Liquid Telecom launches SA’s first 5G wholesale roaming
Liquid Telecom is to launch the first 5G wholesale roaming service in South Africa. Available from early 2020 in all major South African cities, this latest fifth generation of mobile internet connectivity will enable wholesale operators to create innovative,...
Successful launch for Eutelsat Konnect
The Eutelsat Konnect satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on January 16. The separation of the all-electric satellite...
Angola Cables trials direct US-Africa optical connection
Angola Cables is trialling Nokia's Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the US and Africa. The route provides direct, low-latency trans-Atlantic routing and greatly simplifies the turn-up of services to better serve...
Vodafone partners with Nokia to deliver 5G
Vodafone Hutchison Australia customers will soon enjoy the benefits of 5G technology with the announcement today that Vodafone has partnered with Nokia to commence the roll out of its 5G network in the first half of 2020. Vodafone’s CEO, Iñaki Berroeta, says the new...
Moscow uses 5G for holographic telebridge
In Moscow, MTS and Huawei have demonstrated the first two-way intercity holographic telebridge using 5G technology. The live video broadcast was carried out in 5th generation pilot networks using a hologram projected by 3D laser between Moscow and Kronstadt. During...
Telecom market predictions for 2020
In the face of subscribers’ growing expectations and a demanding business community that relies on robust telecoms for their own digital initiatives, communications service providers (CSPs) are continuing to transform what they do and – even more important – how they...
Vox champions rural connectivity
Even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a focal point in recent months, less than 2% of South African rural households can access the internet from home. This is a challenge that integrated ICT and infrastructure provider Vox has taken to heart. While...
Vox champions rural Internet connectivity
Even though the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been a focal point in recent months, fewer than 2% of South African rural households can access the Internet from home. Clearly there is work to be done if more people are going to be part of the connected economy. This...
Nokia to pilot 5G network for automated rail operation
Nokia has won a tender to test and deliver the world’s first standalone (SA) 5G system for automated rail operation in Hamburg, Germany. The project is part of Deutsche Bahn’s highly automated S-Bahn operation project. The proof-of-concept will test whether 5G...
Paratus bridges Africa from East to West
Paratus, a telecoms operator with operational offices in six African countries, says it is the first telecoms operator to bridge Africa from East to West. The company has implemented additional routes for redundancy and is in the process of an aggressive rollout plan,...
The future of subsea cable connectivity in Africa
Africa may be a growing hub of digital innovation, particularly noticeable in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi and Lagos - with companies in these metropolitan areas taking advantage of high-speed fibre connections to embrace the cloud and develop new business models...
Is 5G the answer to all decision-makers’ prayers?
The hype continues to grow for 5G technology, with many carriers promoting it as a way to target the enterprise networking and IoT markets with an end-to-end service that spans indoor and outdoor coverage. By Morten Illum, vice-president at Aruba A report on 5G in...