By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK The GSMA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  have announced a new partnership that will leverage MWC21 and its start-up event 4YFN to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). MWC21 will take place in Barcelona from June 28 –July 01. As...

By Jonathan Easton Upcoming offroad racing series Extreme E has announced a partnership with short-form video app TikTok ahead of its debut season on April 3. The partnership will see the racing series produce exclusive behind the scenes videos from race locations, while also creating content highlighting the competition’s environmental...

By Jonathan Easton The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) has announced an agreement which will see the bodies collaborate on broadcasting standards for mobile. The partnership enables TSDSI to adopt ATSC standards, with the bodies describing this as a promotion of “global harmonisation...

By Precious John, Special Correspondent Africa Oil & Power (AOP)  has announced its strategic partnership with Invest in Africa (IIA) – a leading business and investment promotion association for African SMEs – to drive the participation of local suppliers in the energy sector at the upcoming MSGBC Oil, Gas &...

By Stuart Thomson Quality assurance specialist Agama Technologies has joined the SRT Alliance, the open-source initiative dedicated to overcoming the challenges of low-latency video streaming. Agama said it had joined the SRT Alliance to integrate the SRT protocol into its solutions, as part of the overall strategy to promote high-quality...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia Nokia has announced it has signed a reseller agreement with ClearWorld, an alternative energy systems provider, to sell ClearWorld’s smart poles initially to US cities and military bases as part of Nokia’s smart city solutions portfolio. Deployed in locations such as parks, parking lots and...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia and Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Nokia has announced an agreement with Microsoft to develop new market-ready 4G and 5G private wireless use cases designed for enterprises. The collaboration will combine Nokia’s Cloud RAN (vRAN) technologies with Microsoft Azure cloud-based services and developer ecosystem to drive...

By Celestine Okorie Russia’s private investment promotion platform for Africa has chosen Africa Oil & Power as a strategic partner to assist with African market entry for Russian firms; An official delegation from Russia will attend Africa Oil & Power’s events in 2021; “We have found in Africa Oil &...

By Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief In October last year, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark, in addition to sharing Q3 financials and giving a first-look at an organizational overhaul, gave a fairly detailed breakdown of where the company and its customers are going in regard to 5G. In a review of...

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Global health technology experts, the BroadReach Group, and nonprofit research institute, RTI International (RTI) , are pleased to announce a partnership between the organizations. Together, they now will offer joint informatics solutions, powered by AI, synthesizing managerial, operational and other types of social and economic...