This partnership will give Liquid access to Orange’s extensive international network in West Africa, including the new Djoliba network. Likewise, it will give Orange access to Liquid’s pan-African network. As a result, the two organizations will offer end-to-end high-speed connectivity and services across their networks, allowing existing and new customers in over 20 African countries greater access and opportunity to build their businesses.
“We are excited about embarking on this partnership with Orange, becoming a major customer on Djoliba as we continue to grow our existing relationship…
Vodafone Foundation turns DreamLab's attention to climate change
Developed by Vodafone Foundation, DreamLab is a specialist crowdsourcing app that accelerates scientific research by using the combined processing power of dormant smartphones while users charge them. DreamLab-powered research has already contributed to COVID-19 research with Imperial College London and cancer research with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
With more than 2 million downloads across 17 countries to date, the network of smartphones created by DreamLab is equivalent to a virtual supercomputer capable of processing billions of calculations without collecting or disclosing any users’ data.
In the year when the UN has identified climate change as the single biggest threat facing humans…
Lithuania prepares for first shot at 5G spectrum
Today, Lithuania moved one step closer to finally launching commercial 5G services, with regulator RRT finalising the auction of spectrum in the 700MHz band.
The auction is set to make 2×10 MHz and two 2×5 MHz blocks of spectrum available in the 713¬…
Drummers, drinks and deserving winners #WCA21
Last night saw the return of a physical gathering for the 23rd annual World Communication Awards. Hundreds of telecom executives gathered in London to see the industries most innovative and successful companies and individuals rewarded.
The impressive turnout was presided over by broadcaster, journalist and political commentator Ayesha Hazarika and whilst the pandemic still made it’s presence felt at such a global event, we were delighted to welcome participants from as far afield as Indonesia, Korea and the United States of America.
Winners in nineteen categories were announced, including COLT’s Keri Gilder, picking up the trophy as CEO of the Year from Phil Siveter CEO UK &…
A partnership power balance: Vodafone talks ecosystem dynamics at TTC
In the opening session of this year’s Total Telecom Congress, a major theme of discussion was something that telcos around the world are coming to know only too well; namely, that they must go beyond just connectivity if they are to succeed in this ultradigital age.
The past two years have made it very clear that traditional telco model will no longer deliver the consistent growth of the past. At the height of the pandemic, some telcos were experiencing increased network traffic of over 50% and…
Nokia and TPG Telecom deploy Asia Pacific’s first live 5G femtocell
Using Nokia’s unique modular 4G/5G Smart Node, the solution allows operators to provide their customers with superior indoor 5G coverage from a dedicated femtocell.
Nokia Smart Node is a dedicated indoor solution providing superior coverage and capacity and can be easily scaled from single to multiple units to meet the customer&rsquo…
Verizon partners Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite project for 5G
Today, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced a strategic collaboration to develop connectivity solutions for unserved and underserved communities. As part of the collaboration, Project Kuiper and Verizon have begun to develop technical specifications and define preliminary commercial models for a range of connectivity services for U.S. consumers and global enterprise customers operating in rural and remote locations around the world.
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3…
5GRuralDorset leads world in 5G satellite backhaul research
Having bagged the top spot in three categories at Connected Britain, the now multi-award-winning project has gone on to demonstrate satellite backhaul from a 5G standalone network – the only known example of this in the world.
Connected through a satellite link back to the Satellite Application Catapult’s core network in Westcott, two sites in Portland now benefit from both satellite and terrestrial connectivity…
Telstra agrees $1.6bn purchase of Digicel Pacific to curb Chinese influence
Back in July, rumours had begun to circulate that Telstra was in talks with the Australian government discussing financial and strategic support for a potential takeover bid for Digicel Pacific. The deal, which was estimated at around A$2 billion, would be largely financed by the government in an effort to stop geopolitically important communications infrastructure in the Pacific falling into China&rsquo…
5GRuralDorset leads world in 5G satellite backhaul eesearch
Having bagged the top spot in three categories at Connected Britain, the now multi-award-winning project has gone on to demonstrate satellite backhaul from a 5G standalone network – the only known example of this in the world.
Connected through a satellite link back to the Satellite Application Catapult’s core network in Westcott, two sites in Portland now benefit from both satellite and terrestrial connectivity…