Telecom

November 24, 2020

Morocco to purchase 30 CAESAR 155mm howitzers

The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces will procure 30 French-made Nexter CAESAR 155mm 6x6 self-propelled howitzers. The Army Recognition website reported that Morocco confirmed the acquisition in an article published in the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces magazine 'L'escape Marocain'"...

November 23, 2020

Etisalat Takes Major Leap Toward an Autonomous Network with Blue Planet

Etisalat, one of the leading telecommunications operators in emerging markets recognized by Ookla® Speedtest® as the world’s fastest mobile network provider, has deployed the first end-to-end multi-vendor DWDM Transport network orchestration in the Europe, Middle East and"...

November 16, 2020

Abdoll Now Exchange Telecommunications Chief Revenue Officer

International interconnect carrier, Exchange Telecommunications Limited (Exchange Telecoms), has appointed Riaan Abdoll as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

The appointment became effective from November 2, 2020....

November 11, 2020

Mavenir Announces Full 2G and 3G Support on Its 4G/5G Converged Cloud-Native OpenRAN and Packet Core

Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end Network Software Provider for 4G/5G networks, announces the integration of 2G and 3G technologies into its existing broadband suite for 4G and 5G. The new end to end cloud-native solution, that covers the complete stack of all mobile technologies - 2G/3G/4G/5G, in mobile networks for both radio access and packet core, will provide a truly unique fully containerized solution enabling mobile network automation and webscale agility. For the RAN component, the 2G and 3G capabilities will be fully integrated into the OpenRAN architecture, with fully containerized CU and DU to provide all-in-one Multi......

November 9, 2020

Radisys Bridges the Digital Divide at AfricaCom 2020 with End-to-End Digital Engagement Solutions Showcase

Radisys® Corporation, a global leader of open telecom solutions, today announced its showcase of end-to-end digital engagement solutions at the virtual AfricaCom 2020, taking place November 9-12. Radisys will demonstrate its real-time communication and digital engagement platforms and applications designed to bridge the digital divide in emerging regions. In addition, Radisys’ Aniel Jhingoeri and Reliance Jio’s Nathan Smith will lead a fireside chat focused on enabling mobile operators to provide greater access to broadband services in emerging and rural markets. To learn more about these solutions, visit Radisys’ virtual......

November 5, 2020

Motorola Solutions Delivers Unrivalled Versatility for Frontline Workers

A global pandemic, ever-increasing volumes of data to manage and greater demand to do more with limited resources - the world has never been more complex for public safety agencies.

Siloed systems and devices"...

October 27, 2020

Maroc Telecom Named Top Performer CSR for 7th Consecutive Time

Casablanca - Morocco’s telecoms operator ‘Maroc Telecom’ was named 'Top Performer CSR 2020' by the independent rating agency Vigeo Eiris, while maintaining its presence in the Casablanca Index ESG 10.

The"...

October 21, 2020

Ooredoo Algeria Pushes to 10Gbps its Wireless Mobile Backhaul with SIAE MICROELETTRONICA

Ooredoo a leader in mobile services, together with SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, a leading supplier of microwave and millimetre wave radio for mobile backhauling, established another record in the country pushing mobile backhaul capacity to 10Gbps. Ooredoo Algeria is unceasingly working to maximise its mobile backhaul capacity, establishing one of the most technologically advance transport infrastructure in the region. This latest achievement is part of the ongoing e-band and multiband backhaul upgrade program to a multi-gigabit infrastructure. The 10Gbps link has been achieved by upgrading an existing link operating at the maximum channel bandwidth......

October 20, 2020

Maroc Telecom Drew over 70.5 Mln customers at End of September

Casablanca - Maroc Telecom Group's services attracted 70.5 million customers at the end of September 2020, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period a year earlier.

This growth is mainly driven by the"...

October 17, 2020

Second Global O-RAN ALLIANCE Plugfest Demonstrates the Accelerated Readiness of Multi-vendor O-RAN Compliant Network Infrastructure

The O-RAN ALLIANCE successfully conducted its second worldwide plugfest and proof of concept to demonstrate the functionality as well as the multi-vendor interoperability of O-RAN based network equipment. At four venues across the globe, in total 55 companies came together to deal with"...