Telecom

October 20, 2020

Maroc Telecom Drew over 70.5 Mln customers at End of September

Casablanca - Maroc Telecom Group's services attracted 70.5 million customers at the end of September 2020, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period a year earlier.

This growth is mainly driven by the"...

October 17, 2020

Second Global O-RAN ALLIANCE Plugfest Demonstrates the Accelerated Readiness of Multi-vendor O-RAN Compliant Network Infrastructure

The O-RAN ALLIANCE successfully conducted its second worldwide plugfest and proof of concept to demonstrate the functionality as well as the multi-vendor interoperability of O-RAN based network equipment. At four venues across the globe, in total 55 companies came together to deal with"...

October 8, 2020

NCC Counts Gains of MTN Listing on Capital Market

The regulatory action taken by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to facilitate the listing of MTN Nigeria on the country’s stock exchange market has continued to bring economic gains to Nigeria and Nigerians in terms of boosting market capitalisation and yielding dividends"...

September 6, 2020

CGTN: Beijing to Build Pilot Free Trade Zone to Further Open Up Services Industry

China's central government will support Beijing in setting up a pilot free trade zone characterizing scientific and technological innovation, opening up of the services sector and the digital economy.

The decision"...

August 28, 2020

Mavenir Supports Vodafone in Live OpenRAN Network for Rural Coverage in the UK

Vodafone UK has become the first UK mobile operator to switch on an OpenRAN 4G site, partnering with Mavenir, the industry's only end-to-end cloud-native Network Software Provider for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). This deployment in Wales is connecting Vodafone customers around the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys. Vodafone plans to use OpenRAN to more cost-effectively extend 4G services to rural communities and introduce new suppliers in the radio network. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200827005273/en/ OpenRAN increases flexibility, agility, speed of......

August 27, 2020

Mavenir and Turkcell Enable World’s First OpenRAN vRAN Call with Fully Containerized CU/DU and Open Front Haul

Mavenir, the industry's leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for CSPs, and Turkcell, Turkey’s leading digital operator today announce the world’s first OpenRAN vRAN call fully containerized with O-RAN Split 7.2 architecture, in Turkey.

This"...

August 25, 2020

P.I. Works and Beeline Russia Partner to Transform Mobile Experience of Millions

Beeline, a prominent digital operator in Russia, has selected P.I. Works’ advanced network services and cutting-edge automation technology to transform its network operations and enhance customer experience.

The"...

August 20, 2020

4G Evolution, Vital Future for Mobile Networks in Africa’

The Chief Technology Officer at Ericsson West Africa and Morocco, Talla Guisse, has said technology evolution, especially 4G technology has contributed to revolutionising Africa.

He however said the technology"...

August 20, 2020

SES Picks SpaceX to Launch Four Additional O3b mPOWER Satellites

SES announced today that it has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver the four newly-ordered O3b mPOWER spacecraft of its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) communications system. Just like the initial seven O3b mPOWER satellites procured, these additional four satellites"...

August 6, 2020

Telecommunications Sector Update – Now for Digital Transformation

Now more than ever, we believe that the Nigerian telecommunications sector is set to take a leading role in the government’s effort to diversify the economy. On the back of significant investments by the mobile networks, the sector’s contribution to GDP has risen steadily from"...