MTN Group and Airtel Africa signed an agreement to share infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, in a bid to expand coverage, improve network cost efficiencies and boost mobile services for customers. The partnership will in particular target customers in remote and rural areas lacking access to connectivity, as part of a shared vision to extend … Leer más
Digital transformation company GFT appointed a former EY executive as its latest US CEO, seeking benefits in an AI strategy for customers and in-house operations. Rishi Chohan succeeds Marco Santos in the role, after the latter became GFT’s global chief in January. The company stated the pair would help guide a five-year transformation strategy centred … Leer más
Digital security organisation the Trusted Energy Interoperability Alliance (TEIA) released universal specifications to protect IoT and AI devices, in turn tackling what it deemed a growing threat involving proprietary approaches. TEIA 1.0 is on general release, covering connected IoT devices used in batteries, EV chargers, solar inverters, transformers, wind turbines and power distribution systems. The … Leer más
UK watchdog Ofcom unveiled a proposal to allow mobile network operators to use existing spectrum for direct-to-device (D2D) satellite services, in a bid to make the technology more widely available. Ofcom stated it is opening a consultation on ways it could authorise D2D satellite services on standard smartphones using most spectrum bands licensed to UK … Leer más
In our MWC25 Barcelona predictions webinar (check it out to see what we got wrong), we suggested AI would be the show’s dominant theme. We were right, of course. I cannot say it was a particularly risky guess. Riskier, however, was the prediction we would begin to see the AI narrative evolve from one focused … Leer más
Cassava Technologies partnered with Nvidia to build what the pair claimed would be Africa’s first AI factory, as part of a push around deploying the technology in the region. Cassava, founded by Zimbabwe telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, stated the factory would run Nvidia’s AI computing technology, with a view of helping businesses, governments and researchers … Leer más
INTERVIEW: Global economist Keyu Jin (pictured) argued the old world order is finished, presenting opportunities for investment and technology development on a truly global scale by people who grasp the potential of a multi-cultural, multidimensional landscape. At MWC25 Barcelona, Jin told Mobile World Live the world had entered a new paradigm and the best strategy … Leer más
T-Mobile US agreed a deal in principle to offload its 800MHz spectrum assets to Grain Management, with the operator to receive a combination of cash and all of the private investment company’s 600MHz spectrum licences in return. In a statement, T-Mobile explained Grain, in partnership with construction company Black & Veatch, would market the 800MHz … Leer más
Egypt targeted a digital skills boost, outlining plans to launch dedicated training programmes as it seeks to promote itself as a global ICT offshoring hub. The nation detailed a focus on training covering AI, data analytics and embedded systems during a meeting between government ministers and relevant executives yesterday (20 March). Officials noted Egypt already … Leer más
INTERVIEW: Veon CEO Kaan Terzioglu (pictured) argued operators must conduct an aggressive shake-up of their business models by abandoning the sale of raw data and instead focus on selling digital services and continue to push augmented intelligence. Speaking at MWC25 Barcelona, Terzioglu reiterated the company’s augmented intelligence mantra that essentially gives AI a more human-touch, … Leer más