Tag: africa

The LBT functionality also enables LAA to be deployed in any region globally, such as South Africa, which is a key difference to previous LTE-unlicensed mobile technology." “We are very pleased to have been involved in delivering Africa’s first ... ( read original story ...)

How will the transition to 5G in Africa and other emerging markets differ from in developed countries? Gerard Halimi of ECI Telecom considers some of the key issues for CSPs. In today’s telecom news, 5G seems to be the only thing anyone talks about. ( read original story ...)

The African continent is still being marked by a lack of pervasive connectivity. This is largely because of outdated infrastructure such as copper and GSM networks, as well as delayed decisions around the introduction of 3G and 4G technologies. Many ... ( read original story ...)

Many African countries are also going through geopolitical changes ... as the cost of MB will be reduced with the 4G compared to 2G/3G.” Abdelrehim says that if this is delayed, all the segments relating to telecommunications will be held back from ... ( read original story ...)

In the quarter, we have accelerated our network investment programme, rolling out 1 641 3G and 2 102 4G sites (including co-located sites), supporting the demand for data services. In South Africa and Nigeria the network investments are showing encouraging ... ( read original story ...)

The South African subscriber numbers were down by 1% to 30.9 million ... "MTN SA continued to make good progress in improving the quality and capacity of its 3G and 4G network in the quarter with leading network metrics in three of the four metros in ... ( read original story ...)

Although Cell C will avoid getting involved in a capital expenditure war with rivals MTN and Vodacom, it will build South Africa’s best urban 4G/LTE network, Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Brett Levy said on Tuesday. Levy, who was speaking at an investment ... ( read original story ...)