech acquires Gilat Satellite Networks
- Cellnex buys out OMTEL
NEWS
- Asteroid lands in Mombasa
- Mobilis gets Mali nod
- Algeria and Mauritania in fibre optic link up
- Nigerian services ‘one of the best in the world’
- Uganda now blocking fake devices
- ETC looking for $1.3m funding boost
- Mauritania trio hit with new year fines
- UK’s Lycamobile launches in Uganda
- Uganda: police arrest eight for fraud
WIRELESS BUSINESS
- Chad government cuts telecom excise to make internet more affordable
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
- New ‘TV White Space’ solution from Radwin drives broadband to remote communities
FEATURE
- JON HOWELL and SMITA SARKAR investigate monetising 5G in Africa
WIRELESS USERS
- Netcare’s new network enables the delivery of next-gen services to hospitals across Kenya
INDUSTRY VIEW
- LUCKY LA RICCIA takes a look at Africa’s 5G journey so far and where to go from here
WORLD NEWS
- Comtech acquires Gilat Satellite Networks
- Aussies consider fire-proofing networks
- Magyar Telekom facing questions
- MT coy on Vodafone Malta staff retention
- Telekom Romania ups prices again
- Broadband growth predicted for Argentina
- América Móvil fined US$70m by regulator
- Ukraine readies launch of LTE-900
- Vodafone Greece revenues up 2%
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