Ooredoo Qatar has announced the launch of a Nokia-powered cloud-native core network for commercial 5G services. The new facilities will enable Ooredoo Qatar to bring new use cases such as Industrial IOT (IIoT), Voice over Broadband (VoBB), Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) to its subscribers. The cloud-native core is essential to meet the critical business objectives [...]
Batelco has just announced that fiber speeds will be boosted by up to 5 times for all its fiber internet customers with no additional charges till the end of October. Customers will benefit from the full potential of the internet and enjoy all kinds of digital entertainments including games, movies, video calls and social media [...]
Pan African entertainment TV show, WatsUp TV is collaborating with Guinea Evasion TV and Burkina Faso’s 3TV, to expand its content onto the Canal+ platform thus extending their viewership to over 40 countries and 7 million homes on the satellite platform. The shows which will be produced and broadcasted in French for the Francophone audience [...]
Kenya’s Award-winning pop band Sauti Sol will feature in a new reality TV series dubbed ‘Sol Family’ that will begin airing on 2 August on Maisha Magic Plus (DStv channel 163). The 13-part series will highlight the band’s musical trip and offering a glimpse into the personal lives of bandmembers Bien-Aime Baraza, Willis Austin Chimano, Polycarp Otieno and [...]
Telkom is planning to transition its subscribers from copper-based internet to fibre technology in all fibre-ready regions South Africa. The company explained that this change would definitely enhance speeds, lessen maintenance costs and fix the issue of copper cable theft. The Director of Product Development and Management of Telkom, Steven White, stated, “Fibre is a [...]
Synamedia, the video software provider has announced that Yes, the pay-TV subsidiary of Israeli telco, Bezeq, is deploying Synamedia’s end-to-end video network portfolio to achieve broadcast-equivalent latency for its cloud-based, internet-only TV services. Yes believes it will be the first operator in the world to deliver broadcast-equivalent latency. Yes chose Synamedia as it is the [...]
Sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster, SuperSport has renewed its exclusive rights to the top two tiers of Spanish football, LaLiga. The South Africa-based pay-TV network’s deal includes all languages except Arabic and French. The agreement will see La Liga’s dedicated 24/7 English-language channel, LaLigaTV, made available to subscribers on pay-TV’s DStv, which covers the sub-Saharan region. The agreement [...]
Zee TV has rolled out a new channel in the Amharic language of north-east Africa in spite of the challenges of the global lockdown triggered by the coronavirus epidemic. ‘Zee Alem’, intended for the Ethiopian market will bring the number of network’s channels to eight, airing mainly Bollywood entertainment and serials in different languages across [...]
Shahid VIP, the premium Middle East streaming platform, under MBC Group, will start airing Arabic feature films prior to their theatrical release for the first time. The exclusive premiere of Mohamed El Adl’s Saheb El Makam, will be on July 30, the first day of Eid Al-Adha. Starring Yousra, Asser Yassin, and Amina Khalil, the drama [...]
“Enfri Tv” is the new online television channel to enrich the digital media footprint in Ivory Coast. The new online television channel is looking forward to stand out from the other platforms already present in the sector. In order to achieve this, the philosophy and the innovative approach it adopts should be major assets for [...]
