Liquid Telecom extends collaboration with Microsoft

Liquid Telecom is working with Microsoft to launch new enterprise cloud services – designed to improve business collaboration, increase productivity and drive business growth in Africa. Leveraging Liquid Telecom’s low latency, high capacity, resilient...

MTN selects Ericsson for commercial 5G core and radio

Ericsson has been selected by MTN South Africa as a 5G network modernisation vendor. Ericsson will supply 5G products and solutions from its Radio Access Network (RAN), transport and core portfolios, with commercial rollout expected to start in 2020. As part of its...

Peering subsidies from Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has partnered with INX-ZA, a division of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) of South Africa, which operates completely neutral, and community-run Internet exchange points in South Africa. The partnership will deliver...

Angola Cables, Nokia trial Africa-US optical fibre link

AfricaCom 2019, Cape Town – Angola Cables and Nokia have announced that they have collaborated to provide a direct optical connection between Africa and North America. The fibre-optic routing between Sangano in Angola and Boca Raton, Miami in the US has...

Nexign eyes wider African digital market

Nexign has announced that implementation of Nexign Converged BSS and Nexign Network Monetisation Suite enabled Chinguitel to significantly improve subscriber services and, as a result, boost revenue by 10% year-on-year. Chinguitel is one of the largest communications...

Africell debuts KaiOS-based 3G smart feature phone

AfricaCom 2019, Cape Town – Africellannounced the launch of its first 3G smart feature phone, afriphone, powered by KaiOS, the mobile operating system for smart feature phones. The new device will be the first KaiOS-powered device in The Gambia and Sierra Leone,...