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5G launch still on hold in Ghana

6 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 18 April 2025 58 Sub-Saharan Africa 4G 3G Ghana Airtel Ghana MTN Ghana Cell Sites 5G Services National Communications Authority Telecel Ghana Next Generation Infrastructure Company Sam George, Ghana's Minister Of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, is widely reported to have set what is described as a firm deadline of June 2025 for the Next Generation Infrastructure Company (NGIC) to launch 5G services in the West African country. But will it be met?...
MobiFone targets Vietnam’s national defence and security sector 

6 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 18 April 2025 58 Security Vietnam Mobifone Defence Southeast Asia Vietnamese state telco MobiFone has reportedly applied to prime minister Phạm Minh Chính for approval to enter the country’s national defence and security sector as part of its future growth strategy. According to the official Vietnam News Service, Mobifone said at a working session this week held by the Ministry of Public Security that it has completed key procedures to operate under the special mechanism...
Mobifone, Viettel and VNPT leverage Open Gateway APIs to fight fraud 

6 days ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 18 April 2025 1 Viettel Vietnam Mobifone VNPT Fraud Management Open API Southeast Asia GSMA Open Gateway Vietnamese mobile operators Mobifone, Viettel and VNPT have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a platform under the GSMA Open Gateway initiative to combat online fraud using open CAMARA APIs. Under the MoU, Mobifone, Viettel and VNPT will work with the GSMA to focus on developing and implementing APIs that address critical functions such as...
Orange launches pan-African customer experience initiative

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 18 April 2025 1 Orange Customer Experience Africa Middle East Tunisia Sierra Leone Orange Money Artificial Intelligence Orange MEA Pan-African operator Orange says it has launched the first-ever 'My Customer, My Boss' initiative simultaneously in its 17 subsidiaries in Middle East and Africa. Called “an unprecedented operation”, this is described as a first on a continental scale for a company of this size. It aims to strengthen customer listening at all levels of the...
Partnership aims to boost digital payment landscape in Vietnam

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 17 April 2025 65 Asia-Pacific Vietnam e-commerce NFC Payments APIs Mobile Wallets Digital Payments Platforms IDEMIA Secure Transactions National Payment Corporation of Vietnam Payment and connectivity services company IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) and National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) have announced a strategic partnership to boost the digital payment landscape in Vietnam. The Vietnamese domestic scheme will integrate IST’s Token Platform into its...
Batelco and Nokia announce Bahrain’s first 5G private network

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 17 April 2025 142 Security Middle East North Africa Nokia Bahrain Batelco Low Latency IoT Artificial Intelligence Data Analytics Industry 4.0 5G Private Networks Beyon Alba Private 5G networks may not be storming the market yet, but there is undoubtedly steady growth. In fact this week has seen the news that Bahrain operator Batelco by Beyon and tech giant Nokia have joined forces to deploy Bahrain’s first 5G private network. The network is dedicated to industrial...
MTN Uganda and PostBank complete SASE PoC

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 17 April 2025 64 Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda MTN Uganda Digital Transformation PostBank Uganda SASE MTN Uganda and PostBank Uganda have reportedly completed a six-month proof of concept (POC) of the operator’s secure access service edge (SASE) business solution to power the bank’s digital transformation. According to TechAfrica News, PostBank said the SASE solution has enhanced its operational efficiency, network reliability, and customer experience by optimising...
Morocco ministries tap Nokia and Ericsson to boost digital development 

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 17 April 2025 1 Middle East North Africa Ericsson Nokia Morocco Skills development Digital Economy Digital Skills The Moroccan government has signed separate MoUs with Nokia and Ericsson to accelerate its Digital Morocco 2030 plan, with both vendors agreeing to contribute to digital talent development among other things. On Wednesday, Nokia said it signed an MoU with the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform under which its Nokia Innovation Center, which...
Vietnam gets major capacity boost as Viettel lights up ADC segment

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | John C. Tanner

Details John Tanner 17 April 2025 1 Viettel Vietnam Subsea Cable ADC Southeast Asia Asia Direct Cable Consortium Viettel Networks, a subsidiary of military-owned telco Viettel, announced on Wednesday that the Vietnam-bound link of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) is now live, more than doubling the country’s international bandwidth. The 9,400-km ADC – which connects China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – was declared ready for service in December 2024, with a design...
MoU highlights need to boost Nigeria’s resilience against cyberthreats

1 week ago | developingtelecoms.com | Vaughan O'Grady

Details Vaughan O'Grady 16 April 2025 1 Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria Digital Transformation Cybersecurity MoU Cyberthreats NITDA SecDojo Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SecDojo, a cybersecurity training and upskilling company with headquarters in France, to strengthen the country’s resilience against cyberthreats through what are described as targeted capacity-building initiatives. The signing ceremony took...