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Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal has deployed 84 new base station sites following an investment of R100 million (US$7.3 million) over three financial periods as part of its rural coverage acceleration programme. -
Europe is seeing a “clear lag” in the launch of commercial 5G, with less than half of the EU 27 currently operating services.
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Operator Azercell has completed a 4G expansion project with Nokia that marks the first large-scale deployment of base stations outside of Azerbaijan’s capital city.
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The Yinhe-1 broadband communication satellite, independently developed and operated by GalaxySpace, has successfully launched into orbit.
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Affluence Corporation is divesting its entertainment division interests to focus on 5G infrastructure and technologies.
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Most mobile wireless masts are mini data centres of one form or another, but the advent of 5G will see their data capacity and data management functionality increase.
Forthcoming events
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China Unicom and China Telecom have signed an agreement to co-build and co-share their 5G networks.
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India is lending Nigeria $100 million to install 1,000 solar-powered base stations to expand rural coverage.
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MainOne has announced it will build and operate a metro fibre infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook.
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Operators providing the new 5G mobile services will need to connect their base stations with 25Gbps fibre, Nokia is saying in advance of Mobile World Congress.
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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland are consolidating their strengths to speed up the expansion of their mobile communications networks.
