tech + telecom highlights
By Timo Jokiaho As technology evolves towards containers and cloud-native architectures and applications, there are key architectural considerations for communications service providers (CSPs) to address 5G is accelerating deployments of edge computing, as communications service…
Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Orange is strengthening its position as leader in connectivity in Africa • Djoliba is the first unified superfast broadband network that provides seamless connectivity, with better availability At the AfricaTech Festival international trade fair, Orange and…
Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project which has the aim of reducing the cost of communication and keeping the traffic generated and destined for Africa within…
Primer premio del Col·lab Weekend 2020 de Las Naves • sta App monitoriza la distancia social en espacios públicos usando redes neuronales y visión artificial • 50 personas, divididas en 10 equipos, han estado durante…
New report outlines how pay-TV service providers can build resilient response tactics to effectively manage subscribers, content delivery and engagement in the face of COVID-19 • Real-time forecasting models and workflow capabilities help decision-makers shape…
As more organisations accelerate their digital innovation initiatives, their evolving infrastructure exposes them to new security risks • Fortinet will host its first Africa Virtual Security Day on 16 September 2020, bringing to pan-African CEOs,…
Research conducted by Omdia reveals that the global market for prefabricated modular data centres, from the edge to the core, increased by more than 65% Vertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity…
By Patrick Ndegwa There's been a definite shift around the discussion about the cloud in Africa. Businesses now accept that the future of organising, processing and presenting their data is in the cloud. And with services…
Study shows Satellite TV reception increases by 23% in Nigeria and 19% in Ghana in 2019 since the last study, conducted two years ago; SES currently reaches 35 million TV households across the African Continent.…
By Michuki Mwangi Ten years ago the peering community came up with a vision: We wanted 80 percent of Internet traffic to be localized by 2020. I must admit, over the last decade there were…
The APO Group Newsroom website (www.Africa-Newsroom.com) will now be integrated into the Opera News platform used by 200 million users worldwide. This partnership stems from the need to reduce the consumption of misleading news articles…
Network operators will play a pivotal role in the creation of new revenue services from edge computing • Vertiv , together with technology analyst firm Omdia released a new report on the implications of the shift to…
Africa’s leading innovative media company Pulse has launched its digital and social media offering in Senegal, under the brand Pulse.sn/Pulse Senegal. This is part of its efforts to further extend its media reach to the Francophone audience on the continent, with…
China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced today that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent…
#Fakehunter – world's largest anti-infodemic system has launched • The Polish Press Agency and GovTech Polska (Polish Prime Minister's Office) have released the #FakeHunter web application – a new tool to combat disinformation about COVID-19.…