Ooredoo’s Maldives branch announced the rollout of its 5G commercial services within the country, covering a large percentage of the capital city of Male, including key business hubs, hospitals, public spaces and more. The announcement was made during an event celebrating the company’s start within the 5G era, as it also launched its 5G AirFibre […]
Telecom
It’s no mystery that telecoms is a highly competitive industry, with telcos offering everything from better minutes, data, packages, and the like at lower costs to lure in customers to their networks over the other. While these strategies have been implemented far and wide to increase subscriber counts, they aren’t as viable in today’s competitive […]
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for telcos to register mobile phone users who link their mobile SIM cards with their national ID numbers, according to a statement by the country’s ministry of communications and digital economy. The NCC had previously announced a week prior that telecoms operators would be given until December […]
Chinese telecoms titan Huawei is looking to widen its footing within Ethiopia, as the East African country seeks to expand its telecommunications sector. “Ethiopia is rising and becoming much more important for the future,” Loise Tamalgo, Huawei’s Vice President of PR for sub-Saharan Africa, was quoted as saying. The company will look to take advantage […]
India’s government has approved a new infrastructure scheme that would see millions of people have access to Wi-Fi across the country via grassroots hotspots in an attempt to elevate wireless Internet connectivity. The scheme – called PM Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) – will entail a complete framework including multiple elements such as Public Data […]
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is attributed to a mélange of the digital, biological, and physical worlds, with rapidly advancing technologies at the helm such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and many more. These technologies are already laying the ground for massive socio-economic disruptions that promise to […]
We have reached a point in our modern society where smartphones and mobile connectivity are essential to perform any task, from the menial to the complex; mobile phones currently represent the device championing digital transformation. Smartphones offer users access to countless services such as banking, insurance, e-commerce, travel, and even transportation, all while laying the […]
If there’s anything that the COVID-19 pandemic showcased, it’s the soaring weaknesses that have been swept under the rug by individuals, governments, and businesses for too long. COVID-19’s reach touched many aspects in our everyday lives, from personal medicine, to our understanding of the global economy; changes need to be made, and fast, especially for […]
Ethiopia is moving forward with the liberalization of the telecom sector- monopolized by Ethio Telecom over the past two decades. On November 27, 2020, the Ethiopian Communications Authority ECA has launched the Request for Proposal for the award of the licenses “targeting world-class telecommunications operators to become the new license holders within Ethiopia’s rapidly growing […]
Huawei will remain part of Germany’s future 5G network, reports German business daily Handelsblatt, as the battle for government consensus on telecoms national security has edged in favor of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s favor for close trade relations with China. As reported, the draft bill looks to tighten security measures and protocols on all telecom vendors […]