3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (262+ words) Developing Telecoms Sign-up to our weekly newsletter Ooredoo Qatar launches Wi-Fi analytics service The continuing drive to use smart data analytics to improve network performance has again been in the news, this time thanks to telecommunications and ICT provider Ooredoo…...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago  (212+ words) Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Thursday that it will take several months to fully restore services for its Middle East (UAE) Region (ME-CENTRAL-1) after its data centres in the UAE and Bahrain sustained damage due to the war between…...

12+ hour, 7+ min ago  (187+ words) Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda agreed on Thursday to move forward with a plan to launch a regional satellite to boost connectivity in East Africa's northern corridor. Beatrice Askul Moe, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of East African Community,…...

3+ day, 27+ min ago  (167+ words) Developing Telecoms Sign-up to our weekly newsletter Sierra Leone eyes satellite push to narrow connectivity gap Sierra Leone is ramping up efforts to strengthen digital infrastructure through satellite-enabled solutions, as part of a wider strategy to expand nationwide connectivity. Speaking…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (180+ words) Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has reportedly launched Afghanistan's first trial of 5 G in Kabul, six weeks after the telco began testing the technology. According to several local media reports, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced on Wednesday…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (232+ words) Ooredoo Qatar announced on Sunday it has launched what it claims is Qatar's first LTE-M service, enabling its 4 G network to support large-scale Io T applications. LTE-M (also known as CAT-M1) is the standard under 3 GPP's Release 13 that enables 4 G…...

1+ week, 16+ min ago  (198+ words) Togo, Benin and Senegal have launched free roaming services. The launch, announced late last week, marks the implementation of two bilateral agreements " one between Togo and Senegal, the other between Senegal and Benin " signed on the sidelines of the ARTAO…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (247+ words) Mozambique's Communications Regulatory Authority (INCM) has kicked off a national roaming service pilot in a bid to equalise mobile coverage for users. In a statement posted to its website on Thursday, the INCM said the roaming pilot allows users of'Tmcel,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (242+ words) African data sovereignty is again in the news. Uni Cloud Africa (UCA), a pan-African sovereign cloud platform, and data centre company Open Access Data Centres (OADC), have announced a strategic partnership to, as they put it, accelerate Africa's digital transformation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (250+ words) Telecom Namibia and Angola Telecom announced on Thursday they have signed an Mo U and commercial terms agreement (CTA) to boost regional and international subsea cable connectivity along Southern Africa's west coast. The MOU and CTA establish a commercially sustainable…...