Intelligent Telecom

AT&T and other comms firms join the 25GS-PON MSA Group

The 25GS-PON MSA Group has announced the addition of seven new member companies including AT&T, CommScope, Cortina Access, Feneck, HiLight Semiconductor, Hisense Broadband and Semtech. These companies, along with the ten founding 25GS-PON MSA members, are enabling a move...

Telecom Egypt to launch HARP, a new subsea system circling the African continent

Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, announces its plans to launch Hybrid African Ring Path (HARP) by 2023, a new subsea system that will outline the African continent, forming the shape of...

Vodacom and Mondia launch maternal health service in DRC

Pan-African telecommunications company Vodacom DRC and Mondia, a private mobile technology company driven by innovation, have announced the rollout of the Mum and Baby maternal health service across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mum and Baby is a free-of-charge...

The promise of 5G technology

Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the latest iteration of cellular technology, engineered to greatly increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks. These speeds exceed wireline network speeds and offer latency of one millisecond or lower, which is useful for...