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The mobile industry’s contribution to Sub-Saharan Africa's GDP is projected to reach $170 billion by 2030, provided that challenges such as connectivity gaps and energy costs are resolved, according to a new GSMA report. -
Nokia is to deploy the first industrial-grade LTE private network in a port terminal in Chile at San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI).
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Nokia and AT&T Mexico have collaborated to deploy an industrial-grade LTE private wireless network solution.
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Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's incumbent telco, reports that as of this morning, 75% of its regional hubs remain operational and that its national carrier network is still working
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Veon CEO Kaan Terzioğlu said this morning it would be “irresponsible” to provide guidance on the effect of Russia’s attack on Ukraine on the company’s performance
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Orange chooses 5G SA network partners in Europe
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Telenor Group and Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) are in advanced discussions regarding a potential merger of its Malaysian mobile operations Digi and Celcom.
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Bulgaria has concluded its 5G spectrum auction in a single day, raising US$8.1 million for the state.
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Rolls-Royce is to supply 12 mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, to help green its supercomputing capacity.
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Intel has launched an updated range of data centre and 5G network chips that promise to deliver much faster data throughput with the aid of integrated AI support.
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Bharti Airtel has commissioned a 14 MW captive solar power plant to meet the green energy requirements of its core and edge data centres in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Investors KKR and DTCP have unveiled an independent wholesale fibre venture, which aims to deploy FTTH to "a minimum one million homes by 2025".
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BringCom has named Allen Chimhende as the new managing director of Datanet, a provider of connectivity solutions and network services to enterprise customers in Uganda.
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Etisalat is building a cloud-native open radio access network (open RAN) service in Afghanistan.
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Indian MNOs Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm have entered into an agreement to trade spectrum.
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Data centre operator N+ONE is to launch three "latest-generation interconnected" data centres across Senegal as the country positions to become a digital hub for French-speaking West Africa.
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LG Electronics' board of directors has approved the company's request to close its mobile phone business world-wide.
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Trials conducted by Deutsche Telekom, Cosmote and Ericsson have used W-band frequency for wireless backhaul for the first time.
