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Nigeria's 5G subscription hits 2.3m
Telecommunications

Nigeria’s 5G subscription hits 2.3m

By Alex Omenye   Nigerian Communications Commission, the number of 5G subscriptions in the country experienced a significant uptick, reaching 2.3 million in December 2023, according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission. Despite this growth, it represents just 1.04% of the total active telephone subscriptions, which stood at 124.7 million by the end of […]

Nokia, Dell partner on private 5G, cloud networks
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Nokia, Dell partner on private 5G, cloud networks

In a joint statement on Thursday, Nokia and Dell Technologies announced their agreement to work together to support the rollout of private 5G networks and the cloudization of networks. Individual organizations often own, operate, or lease private 5G networks. Over time, users of the telecom equipment manufacturer’s cloud-focused data center division, Nokia AirFrame, will switch […]

Nokia signs 5G license with Vivo
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Nokia signs 5G license with Vivo

Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer, Nokia announced on Monday that it has finalized a multi-year 5G patent license agreement with the Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo. Nokia will commence recognizing net sales resulting from this agreement in the first quarter of 2024. The deal resolves all ongoing patent litigation between Nokia and Vivo in various jurisdictions, and […]

Nokia bounces back with the production of 5G phones
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Nokia bounces back with the production of 5G phones

HMD Global, the manufacturer of Nokia-branded smartphones, has made history by becoming the first significant smartphone manufacturer to produce products in Europe with the release of its first manufactured-in-Hungary 5G model. “We are thrilled to be manufacturing the Nokia XR21, our signature rugged 5G smartphone, in Europe,” co-founder, chairman, and CEO of HMD Global, Jean-Francois […]

Vodafone Germany fires 2,000 employees to save costs
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Vodafone, Amazon partner to expand 5G reach

Vodafone intends to collaborate with Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite constellation Project Kuiper for 5G. This partnership is in order to expand the coverage of its 4G and 5G communication networks in Europe and Africa, The British mobile operator said that high-bandwidth, low-latency satellites from Project Kuiper would be used to link mobile service stations […]

MTN launches 5G in Uganda
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MTN launches 5G in Uganda

Alex Omenye Foremost telecommunications, MTN has launched its 5G network in Uganda. The first 5G network in East Africa was launched on Friday by the telecom company MTN Uganda, a branch of the MTN Group in South Africa. With almost 15 million subscribers, MTN has Uganda’s largest customer base. It mostly contends with a Bharti […]

Huawei revisits 5G phones to overcome US ban - Report
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Huawei revisits 5G phones to overcome US ban – Report

China’s Huawei Technologies is planning to enter the 5G smartphone market by the end of this year, marking a comeback after a U.S. ban on equipment sales destroyed its consumer electronics sector, according to research firms. According to three independent technological research organisations covering China’s smartphone market, Huawei should be able to obtain 5G chips […]

Airtel launches 5G network in Kenya
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Airtel launches 5G network in Kenya

Following months of testing, Airtel is now the second telco to roll out 5G in Kenya after Safaricom did so in October 2022. Eliud Owalo, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for ICT, and Ezra Chiloba, the director-general of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), attended the event where Airtel, the country’s second-largest network operator, introduced the product. […]

MTN launches 5G network
Telecommunications

MTN launches 5G network

Telecommunications giant, MTN, launched commercially launched the fifth-generation technology, in Nigeria on Sunday. The launch took place during an event that enabled guests to test the use of the technology. Nigeria becomes the third African country to have launched the 5G network, after Kenya and South Africa, following MTN’s establishment of the technology in Lagos. […]

IATA welcomes CBN's release of $265m to airlines
Aviation

5G networks may meddle with aircraft landing – IATA

As the Nigerian Communications Commission and telecoms giants prepare for the launch of the 5G spectrum in August, the International Air Transport Association has warned that there may be disruptions to aircraft landing. IATA urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the governments of other countries to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure […]