Congo issues tower safety warning
06 November 2024
Congo's telecoms regulator, the Agence de Régulation des Postes et des Communications Électroniques (ARPCE), has issued a warning to mobile operators after noticing significant safety violations and non-compliance with industry standards when installing towers.
ARPCE presented to representatives of MTN Congo, Airtel Congo, Helios Towers Congo, and Digilogie, the findings of a year-long extensive inspection of telecoms masts across Congo.
Find out more Paratus completes East-West Africa fibre route
05 November 2024
Paratus Group has completed its East-West Africa fibre route, offering a fast and resilient link to anywhere in the world from anywhere in the southern African region.
The Paratus East-West route, the first coast to coast terrestrial route using Paratus built fibre infrastructure, offers an alternative terrestrial route, the current demand for which has been precipitated and expedited by the recent and frequent network outages.
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The continuing importance of digital two-way radio technology
05 November 2024
Sandra Wendelken, market insights manager, Tait Communications
While 5G technology grabs headlines around the globe and in Africa for its many extraordinary wireless advancements, two-way radio technology deployments continue to grow at a steady rate and provide mission-critical voice communications for enterprises and public sector agencies. Even with the continued growth of two-way radio, the importance of broadband technology for critical communications solutions cannot be overstated. Both broadband and radio technologies have their place in our industry.
Find out more Data sovereignty and the MNO
04 November 2024
Africa’s hunger for new data centres is well established; but what does the influx of new facilities, players and capacity mean for the continent’s MNOs?
It’s a simple, inarguable statement of truth: “Africa most definitely needs more data centres,” asserts Wojtek Piorko, managing director, Africa at Vertiv. “If you apply simple mathematics to the question, the answer is clear: we have around 300MW of whitespace in Africa, similar to that of Italy, but for an entire continent. Comparatively, while Africa’s population is around 1.4 billion, Italy’s is just 60 million. In addition, Africa has a young, data-hungry population – with more than 60% below 25 years old. The continent is also going through a wave of digitalisation, with dynamic investments from abroad and a lot of government-drive local ones.”
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