Middle East & Africa

FTTx

STC launches Micro Trench technology for the first time in Saudi Arabia

5G

MTN South Africa selects Ericsson for commercial 5G core and radio

Finance & Banking

Orange Bank celebrates its second birthday as it continues to grow

Submarine Network

Orange accelerates the development of connectivity in Africa with a new secure international network connecting eight countries in West Africa

Open Software

MTN is set to deploy 5,000 OpenRAN sites

5G

Türk Telekom and Huawei Set World Record for Single User 5G Speed

via Flickr © Sarah Croteau (CC BY-ND 2.0)

5G

Moody's predicts gloomy 2020 for EMEA telco sector

5G

Nokia prepares Ooredoo Tunisia for 5G with cloud mobile core project

Mobile

ITU Radiocommunication Assembly sets stage for further evolution of innovative digital technologies

Mobile

Airtel Africa announces partnership with Mastercard to transform digital payments landscape and connect 100m consumers in Africa

OSS/BSS

MTN strengthens Business Support Systems ties with Ericsson

Mobile

Orange confirms its ambition to achieve digital inclusion for all and opens its second Orange Digital Center in Dakar

5G

Etisalat announces the first end-to-end 5G Stand-Alone technology implementation in MENA

5G

Zain KSA launches the region’s largest 5G network

Radio Access Network

Vodafone pioneers innovative network tech to increase suppliers and extend rural internet access

SD-WAN

Nokia’s Nuage Networks strikes Middle East and Africa SD-WAN 2.0 deal with OmniClouds

Telco & CSP

STC: 10 innovative digital projects for Saudi entrepreneurs unveiled

5G

Telma Madagascar selects Ericsson for next-generation core and radio network upgrade

5G

Nokia completes world’s first single-carrier terabit-per-second field trial over Etisalat’s fibre network in UAE

via Flickr © Tanya Hart (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Optical

Nokia tops 50 Tbps over single carrier on Etisalat's fibre network

Devices

Middle East and Africa sees huge increase in demand for wearable technology

AI & ML

Spending on Artificial Intelligence systems in the Middle East & Africa to top $374 million in 2020

5G

Etisalat and Ericsson are embarking on a 5G roadshow

Telco & CSP

Vodafone and OFT announce new partnership that will bring the Vodafone brand to Oman