An encouraging example of how IoT can boost sustainability comes in the form of this week’s news from Kenya that operator Safaricom is partnering with the Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) to deploy a smart water system at the institute’s Nairobi and Kitui campuses.
Operator Beeline Kazakhstan has launched a software company, QazCode, to boost the development of new digital products and services. This was announced by parent company, global digital operator Veon.
The government of Senegal has blocked access to mobile internet services in certain regions of the country amidst civil unrest.
A new submarine cable is on the way to Micronesia. It will be called the East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) and have a total length of approximately 2,250 kilometres.
Móvil Éxito, a new Colombian MVNO, has selected revenue management software company Optiva for cloud modernisation of its Optiva BSS platform to a SaaS-based model.
Omani service provider Omantel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global two-way radio manufacturing company Hytera to launch what is described as mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT).
Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata has extended its partnership with Netcracker for BSS functionality and professional services to further enhance its billing capabilities for mobile, TV and broadband customers.
Safaricom Ethiopia, the newest mobile network operator in Ethiopia, and Prepay Nation, a B2B marketplace of cross-border transfers, has announced a partnership that will enable Ethiopians living abroad to send mobile airtime to their loved ones back home via Safaricom Ethiopia's network.
Samsung Electronics Egypt, a local division of the multinational company, has indicated that it has plans to establish a new mobile phone factory on an area of 6,000 square metres in Beni Suef, according to a recent statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Liberia’s only wholesale infrastructure provider, CSquared, has announced that it is using FSP 3000 open optical transport technology from fibre networking solutions company Adtran to bring high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and businesses across Liberia.
Digital solutions provider Elm has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Digital Economy, Posts, and Telecommunications of the Central African Republic.
Malaysian operator CelcomDigi has announced that it has begun its full-scale programme to build what it calls Malaysia’s future digital network – integrating and modernising the largest 4G network in Malaysia with the latest LTE and 5G-ready technologies.
Airtel Business, the enterprise arm of India’s Airtel, has a massive data centre concern, called Nxtra, in India. So far this isn’t the case in Africa, where the Airtel Group does have a massive presence, but mainly in the mobile market; it is one of the largest service providers in Africa. Apparently, that may soon change.
The metro networks space is presenting operators with a lot of challenges. With increasing applications across 5G, cloud and IoT, demand for capacity is escalating, and as services move into the cloud, this presents entirely new problems for operators to address.
Thanks to sweeping digital transformation enablement efforts, the Kingdom’s ICT market is now the largest and fastest growing in MENA, with a total market size of SAR154 billion in 2022.
Multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson and technology company Intel have said they will collaborate on the development of 5G use cases that can accelerate the digitalisation of enterprises to support the Thailand 4.0 vision.
Yet another a business division of pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies is in the news. This time it’s Liquid C2, with a cloud contact centre deal.
China Telecom Global, a provider of integrated telecommunication services, and telecoms services provider and enabler STC Group of Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their combined IoT business, and, as the partners put it, “explore business opportunities and innovations that will achieve common goals for both parties”.
Data centre expansion continues in the Gulf region – with a strong renewable energy angle. Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced the launch of its third International Business Exchange data centre in Dubai to support digital opportunities for Dubai and the Middle East.
South Africa's MultiChoice Group, usually best-known for video entertainment provision, has announced a joint venture, along with fintech company Rapyd and investor General Catalyst, aimed at developing an integrated payment platform for Africa. The joint venture will operate as a new company, called Moment.
The Costa Rican government granted Elon Musk’s satellite connectivity company Starlink an operations licence after a six-month wait, expanding the provider’s footprint in Latin America.
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a collaboration with Red Hat, a major provider of enterprise open source solutions.
It’s already been a busy week for Liquid Dataport, with an African fibre route launch and a major satcoms-related memorandum of understanding (MoU) announced in the past few days.
Smartphone shipments in Thailand and the Philippines continue to slide as South East Asian economies continue to grapple with macroeconomic pressure.
Satellite technology company Avanti Communications says it has completed the second phase of its project to build a new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station and set it up in Dakar, Senegal.
STC Group-owned company center3 and Alcatel Submarine Networks are planning to connect Saudi Arabia with Europe by building the EMC West subsea and terrestrial data cables.
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom is reportedly unsure that Kenyan plans to assemble a $40 smartphone in-country can work. The issue, it argues, is taxes.
Less than a year after we reported that Brazilian data centre firm Odata had opened its first Mexican data centre to add to its operations in Brazil, Colombia and Chile, it has been sold.
Starlink continues to boost its presence in Latin America, launching connectivity in Panama and confirming that it has received an operating licence in Guatemala.
The Latin American smartphone market declined by 10% year-on-year in Q1 2023 to 28 million units, a fifth consecutive quarter of decline for the region but a rebound is predicted for H2, according to analyst company Canalys.
In the recently announced Knight Frank SEA-5 Data Centre Opportunity Index Malaysia was identified as a top destination for data centre investment. As if to support this argument, two major data centre announcements relating to the country have been made in the past week.
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