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28/03/2019
By Editorial Desk
Telco

Liquid Telecom selects Nokia to deploy multiple 100G DWDM/OTN channel network in East Africa

Liquid Telecom, and Nokia announced a two-year partnership to upgrade their existing fiber network to support OTN/DWDM technology with an initial network capacity of 500G. This will result in a faster and more reliable connection along the route from the Indian Ocean to datacenters in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and neighboring countries. Powered by the Nokia […]

Clickatell jumpstarts MTN to launch chat commerce on WhatsApp

MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company, Clickatell(www.Clickatell.com), to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage with the telco over WhatsApp.

WHY SIM BOXING IS A THREAT IN TELCO SPACE

The SIM Box has several SIM cards of operators and could also take advantage of any existing on-net (same network) voice bundles and thus ends up paying very little or nothing for the termination of the said call – that is disguised as a local call.

Dennis Keko Kahindi APPOINTED NEW CEO of Liquid Telecom Uganda

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has appointed Dennis Keko Kahindi as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Liquid Telecom Uganda, effective 1 March 2019. Dennis will be responsible for accelerating Liquid Telecom’s growth and market penetration in this important region. He brings more than 15 years’ experience to this new role, having previously worked in senior executive roles at Oracle and Microsoft in Rwanda and Uganda.

01/03/2019
By Editorial Desk
Telco

Safaricom Launches REGION’s first 400G Network

Safaricom has announced the deployment of a 400G network link, a network that carries data on a rate of 400 Gps wavelength in the country making its network among the first in the world to commercially deploy the solution. The new standard optical network will enable Safaricom to support increasing video consumption alongside demand for higher […]

MTN signs up to Liquid Telecom’s 4G Roaming service

MTN To roam on Liquid Telecom’s 4G service

Greater access to fast and reliable mobile internet for millions of South Africansacross Liquid Telecom’s network for the first time Liquid Telecom South Africa, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has secured its first customer MTN, to offer 4G roaming to millions of South Africans. This includes LTE services to fuel the […]

commercial-ready 5G network Comes to South Africa with rain, nokia partnership

The achievement supports rain’s goal to introduce 5G services at the earliest possible time in line with South Africa’s vision to ensure a seamless information infrastructure by 2030 for an inclusive knowledge economy.