TELECOM
March 12, 2020
MTN Nigeria Invests N4.55trn in Fixed Assets
For a period spanning 19 years since the first commercial rollout of its telecoms services in Nigeria in 2001, MTN Nigeria has invested as much as N4.55 trillion ($14.67 billion) in fixed assets and facilities across Nigeria till date.
The telco disclosed this in a statement.
March 12, 2020
Mobile Subscription Hits 185.74 Million
Mobile voice subscription across networks moved up slightly from 184.7 million in December 2019, to 185.74 million in January 2020, according to statistics released recently by the telecoms industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The"...
Read More >>March 2, 2020
Telecom Operators Collaborate to Build the Telco Edge Cloud Platform with GSMA Support
Leading operators; China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM have joined forces, with the support of the GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to make edge compute capabilities widely and easily available.
The"...
Read More >>March 1, 2020
GSMA: ICT Industry Agrees Landmark Science-based Pathway to Reach Net Zero Emissions
The ICT industry is today taking an unprecedented step forward in tackling climate change with the release of the first-ever science-based pathway to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across the telecoms sector. This supports the GSMA’s commitment to helping the mobile industry"...
Read More >>February 28, 2020
Mavenir and MTI Announce First OpenRAN O-RAN Interface Remote Radio Unit (RRU) Portfolio
Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native, Network Software Provider and MTI announce the first commercial portfolio of OpenRAN RRUs with the O-RAN interface. The initial portfolio consists of 2x20W RRUs for B3, B20, B7 and 2x40W for B5, B28, B71 with general availability"...
Read More >>February 28, 2020
Mavenir Simplifies Deployment of 5G Cloud Solutions with Business Partners
Mavenir has announced integration of its 5G cloud-native telecom network functions (CNFs) with VMware’s container-ready Telco Cloud running on Dell Technologies’ edge computing solutions 5G deployments. Mavenir’s 5G deployments, pre-integrated and tested on Dell and VMware"...
Read More >>February 27, 2020
How MTN is Empowering Startups to Reduce Unemployment’
MTN, the largest telecoms operator in Nigeria is empowering startups and providing employment for them, in order to address the challenges of Nigerian entrepreneurs.
According to Trading Economics, the employment"...
Read More >>February 26, 2020
The O-RAN Alliance (O-RAN) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have announced today a liaison agreement that ensures alignment in the shared focus area of developing interoperable open Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions.
The"...
Read More >>February 25, 2020
GSMA Announces Winners of the 2020 GLOMO Awards
The GSMA today announced winners of the 2020 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards. The GLOMOs showcase those companies and individuals that are driving innovation in the rapidly evolving mobile industry.
“Our congratulations"...
Read More >>February 25, 2020
- The global adoption of O-RAN Alliance specifications by the industry is creating the foundation for the future of Radio Access Networks
- O-RAN growth continues, with Vodafone as the newest operator member
- 22 planned MWC demonstrations of O-RAN-based equipment implementations are being converted to an O-RAN virtual showcase
