Manny Pham

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Details Manny Pham 09 May 2025 81 Central South Asia India Starlink The Indian government has reportedly granted conditional approval for SpaceX’s Starlink to begin offering satellite internet services in the country, according to a report by CNBC-TV18. The broadcaster said a Letter of Intent was issued to the Elon Musk-owned company on May 7, signalling that a commercial launch is likely imminent. Similar letters were previously issued to Eutelsat OneWeb and Jio Satellite Communications...

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Details Manny Pham 08 May 2025 5 Airtel Africa returned to profit in its latest financial year driven by a rise in subscriber base despite a continued hit from currency devaluation across its markets. In a statement, the operator highlighted an 8.7% year-on-year increase in total customers to 166.1 million, supported by a 4.3 percentage point rise in smartphone penetration to 44.8%. The number of data customers rose 14.1% to 73.4 million, with data usage per customer increasing by 30.4% to...

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Details Manny Pham 07 May 2025 1 Service Providers Latin America Chile Amazon Amazon Web Services Amazon announced it will invest $4 billion to build cloud infrastructure for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division in Chile by the end of 2026. The new AWS Region - Amazon’s third in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico - will allow governments, enterprises, and startups to access local data centres to run applications and serve end users with lower latency and greater efficiency, the company...

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Details Manny Pham 07 May 2025 33 Sub-Saharan Africa Central South Asia Latin America Asia-Pacific Central and Eastern Europe Nokia Nokia has signed a deal with Danish shipping giant Maersk to deploy private wireless network solutions across 450 vessels in its fleet. In a statement, the network equipment vendor described the deployment as a critical step in enabling Maersk’s OneWireless IoT connectivity platform. The platform will offer benefits such as real-time cargo tracking, enhanced...

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Details Manny Pham 02 May 2025 1 Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East North Africa Senegal Morocco Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to embed its cloud technology within Orange’s mobile networks in Morocco and Senegal this year, aiming to significantly improve connectivity speed and reduce latency. In a statement, AWS said the rollout will mark the first deployment of its edge cloud technology—known as AWS Wavelength—in Africa, and notably in regions without existing...