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Airtel Nigeria Upgrades All 2G & 3G Cell Sites to 4G

Luis Monzon -
Airtel Nigeria, the West African arm of telecom Airtel Africa, has announced that it is upgrading all of its cell sites to 4G technology. The operator says that now its 50-million customers in Nigeria can "tap into flawless voice call...
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Has South Africa Run with 5G Before it could Walk?

Jenna Delport -
A number of South African telecommunications companies have recently launched local 5G networks. “The decision to introduce 5G means the service provider has determined that there are enough people in one place who are able to pay for super-fast wireless...
Features

Telkom committed to switching off legacy 2G network in South Africa

Jenna Delport -
Telkom, in an interview with TechCentral, has revealed that it’s seriously looking at shutting down its legacy 2G network — establishing it as the first network provider in South Africa to make this move.  “In the near future, we will...
Features

Post Fourth Industrial Revolution economy

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The world around us is changing rapidly and almost every single business model is impacted by the new digital economy. The meteoric rise of the big tech firms has established them as the dominant new business models in the...
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Connecting the Unconnected with Mobile Reach

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With the continued evolution of satellite technology, the world is becoming an increasingly smaller place. Areas that were once impossible to reach – cargo ships in the middle of the Pacific or airplanes flying at 35,000 feet – can...
Mobile and Telecoms

Telkom considers getting rid of 2G network

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South African telecoms operator, Telkom, strongly considers switching off its 2G network in favor of putting more emphasis on its 3G, 4G/LTE, and later 5G networks. This is according to CEO Sipho Maseko, who was speaking at the group’s...
East Africa

Leveraging Innovative Solutions For Bridging The Digital Divide

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Mobile telephony is changing Africa, for the better. Once called the Dark Continent, the mobile phone revolution has lightened up the possibilities of economic prosperity in Africa. According to GSMA Mobile Economy Africa Report 2016, in 2015 mobile technologies...
Mobile and Telecoms

5G is a revolution and just the beginning

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“You cannot assume that 5G is just 4G on steroids. It is a revolution,” says Kailash Narayanan of Keysight Technologies. The neat linear progression from 2G to 3G to 4G does not apply to next-generation networks.”5G”, the generic term for...
East Africa

Kenya: Nokia to modernise Safaricom network infrastructure

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In a public statement, Kenyan operator Safaricom has revealed that it has selected Nokia Networks as one of its partners to modernise and expand its 2G and 3G network infrastructure. In addition to this, Nokia will also assist Safaricom...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN Nigeria plans $1.5 billion investment this year

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The Daily Trust reports that MTN Nigeria has disclosed plans to invest approximately $1.5 billion in 2013. MTN’s Corporate Services Executive, Adewale Goodluck, is quoted as saying that the company’s Nigerian operation “would get the highest part of the investments...
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Epson Announces Partnership with Global Music Icon Shakira

Epson, a global technology company in visual and printing solutions, has named international music icon Shakira as the new...
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