OneWeb expands in Africa and Middle East
UK satellite player OneWeb has announced collaborations with Airtel Africa and Azyan Telecom.
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South Africa
IHS Towers coughs up $413m for 5,700 MTN sites
Telco tower assets are changing hands at a rapid rate; this week the action is taking place in South Africa.
Vodacom pays $2.7bn for Vodafone Egypt, forms fibre JV
Vodafone on Wednesday reorganised the ownership structure of its African operations with a multi-billion-dollar deal.
MTN reportedly mulling takeover of Telkom South Africa
Consolidation of the South African telecoms market may be on the cards if a report from Bloomberg has any substance.
Nokia extends Vodacom South Africa relationship into the 5G era
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has been working with Vodacom South Africa for 26 years, so it’s no big surprise for it to get the 5G gig.
Vodacom launches 5G in South Africa as broadband market looks vulnerable
With some lockdown protocols still in place and low broadband penetration, launching 5G with a fixed wireless access (FWA) spin is telecoms opportunism at its finest.
Liquid targets early 2020 for South African 5G wholesale launch
Liquid Telecom has said it plans to launch a 5G wholesale network in all major South African cities in early 2020.
Ericsson gets some 5G work from MTN South Africa
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is helping out MTN South Africa with its 5G RAN, transport and core.
How is 5G getting on?
With the FCC announcing the results of its latest spectrum auction, we’re having a look at how the networks and supporting ecosystems are developing around the world.
Helios Towers expands footprint into South Africa
Helios Towers has entered into a partnership with Vulatel to form a joint venture to build out wireless and fixed line open-access infrastructure in South Africa.
Standard Bank confirms South African MVNO launch
Following rumours earlier this year that Standard Bank had plans to launch an MVNO, the South African bank has finally confirmed the not so secret news.
Ericsson and MTN claim African 5G first
Ericsson has teamed up with operator MTN to undertake what they claim is the first 5G technology and applications trial in Africa.
Orange targets South Africa with new IP and IPX PoP’s
Kicking off Telecoms.com’s week-long road trip in South Africa, we’re going to start with Orange’s efforts to improve connectivity in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
South African deputy minister for telecoms says African citizens need internet connectivity
The South African Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has stressed the growing significance of the internet in the development of the continent’s business and education sectors, but also stated that connectivity is becoming an imperative for society on an individual level.
MTN mulls Telkom move – report
MTN is looking into the possibility of acquiring a majority stake in fellow South African telco Telkom in a bid to challenge the country’s dominant provider Vodacom, a Bloomberg report has claimed.
Alcatel-Lucent, Vodacom in ultra-broadband GPON project
Alcatel-Lucent has announced it will build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution for Vodacom in South Africa. The vendor claimed the solution will enable Vodacom to expand its subscriber base, and provide ‘ultra-broadband’ for bandwidth-hungry activities such as video streaming and online gaming.
South Africa’s Vodacom to acquire fixed player Neotel
The South African mobile operator subsidiary of UK-headquartered Vodafone has announced an agreement to acquire the market’s second largest fixed communications provider, Neotel, in a cash deal worth ZAR7.0bn ($673m). Negotiations between Vodacom and Neotel were announced in September last year, when Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub pledged to pump significant investment into the merged entity should talks prove fruitful.
South African mobile reseller shuts up shop
South African mobile service reseller Nashua Mobile, which trades in subscriptions for the country’s main operators, is to close operations and sell its 750,000 users to Vodacom and MTN. The company is also looking to offload its Cell C customer base to a third party.
African MVNOs should target premium customers, says Cell C
MVNOs in Africa should focus on the premium end of the market rather than offer low-cost ‘no frills’ services, according to Bjorn Florman, chief executive, wholesale business at Cell C. The South African mobile operator is one of the relatively small number of networks in the region that has wholeheartedly opened its network to MVNOs.
African LTE operator “could happily prioritise Skype traffic”
A greenfield LTE operator that has launched this year in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda would “happily prioritise Skype traffic” at the expense of standards-based voice services if that is what the market demanded, its chief operating officer has told Telecoms.com.
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6G Summit (Co-located with OpenRAN World)
- 26-27 April 2023
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