December/January 2023

NEWS

• 5G to contribute $26 billion to Africa by 2030
• Fibre optic consultation launched
• Djibouti to gain teleport
• TOGOCOM deploys 1,000th site
• Africell gains 5G spectrum for Sierra Leone

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Ethio Telecom grows revenue by 20%
• Togo adopts new bill for innovation
• Guinea unveils 2023-2025 development plan
• Safaricom files for tax exemptions

ON THE NETWORK

• African data centres: towards net zero

FEATURE

• Mobile money fraud

INDUSTRY VIEW

• What can the global mobile industry learn from Africa?

VIEW FROM THE TOP

• Improving mobile roaming

WIRELESS USERS

• Aiding agritech with the cloud
• Enabling smart farming with IoT
  
  

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Cambium Networks launches fixed wireless platform
• Ceragon releases new RAON software
• Field Master MS2080A spectrum analyser
• New access points meet WiFi 6 requirements

WORLD NEWS

• Colombia’s MNOs eye 5G spectrum auction
• Panama seeks third MNO

October/November 2022

NEWS

• IHS Towers announces Project Green extension
• Africa needs 250,000 towers
• Safaricom launches 5G
• Kenya: 60 days for 100% SIM registration
• Nigeria sets new 5G spectrum auction

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Liquid Telecom South Sudan rebrands
• Angola’s Unitel nationalised
• Link Africa names Imran Abbas as new CEO
• INT accuses Ooredoo Tunisia of non-compliance

FEATURE

• MNOs: why data centre sustainability matters

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Accelerating mobile growth with AI

WIRELESS USERS

• NaaS for humanitarian relief

• Remote villages connected via NaaS

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Ericsson launches AI app suite
• SeeHawk Monitor automates network management
• New VSAT service for small vessels
• Grandstream launches two dual-band WiFi routers

WORLD NEWS

• Huawei removed from UK
• Malaysia on the cusp of 5G
• Gilat to deliver oil and gas connectivity in Brazil
• MTN Congo launches 5G

July / August / September 2022

NEWS

• Africa lags on mobile speeds
• MTM Nigeria launches 5G
• Uganda gains 600 free WiFi hotspots
• North Africa leads on mobile data affordability
• Ghana cracks down on unregistered SIMs

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Telecoms ‘will be the fastest growing African business sector’
• Safaricom Ethiopia responds to alleged discrimination claim
• Ethio Telecom upgrades fraud management system
• NCA denies blocking Ghana Telecommunications Company sale

FEATURE

• FWA: bridging the digital divide

INDUSTRY VIEW

• CPaaS vendors augment operator capabilities

WIRELESS USERS

• Rolling out 5G to Kenya
• Streamlining tower inspections via drone

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Siklu expands series with point-to-point and node solutions
• The Huawei Mesh 7
•  Samsung and Airbus partner to launch new critical comms kit
• Pure Glass from Nippon

WORLD NEWS

• Marlink to use Starlink capacity for enterprise and maritime customers
• Tanzania gains first 5G mobile network
• Three UK and Freshwave to combat poor mobile 4G indoor connectivity
• Vodacom to invest in Limpopo

April / May / June 2022

NEWS

• Ethio Telecom launches 5G
• Growing number of cables connecting Africa
• Sparkle partners with Nigeria’s Ciudad
• IoT helps curb motorcycle crime in Uganda
• Senegal’s HYLAS 4 satellite gateway

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Airtel Uganda applies for extension
• MTN to invest more in Ghana
• Lesotho operators begin SIM registration
• Orange appoints new leaders

FEATURE

• Critical comms in Africa

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Interview with Ericsson’s Nicola Blixell

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

• Mauritania

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Motorola’s bluetooth earbud
• The Curvalux antenna
• Kenwood’s emergency solution
• Mobile Mark upgrades LTM series

WORLD NEWS

• Orange France, Ericsson partner for 5G converged charging solution
• Deutsche Telekom turns to nature for 5G site
• Bezeq posts solid Q1 figures
• Canada bans Huawei

Feb / Mar 2022

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

Dec/Jan 2022

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

Sep/Oct/Nov 2021

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

June/July/August 2021

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

Apr/May 2021

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

Feb/Mar 2021

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

Dec 2020/Jan 2021

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

Oct/Nov 2020

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