A program of continuous innovation will be key to achieving the comprehensive process of evolution and upgrade required for the 5.5G era while protecting operators' 5G investments, according to Huawei.

Huawei President of Wireless Network Product Line Cao Ming (pictured) outlined the 5G trends that he predicted will drive societies worldwide to the next stage. 

At the 5G Business Dialogue Salon at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Shanghai, Wang Wensheng, General Manager of China Mobile Hangzhou, delivered a speech exploring the innovative practices of 5G Cities.

MWC Shanghai 2023 will be held at the end of this month, with executives from telecom operators and mainstream equipment manufacturers set to deliver keynote speeches sharing their insights into development, opportunities, and challenges in the mobile industry.

African nations, operators and private companies were all in agreement that Africa continues to hold so much potential, with much progress being made, but how much longer are we going to hear this instead of seeing it being fully realised?

Operators have called on the lowering of red tape to enable a revamp and diversification in services, particularly in fintech – a move highlighted to avoid flattening revenues seen in western service providers.

Cassava Technologies group deputy executive chairman Nic Rudnick (pictured) called for more rapid deployment of fibre, to deliver uncapped and affordable connectivity to enable Africans to participate in the fourth industrial revolution.

African Telecommunication Union secretary-general John Amo called (pictured) for African nations to place fibre deployment at the heart of their fiscal plans to attract private investors to drive economic growth or face being left further behind on the global stage.

There has been a flurry of 5G activity over the past few years, leading to the emergence of new business models and industry ecosystems. But what are the opportunities in scaling 5G to B?

Sub-3GHz spectrum continues to be an important topic for the telecoms industry, but addressing it is becoming increasingly urgent as operators face rising data demand with limited resources.

Thai operators AIS and True hailed their efforts and government initiatives to create an ecosystem that supports 5G, which has accelerated the companies to prep for the next stages of the technology such as network slicing and healthcare solutions.

The GSMA has postponed MWC Shanghai 2022 which was scheduled to go ahead in June this year, due to evolving pandemic measures in the city.

Ericsson has withdrawn from MWC Barcelona 2020 as a result of the outbreak and continued spread of the corona virus.

The upcoming MWC Barcelona event will proceed as planned, though precautionary measures will be put in place. That’s the main message of a GSMA statement on the coronavirus and its effect on MWC Barcelona 2020.

Pan-African operator group MTN is deploying more than 5000 OpenRAN sites across its 21 African operations.

Globalstar, a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, and telecoms giant Nokia have announced a partnership to deploy a digitization platform utilizing 3GPP Band 53 spectrum. A shared solution is being showcased at the Globalstar stand at AfricaCom.

A new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) has been launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo, potentially bringing faster and more reliable internet access to the country.

Recent media reports from MWC Asia 19 in Shanghai underline the continuing interest from China’s big names in the Indian telecommunications market.

At MWC 2019, we spoke to Orange’s MEA chief Alioune Ndiaye about the group’s ambitions in the region. Whether it’s eliminating the digital divide or empowering the masses through mobile money, Orange foresees a prosperous future for the continent.