BROWSING: africa

Ericsson worked with Telma to upgrade its core and radio network A few days ago, Telma Madagascar switched on the country’s first 5G commercial network in multiple cities with the help of Ericsson. Specifically, the Swedish vendor was selected by the operator last October to...

The internet balloons will provide a 4G service that supports Data, Voice, SMS and USSD As part of a new Loon and Vodacom deal, the companies will use Loon’s balloon-based internet solution to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique so that it can service un-served...

GSMA: "South Africa will lead the increase in 5G activity expected in sub-Saharan Africa" According to a recent GSMA trade association survey report, the increase in 5G activity expected in sub-Saharan Africa will be led by South Africa, “the most advanced market in the region.”...

Liquid Telecom has 56 megahertz worth of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band African wholesale operator Liquid Telecom is adding a 5G wireless network to its existing fiber offering, and plans to launch a 5G wholesale network in all major South African cities in early...

BRCK says Africa’s internet challenge is no longer one of availability, but one of affordability BRCK, a Nairobi-based internet hardware and service startup, is working with Egyptian ride-hail venture Swvl to install its routers on Swvl buses in Kenya. The routers will run BRCK’s Moja service, which offers free public Wi-Fi....

  When I was 13, I wanted a phone in my room, so I could talk to friends in my own space instead of sitting on the basement stairs or pacing back and forth in the kitchen and ultimately knotting the curly cord like a...

Acute urbanization combined with years of infrastructure neglect creates challenges on path to smart city projects in Africa Despite most of Africa’s largest cities are still undergoing an urbanization process, smart city initiatives are being embraced by a number of African governments. The International Telecommunication Union...

Latin America is decidedly mobile-first with people younger than 35 comprising 60% of all digital users in the region. This scenario holds significant promise for the future adoption of mobile apps. In a video interview with RCR Wireless News, Maren Lau, CMO of marketing and...

Partners with mobile operator Safaricom to enhance 3G services Networking equipment and services provider Ericsson has signed a multiyear deal with Safaricom, the largest mobile operator in Kenya, to expand and upgrade its telecommunications network. The goal is to deploy Wi-Fi technology and enhance microwave transmission...

When Microsoft and Spectra Wireless announced the first commercial Internet service network in Africa to use TV white spaces, university students in Ghana saw an immediate cost savings. But not everyone is cheering. Apparently, the U.S. software giant's interest in Africa is making many carriers on...

Despite significant regulatory and economic challenges in Africa, several carriers are pushing ahead with LTE deployments and finding ways to reach customers eager for the high-speed mobile technology. In Africa, only 26 operators have commercially launched LTE in just 12 of Africa's 54 countries. The...

The last couple of weeks I’ve focused primarily on Europe news, so in fairness, it’s time to focus on other parts of EMEA. Today we will focus on Africa. Highlights from last week’s news for the region show new offers and new challenges being...

As an industry we seem to focus on higher bandwidth enabling us to go fast to consume more. More bandwidth, more content, more data ... more, more, more. But, what about areas that have less and need to do less. Africa is a place...

Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel lacks green agenda in its investments in Africa, Greenpeace Tuesday stated in its briefing paper on International Green Telecom Leadership.

British Telecommunications Tuesday announced a series of initiatives aimed at doubling its business across Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.

Verizon has expanded its global enterprise network platform, enabling multinational corporations to take advantage of Verizon's Private IP service in six additional African countries, and Bahrain and Qatar in the Middle East.

Reuters | August 25, 2011 | Duncan Miriri Ailing Nokia Oyj unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by consumer needs in Africa, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals. Read the full article here via Reuters

MyBroadband | August 11, 2011 A live traffic service is coming to South African Nokia smartphone users with the latest Nokia Maps update Read the full article here via MyBroadband

Orange | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Orange and Google today announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Orange’s SMS platform to bring Google’s services to African customers. This agreement marks an important step forward that will facilitate access to the growing mobile internet...

Ericsson | July 21, 2011 | Press Release Bharti Airtel, ("Airtel") a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa today announced a five year managed services agreement with Ericsson (NASDA!Q:ERIC) for its Africa operations. As per the agreement, Ericsson...

Bloomberg | July 18, 2011 | Matthew Campbell, Michael Kavanagh France Telecom SA (FTE) may make the Democratic Republic of Congo its next target for African expansion after entering exclusive talks with China’s ZTE Corp. to purchase a majority stake in Congo China Telecom, the...

Ericsson | July 13, 2011 | Press Release Globacom, Africa's fastest growing telecommunications company, has announced plans to replace its legacy charging platform with Ericsson’s (NASDAQ: ERIC) market-leading Charging System. This will allow Globacom to have flexible pricing and discounting plans, and offer rich features to...

Economic Times | June 15, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: After exiting telecom businesses in India, the Essar Group is following suit in Africa. The telecom service operations it acquired from Warid Telecom in Uganda and Congo are being returned and the group is looking...

Ecobank | June 6, 2011 | Press Release Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("Ecobank"), the leading pan-African banking group, and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading global telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to promote mobile banking services across Africa. Under the terms of the MOU,...