Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief There’s broad consensus among the telco set that the real money to made from 5G will be made by selling solutions into high-value vertical industries. But whether you’re an operator, cloud provider, equipment vendor, or integrator, it’s a tall order to deliver a turnkey solution...

Nokia forged a five-year deal with the University of Technology Sydney to establish a 5G innovation facility at its Tech Lab campus to test and demonstrate new use cases covering Industry 4.0, IoT and smart city applications. In a statement, the Finnish vendor said the laboratory will provide a live...

The global pandemic has accelerated the need for true digitisation as African customers demand a more seamless digital customer experience from their communications service providers, writes PIKIE MONAHENG. It’s no secret that CSPs need to transform their businesses to compete in the continent’s highly competitive communications landscape and deliver the...

Mid-band spectrum has been in high demand by mobile and wireline operators both to support 5G rollouts and to underpin private networks for industrial customers. As recipients of CBRS spectrum are leveraging the technology for real-world deployments now, while the C-Band auction was recently completed on January 18, vendor activity...

The "loop" structure and investments restriction were lifted to promote inward investments into South Africa, writes CHIDO PAMELA MAFONGOYA. The long-anticipated relaxation of the South African Exchange Control Rules relating to "loop" structures and investment was released on the 4th of January 2021 by the South African Reserve Bank under...

US Africa relations will likely improve by virtue of Trump’s exit, say JUDE KEARNEY and NJ AYUK. 2021 could be the beginning of a much needed reset for US relations with Africa and its various countries and regions. To date, most African governments have responded positively to the results of...

In 2021, African gas projects are going to be in the news, says NJ AYUK In 2021 most opportunities in the energy sector and in business in general will go to those who show up and negotiate better deals and get involved in making African resources work for us. Forget...

As technology evolves towards containers and cloud-native architectures and applications, there are key architectural considerations for communications service providers to address, writes TIMO JOKIAHO. 5G is accelerating deployments of edge computing, as communications service providers (CSPs) look to rearchitect their network infrastructure and grow the capacity of their networks as...

The COVID-19 crisis has devastated people’s lives, jobs, and businesses. Governments have taken forceful measures to cushion the blow, totaling a staggering US$12 trillion globally. These lifelines have saved lives and livelihoods. But they are costly and, together with sharp falls in tax revenues owing to the recession, they have...

To what extent can mobile help the world recover from the coronavirus pandemic and fast-track sustainable development? KALVIN BAHIA looks into this. Last month’s UN General Assembly session was unlike any other since the organisation was founded 75 years ago. In the first ever ‘virtual session’, world leaders stayed at...