5G as a fixed-wireless access (FWA) solution is being positioned as the ‘technology of choice for closing the remaining digital divide in Africa’, claims Rami Osman, business development director, MediaTek Middle East and Africa. “5G is key to rolling out broadband services in Africa that can support tomorrow’s most demanding applications at scale, at a...
Namibia is preparing the launch of 5G. The country’s telecoms regulator has already awarded 5G spectrum and licenses to three companies. He also authorized them to test the technology until December 31. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) launched a campaign on Tuesday, November 28 to raise awareness among telecom consumers about fifth generation (5G) mobile...
Ethio Telecom officially launched its commercial 5G services in Addis Ababa in September 2023. Until then, the capital and Adama are the only two Ethiopian cities to benefit from ultra-high speed. The historic Ethiopian telecommunications operator Ethio Telecom announced on Tuesday, November 28, that it had launched its fifth generation (5G) mobile services in Jigjiga,...
Oil firms and educational institutions in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, are among the early users of MTN’s 5G network deployment, which is boosting the mobile operator in its largest market. Partnerships with Seplat Oil and Gas, as well as Huawei and Baze University in Abuja, were cited as encouraging adoption of 5G by the pan-African...
Airtel Kenya and Safaricom announced this week they are expanding 5G coverage across 35 counties. Kenya’s counties are geographical units and the East African country has 47 of them. Now, Bomet, Busia, Isiolo, Kitui, Mandera, Migori, Tharaka-Nithi, Trans Nzoia, Homa Bay, West Pokot, Embu, Kirinyaga, Muranga, and Turkana are among the new counties where 5G...
Vodacom is testing 5G connectivity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), under the supervision of the industry regulator, but its primary focus is on improving 4G base station deployment and expanding mobile money capabilities across the populous African country. That’s according to CEO, Khalil Al Americani, talking to ITWeb Africa, in an exclusive...
Safaricom has increased its 5G coverage to select towns across 35 counties as it continues to empower its customers in 5G areas to enjoy superfast internet on the move, and for their homes and businesses. As part of the move to spur 5G uptake, the service provider has also slashed the price of 5G Wi-Fi...
GSM Association, the global umbrella body of mobile network operators, has said that the manufacturing sector will benefit the most from the rollout of 5G technology by telecom operators. The body stated this in its latest ‘Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa’ report. According to GSMA, while 5G is expected to benefit most sectors of the Sub-Saharan...
Airtel Nigeria has partnered with MediaTek, a Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company that manufactures chips for wireless communications, to provide clients with 5G routers. According to the terms of the deal, MediaTek will introduce T750-powered Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), which would boost internet connectivity. This the two parties says allow customers to connect to high-speed 5G...
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has awarded 5G licences to mobile network operators Telecom Namibia (TN) and Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), and local ISP Loc8 Mobile following the regulator’s auction of 700MHz and 800MHz spectrum last week, which generated approximately NAD28.6 million (USD1.47 million). Loc8 Mobile paid NAD5.1 million to secure Lot A (2×20MHz, 703MHz-723MHz/758MHz-778MHz,...
