The carrier-neutral Johannesburg campus will consist of three facilities across 30 acres (12 hectares) with 650,000 square feet (60,000 square meters) of data centre space once fully developed. The first phase of the campus, slated for completion in the summer of 2022, will include a 16MW building. The design is based on Vantage’s standardized campus […]
Karim Husami
Journalist for 8 years in print media, with a bachelor degree in Political Science and International Affairs. Masters in Media communications.
Philippines operator Smart Communications targets a triple-digit increase of its 5G user base in the next few years. Smart currently has 800,000 5G customers, which represents a 200 percent increase from December 2020. Smart also reports a 3-fold increase in 5G data traffic in its network in the first and second quarters of 2021. “When […]
Russian internet company Mail.ru said that My.Games Venture Capital (MGVC), the investment arm of its gaming subsidiary My.Games, has invested in three new partners, namely VOX, Tworogue Games, and Wideview Games. Investments in the three studios totaled around $3 million. In all three deals, MGVC acquired minority stakes in the studios, with options to acquire […]
GlucoModicum, a company that uses needle-free magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) technology for glucose monitoring, has signed a design and development collaboration with Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company. The collaboration with Phillips-Medisize, conducted at its Global Innovation and Development Centre in Hudson, Wisconsin, will streamline and optimise the usability, desirability, and manufacturability of the Talisman to prepare mass production […]
Japan’s NEC has been contracted by Facebook to build an ultra-high performance transatlantic subsea fibre-optic cable connecting the US with Europe. NEC will be using its newly developed 24 fibre pair cable and repeaters for the subsea connection, giving the cable the ability to deliver up to a half Petabit per second. International data usage […]
Ericsson and Singtel have partnered on the deployment of 5G services in Singapore, by having the partnership benefit from Ericsson’s networking expertise and Singtel’s 5G network, test facilities and capabilities. The partnership also involves collaboration with global industry partners across various industries such as oil and gas, maritime, pharmaceutical, aerospace, financial services, retail and construction. […]
Deutsche Telekom said it is discounting all its MagentaMobil Young tariffs for new customers for the entire contract period of 24 months. With the Young tariffs S to L, young people save $11 per month, and $17 per month with MagentaMobil XL Young. With the Young S tariff, users receive an extra 1 GB per […]
Airtel Africa, the wireless operator, has announced that its subsidiary Airtel Nigeria has initiated a process to buy back the 8.27 percent minority shareholdings at $0.13 per share. The total consideration is estimated to be $0.15 billion, using an exchange rate of NGN 413.38 per US dollar, assuming that all the minority shareholders decide to […]
The global wholesale smartphone price is expected to jump to $310 in 2021, up 11 percent year-on-year from $279 in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics. This will be the highest price in the smartphone industry since 2013. According to the latest research from market research firm Strategy Analytics, global smartphone wholesale revenue is expected to […]
The global population recently reached 7.8 billion, among which almost 15 percent suffer from disabilities mainly caused by ageing and chronic diseases. Lack of infrastructure and trained professionals in rehabilitation is a world issue that has been intensified by the ongoing pandemic and, as a result, healthcare access has been significantly reduced. Upcoming technologies like […]