Global smartphone shipments are predicted to dip 6% to 1.15 billion units by the end of 2023, the lowest in a decade as economies continue to see macroeconomic headwinds cut consumer spending.
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s news about its sister company Vumatel’s success in the South African FTTH market, fibre infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has launched a R400 million (about US$21 million) fibre network infrastructure expansion project.
2Africa, the largest submarine cable system in the world, which will interconnect Europe, Asia and Africa, officially reached Mozambique this week, on 15 August, in the city of Nacala-Porto.
In the first instalment of this series, we explored the scale of the issue of e-waste and some of the steps being taken to reduce it. As attitudes towards sustainability shift, policymakers take note – whether at company or government level – and in this article we’ll explore the factors pushing the industry towards sustainability.
South Africa’s biggest home fibre network operator, Vumatel, says it has now passed two million households with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity.
IXAfrica Data Centre, a developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in East Africa, and Tilisi Developments, a premier real estate developer, have announced that IXAfrica has signed a term sheet to purchase 11 acres of prime land for the construction of its second data centre campus in Nairobi, Kenya.
Saudi Arabian service provider Zain and Red Sea Global (RSG), a multi-project developer, have unveiled what they call the world's first zero-carbon 5G network at the Six Senses Southern Dunes resort at The Red Sea Project on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched the Gaborone Metro Ring, a high-capacity, high-speed, and secure telecommunication network that will empower local businesses to deliver a huge boost to Botswana’s economic growth.
Brazilian regulator Anatel has signed an agreement with the Japanese government focused on open RAN, with the goal of increasing deployments of the technology in Brazil and developing new business opportunities between the countries.
Airtel Kenya has outlined plans to invest a minimum of US$150 million into expanding its network across the next three years.
Constancia mine in Peru is the latest industrial application to use LTE to improve its operations, with the help of broadband communications technology company Rajant Corporation.
Instant messaging app Beep Pakistan has arrived. But will it challenge the popularity in Pakistan of WhatsApp?
In this new series of features, Developing Telecoms will explore the under-reported issue of electronic waste. We will explore possible solutions for addressing the issue as well as examining a case study with a leading Asian operator, but to begin, this article aims to examine the scale of the issue affecting operators in developing markets.
Asian data centre provider Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has entered into a renewable energy contract with independent power producer Cikarang Listrindo (CL) to procure power generated from biomass sources for its 30 MW data centre campus in Cibitung, a district in West Java Province, Greater Jakarta.
Salam has selected Oracle to drive 5G innovation across the Middle East.
Digital transformation has been very much a theme of recent financial technology news from Angola, in the shape of initiatives from payment giant Mastercard and the US government, supported by the Angolan government and local businesses.
Orange Jordan has selected Ericsson to enhance its core network infrastructure by implementing Ericsson’s cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core and 5G Charging solutions.
A rock fall on Sunday in the Congo Canyon, one of the largest submarine canyons in the world, has caused breaks in WACS and the South Atlantic 3 (SAT–3) undersea cables.
Satellite-direct-to-standard-mobile-phone system Lynk and operator Vodafone Cook Islands have announced the start of an initial satellite direct-to-mobile-phone service to Vodafone Cook Islands subscribers using what Lynk calls its "cell-towers-in-space".
Given the strength of both streaming services and mobile device usage in the region, it may come as little surprise that a deal in MENA has been announced that means customers will be able to make their payments to one of the region's top three subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services using their mobile phone numbers.
Bharti Airtel, one of India’s three leading private operators, has stolen a march on rivals Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio by becoming the first Indian operator to launch a 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service.
Asian satellite and space tech company Thaicom has announced the signing of a partnership agreement between Space Tech Innovation Limited (STI), a subsidiary of Thaicom, and Eutelsat Asia, a subsidiary of satellite operator Eutelsat.
Cloudmania is joining the Mauritius channel partner ecosystem.
Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has been busy lately, with announcements in the past few days of major deals in South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Telecoms infrastructure provider Helios Towers revealed a hike in revenue and profit in its H1 results and announced raises to its outlook despite high debt.
You might reasonably expect that cab passengers using the Uber ride-hailing app in Kenya could already pay for trips via Safaricom’s mobile payment service M-Pesa – but you would be wrong; the arrival of the service was announced this week.
Veon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rakuten Symphony with a focus on rebuilding infrastructure in Ukraine through collaborative investment in Open RAN and digital services.
UPDATE: Emtel Mauritius has announced the launch of its 5G mobile network alongside a new agreement with Tecnotree.
India’s Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) has signed a consortium agreement with industry partners for the collaborative development of a disaggregated 5G radio access network (5G RAN) solution.
Operator Africell Sierra Leone is to roll out a high-capacity disaggregated IP/MPLS backbone to deliver mobile and fixed services, with support from IP Infusion, a manufacturer of carrier-grade networking software.
Apple supplier Foxconn is reportedly in motion to increase investment to over US$1.2 billion in India, by pumping US$500 million into two new factories, a move to further divest away from China, reported Bloomberg.
International wholesale telecom service provider Zain Omantel International (ZOI) has formed a strategic wholesale international agreement with telco and ICT player du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company.
Georgian telecoms service provider Cellfie Mobile has announced that Nokia has won an expansion deal to upgrade its 4G network and introduce 5G-ready network services.
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