Tag: africa

MTN South Africa said this week that it plans to upgrade its LTE network with 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) this year, following a successful trial with Huawei and Qualcomm. "MTN is confident in MIMO technology. We plan to roll out the largest ... ( read original story ...)

While the deployment of 4G networks is already gaining traction across Africa, spectrum availability, low customer awareness, low coverage, high tariffs, and the cost of 4G smartphone devices remain key challenges. “The availability of affordable 4G ... ( read original story ...)

MTN South Africa began to roll out their LTE network in 2012. Average growth rate of mobile data traffic in the whole network reaches 79%. The growing demand for data service needs more capacity to allow for enhanced user experiences. MIMO technology ... ( read original story ...)

As we all know, 4G and LTE are designed to improve capacity, user data-rates, spectrum usage and latency. However, 5G represents more than just an evolution of mobile broadband. It will be a key enabler of the future digital world and the next generation ... ( read original story ...)

Samsung leads the African market with 26 million units, followed by Transsion and Huawei. IDC said that 3G handsets accounted for more than half of new smartphone shipments, but 4G devices increased their sales by 50%, leading the organisation to predict ... ( read original story ...)

Mobile 3G speeds can fluctuate widely, from 0mbps to around 20mbps, depending on access technology, location and congestion status of base stations. A recent report from Akamai ranked Kenya’s internet quality the best in Africa. Indeed, it put Kenya ... ( read original story ...)

Despite on-going economic challenges and some tricky regulatory issues, Africa is fast approaching the 1bn mobile subscriptions landmark. The continued rollout of 3G and 4G networks, as well as an influx of low-cost smartphones, is changing the face of the ... ( read original story ...)