Unitel, Ericsson clock 450Mbps LTE demo

Feb 16, 2015

Unitel and Ericsson have achieved a 450Mbps LTE downlink speed by combining three 20MHz LTE carriers on the Unitel commercial network in Angola, using Ericsson multi-standard hardware and software. The two companies announced the successful demonstration of the end-to-end LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation (CA) solution capable of supporting data speeds up to 450Mbps.

LTE rollout key for cloud, PBX uptake

Feb 9, 2015

One of the most exciting developments in the cloud services industry is the ability to replace premises-based corporate telephone exchange infrastructure with cloud-based telephone exchange services. Traditionally companies have had to invest in expensive Private...

Zimbabwe to get future-proof LTE network

Nov 25, 2014

Ericsson has been selected as the sole supplier by Zimbabwe’s largest provider of telecommunications services, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, for the company’s core network upgrade programme. The deal will see the companies working together to simplify and upgrade existing 2G/3G/4G/LTE networks.

Security key as Africa moves to LTE

Nov 12, 2014

Securing the network is a top priority for telcos and carriers as LTE becomes increasingly mainstream across Africa, says Fortinet. Perry Hutton, regional director of Fortinet for Africa, says: “LTE is changing the playing field. The previous generation of mobile...

LTE subscriptions reach 250m milestone

Sep 26, 2014

The number of LTE mobile broadband subscriptions worldwide reached the milestone of 250-million in the first quarter of 2014, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum’s latest update to the World Cellular Data Metrics, which tracks mobile data usage and take-up...