Burkina Faso’s MNOs to improve quality

15 October 2024

Moov Burkina, Orange Burkina and Telecel Faso have made commitments to improve the quality of telecom services in the country.

This commitment was formalized by the signing of an agreement after a conclave organized with the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) and the Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications. The objective is to meet the growing needs of consumers by improving services through the deployment of new sites and the acquisition of frequencies.

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Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire sign interconnect deal

14 October 2024

Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire will interconnect their respective fibre optic networks following an agreement signed between the Ivorian Minister of Digital Transition and Digitalization, Kalil Konaté, and the Guinean Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Rose Pola Pricemou.

"Our digital infrastructures will be interconnected in order to make our countries a little more resilient in the event of disasters. We must pool our efforts and resources to carry out our digital projects because the investments are heavy, but if each country contributes, these costs will be reduced," said Ivorian Minister Kalil Konaté.

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Vodafone and Google announce 10-year AI deal

11 October 2024

Vodafone and Google have announced a ten-year strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone’s customers across Europe and Africa, supported by Google Cloud and Google’s Gemini models.

The agreement will bring storage, security, and AI assistance to Vodafone’s customers in 15 countries, as well as its partners in an additional 45 markets worldwide, while Google will use Vodafone’s fixed and mobile connectivity services to improve workforce productivity.

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Egypt marches towards private 5G licences

10 October 2024

The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Egypt has signed agreements for the second phase of granting 5G licences to Orange Vodafone, and e& Egypt.

The signing ceremony was conducted at NTRA headquarters at the Smart Village, spearheaded by NTRA executive president Mohamed Shamroukh and minister of communications and information technology (MCIT), Amr Talaat. According to the minister, the agreements solidify Egypt’s strategy to deploy advanced technological services to support key sectors including smart cities, logistics, healthcare and agriculture.

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