South Africa’s mobile and broadband operator MTN Group has picked five partners to roll out an open radio access network (OpenRAN) in Africa to expand 4G and 5G services more quickly and cheaply. A radio access network (RAN) connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections. MTN said it will launch [...]
Ooredoo and Nokia have announced a partnership for the introduction of Nokia’s FastMile 4G and 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution, offering a better and faster Wi-Fi experience to customers across the Sultanate. Having begun deployment in February, the state-of-the-art service will provide up to 15,000 homes and businesses with superfast and reliable 4G internet. [...]
Huawei has secured the contract for the extension of 4G services in Ethiopia’s monopoly operator, Ethio Telecom. Ethio Telecom’s monopoly is set to be broken within the coming months. The CEO of Ethio Telecom, Frehiwot Tamiru, stated the move “opens a new chapter and brings an immediate impact on congested areas of telecom service”. The [...]
Mobile operator Zain rolled out 4G in South Sudan. The South Sudanese Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies and Postal Services has stated that the entry of the telecoms company into this market segment is the result of successful negotiations with the National Communications Authority (NCA). The CEO of Zain South Sudan, Khalid Abdalla, said, “We [...]
Mobile operator Expresso Telecom in Senegal, a subsidiary of Sudanese Sudatel, has finally obtained the confirmation of the telecom regulator to launch 4G, after several months of negotiations. The arrangement was signed last February 26, 2021, when a delegation of the Sudanese telecom group arrived in Senegal. Led by Magdi Taha the CEO of Sudatel, [...]
MTN Ivory Coast has improved its capacities of its telecoms network which will allow the inhabitants of Abidjan to access the 4.5G. This new service will offer the consumers of MTN Ivory Coast with more speed with a browsing speed of at least 200 Mb / s, allowing users to download 15 min of video [...]
MTN Uganda has rolled out the second edition of the MTN Dabolo promotion that will see MTN subscribers enjoy a 100% bonus on daily data bundles. The promotion known MTN Dabolo 4G will only be accessible for subscribers using 4G SIM cards and will run for six weeks. First launched in 2019, MTN Dabolo which was meant [...]
Alphabet’s Loon has officially began operating its commercial internet-service in Kenya. Loon said its service would initially cover 50,000 square kilometers in western and central parts of Kenya. The firm has partnered with local telecommunications operator Telkom Kenya to beam 4G internet from its solar-powered balloons. Rather than delivering connectivity from the ground through cell [...]
Orange Botswana has rolled out LTE-A services, boosting data transfer rates on its 4G network. The upgrades are being branded 4G+ and have already been introduced in Greater Gaborone (which houses about 10 per cent of the country’s population) and Francistown, the country’s second-largest city. LTE-A services will soon be accessible in most parts of [...]
Mobile operator Vodacom will use Alphabet’s Loon balloon-carried base stations to extend its coverage in Mozambique. The balloons will be 20km above the ground in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in the north of the country close to the border with Tanzania. Loon’s CEO, Alastair Westgarth declared, “We view this as the first [...]
