Middle East & Africa

5G

What’s up with… 5G FWA, OpenWiFi, Italian broadband

AI, Analytics & Automation

Vodafone and Google Cloud to develop industry-first global data platform

5G

What’s up with…. AT&T, Mavenir, Orange

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Ericsson & Vodafone, satellite broadband, Huawei

NFV

Telco Systems and albis-elcon partner on service virtualization on telecommunications networks

AI, Analytics & Automation

What’s up with… Microsoft & Nuance, Huawei, MTN

Digital Platforms & Services

Netcracker to deliver BSS transformation for leading Middle Eastern operator du

Open RAN

Dish, Etisalat advance Open RAN plans

Access Evolution

ZTE implements Africa's first 3G/4G/5G Tri-RAT dynamic spectrum sharing solution

5G

What’s up with… Verizon Business & Nokia, Airtel Africa, MATRIXX Software

5G

Huawei grew in 2020, but stress lines are showing

Access Evolution

WBA Celebrates Saudi Arabia’s Groundbreaking Designation for Unlicensed Spectrum

Access Evolution

Nokia expands Mobily partnership with enterprise IoT network in Saudi Arabia

Source: GSMA

Digital Platforms & Services

Continental thrift: Mobile money services enjoy a pandemic growth spurt

via Flickr © Mohammed A. Fadil (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Business Models

MTN of South Africa, the biggest operator in the continent, to focus entirely on pan-African market

Open RAN

Etisalat broadens its Open RAN options with Rakuten's RCP

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Airtel Africa, Nokia, FCC

5G

Nokia expands du’s 5G network to enable enhanced broadband for more customers in UAE

5G

What’s up with… Rogers & Shaw, Nokia & Orange, Xiaomi

5G

Nokia and Orange strike global 5G network optimization deal

Oracle's booth at MWC 2019

Sustainability

What’s up with… Oracle & MWC, Orange, Ofcom & 5G spectrum, Apple

Open RAN

Silicom launches Evenstar distributed unit to accelerate OpenRAN adoption

Access Evolution

Africa's mobile phone market performs well in Q4 2020, with longer-term recovery likely in H2 2021

5G

Etisalat selects Netcracker Domain Orchestration for dynamic 5G slicing and a new digital experience