Infrastructure

Africa’s smartphone market to grow just 2%

Canalys says the continent will face economic headwinds in 2025, leading to a shrinkage in the smartphone market.
Lezeth Khoza
1:30
Jun 18, 2015

Ericsson to manage Smile's LTE networks

Ericsson will manage and maintain the 4G/LTE services across all operations
1:50
Jun 10, 2015

GSM still dominates Africa's mobile subscriptions

GSM is popular in the Middle East and North East Africa region.
1:20
May 22, 2015

Access Kenya finishes phase one network upgrade

The company plans to provide network upgrades to 18 towns in Kenya.
6:00
May 13, 2015

Mobile's Future Is a Happy Customer

Networks operators face multiple problems, but the customer doesn't need to be one.
1:10
Mar 12, 2015

Alcatel-Lucent, Etisalat partner

Partnership will see the development of network performance technologies.
1:50
Nov 17, 2014

Metacom boosts core network as data use grows

Industrial and commercial communications operator Metacom has invested significantly in upgrading its core network to meet increasing customer needs.
2:10
Oct 30, 2014

‘More work needed on Africa’s fibre deployment’

Expert says Africa’s fibre-based broadband network footprint has a long way to go.
1:30
Oct 15, 2014

The 4C Group announces successful deployment of iNSight Big Data Hub

The 4C iNSight Big Data Hub, on Oracle's Exadata Database Machine, was successfully deployed through a leading East African mobile operator Vodacom.
3:10
Jun 6, 2014

Customers will stay loyal to the best performing network

The dramatic increase in mobile data subscriptions and the uptake of smartphones across sub-Saharan Africa will place quality and coverage demands on mobile networks across the region.
1:10
Jan 13, 2014

Kenyan internet exchange point has a new home

The East Africa Data Centre facility is planned to host KIXP following a tender process.