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Connecting Theunconnected JUNE/JULY 2017 northern african Volume 16 Number 3 Forwireless comms professionals in north, west, east & central Africa COMMUNICATIONS l The IoT and getting on top of smart cities l Using OSS/BSS to enhance crucial network functions l Interview: Microsoft and its mission to empower Africa Connecting the Unconnected NAWC 1707 p1 (Cover) RN v1.2.indd 1 09/08/2017 18:34 NAWC 1707 p2 (FG Wilson).indd 1 09/08/2017 18:41 wirelessnorthern african CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS JUNE/JULY 2017 northern african Volume 16 10 News 5 News review Number 3 JUNE/JULY 2017 Forwireless comms professionals in north, west, east & central Africa COMMUNICATIONS Volume 16 > DRC operator first to sign-up forAngosat-1 > Safaricom launches LTE-A l The IoT and getting on top Number 3 of smart cities l Using OSS/BSS to enhance > PCCW Global to expand Algerian services crucial network functions l Interview: Microsoft and its mission to empower Africa > Mobile money carries over trillion shillings > Mobile data traffic to reach 7.4EB per month > Asia-Africa-Europe 1 goes live Connecting the Unconnected > MainOne to keep African traffic in Africa NAWC 1707 p1 (Cover) RN v1.2.indd 1 09/08/2017 18:34 > Y’ello Box brings electricity via mobiles 16 Wireless solutions > Sudatel Group joins Humanitarian Charter > Linking Mastercard with mobile wallets Cambium Networks is a leading global provider of trusted wireless solutions that 13 Wireless business connect the unconnected – People, Places > Spam phone calls are “big business” in Africa and Things. 16 Wireless solutions Through its extensive portfolio of reliable, > Lowest noise with R&S signal generator scalable and secure wireless narrowband and broadband platforms, Cambium Networks makes it possible for all service Features: providers and industrial, enterprise and government network operators to build 18 Smart cities affordable, reliable, high-performance > There’s much talk about the IoT but what’s connectivity. 18 Smart cities the reality? RAHIEL NASIR finds out. The company currently has over seven 24 Wireless users million radios deployed in thousands of > Mobile service providers would struggle demanding networks in more than 150 without reliable OSS and BSS platforms. countries. 29 Interview Headquartered outside Chicago and with > AMR KAMEL explains how Microsoft is on R&D centers in the U.S., U.K. and India, 29 Interview a mission to digitally empower Africa. Cambium Networks sells through a range of trusted global distributors. 34 World news Turn to page 12 to find out more. 32 World news > New record set for satellite data retrieval > DAMM TETRA secures São Paulo airport > Copenhagen DAS connects three operators > Super-fast bandwidth for Lebanese ISP > Avalanche monitoring devices use M2M www.cambiumnetworks.com/NAWC SUBSCRIPTIONS: of control can purchase an annual [email protected] Northern African Wireless Communications is subscription at the cost of £110. a controlled circulation bi-monthly magazine. For more information and general enquiries Register now for your free subscription at please contact Suzanne Thomas at www.kadiumpublishing.com [email protected] Readers who do not qualify under the terms or call +44 (0) 1932 886 537. EDITORIAL: ADVERTISEMENT SALES: Editorial director: Rahiel Nasir Sales executive: Andrew London Designer: Alan McClenaghan [email protected] Contributors: Chris Godfrey Amr Kamel Production & circulation: Production: Suzanne Thomas [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1932 481728 Editorial enquiries: [email protected] Publishing director: Kathy Moynihan Tel: +44 (0) 1932 481729 +44 (0) 1932 481730 © 2017 Kadium Limited. All rights reserved. The content of this publication may not be reproduced in part or in whole, including photocopying, scanning and/or recording, or transmitted in any other form by any means including electronic, digital or mechanical, or stored in any form of data storage, archival or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher and copyright holders. All enquiries should be sent to Kadium Limited, Unit 2, 1 Annett Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 2JR, UNITED KINGDOM. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those shared by the publisher or the editor. E&OE. Printed in England by The Magazine Printing Company NAWC 1707 p3 (Contents) AM.indd 3 10/08/2017 18:45 Register here for your free digital edition http://www.kadiumpublishing.com/forms/africa/nawc_reg.htm NEWS Eutelsat launches Konnect Africa Eutelsat has begun what it describes content development, and safe and as its “bold ambitions” for broadband reliable communication. in sub-Sahara Africa with the launch Some of the first partners to support of its much-vaunted Konnect Africa Konnect Africa include: AfrikaNet GoSat; initiative. Bentley Walker; China Telecom, On 6 June, the company launched which is establishing communication services in Benin, Cameroon, links between Africa and Asia-Pacific; Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Terrace Projects, a managed satellite Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and service solution provider in South Uganda. This followed an earlier Africa; amongst others. announcement confirming that the By working with local partners, Eutelsat hopes to accelerate satellite broadband Eutelsat says it will give partners the Konnect Africa initiative was back on connectivity across Africa. means to succeed through dedicated track thanks to a partnership with commercial, marketing and technical Yahsat (see News, Feb-Mar 2017). you-go’ models and Wi-Fi hotspots for a “few dozens” of dollars. support. The company adds that it will Eutelsat says it will deliver schemes. It says Wi-Fi hotspot access High-grade enterprise services are also train and reward local installers “innovative” services including will be available for a “few cents” also proposed to enable video- to enhance service quality and drive packaged offers inspired by ‘pay-as- while family offers will be optimised conferencing, storage, multimedia more talent into the industry. Pan-African Wi-Fi roaming DRC operator first to sign- hub from Liquid Telecom up for Angolan satellite Liquid Telecom has introduced Africa’s largest independent fibre DRC-based satellite operator InfraSat executive director Diogo a new roaming hub that enables network. Renatelsat has signed a deal to use de Carvalho claims the new satellite operators and ISPs to access its pan- It adds that they can also make capacity on Angosat-1, Angola’s first is registering a lot of interest from continental network of public Wi-Fi their public Wi-Fi hotspots available communications satellite which is due national operators, and that there hotspots for the first time. to some of Liquid’s Wi-Fi roaming to be launched in September 2017. are ongoing contract negotiations. The company says Africa Wi-Fi partners. Renatelsat executive director According to Multichoice Hub will allow the customers of This means that they will be Richard Achinda says Angosat-1 Angola’s communication director, its wholesale clients to connect to able to take advantage of a global will allow the expansion of his Adilson Garcia, Angosat-1 will enable hundreds of locations across Kenya, network of public Wi-Fi hotspots company’s services in neighbouring national operators to take advantage Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and without the need to negotiate their countries as well as into Angola. of satcoms services locally and in Zimbabwe, with additional markets own roaming agreements. Liquid’s Renatelsat joins Angolan Public national currency – unlike providers to be rolled out soon. roaming partners currently include Television as one of the first two from America and Europe where Partners can connect to the hub major Tier 1 carriers such as BT, companies to sign for capacity on the payment is made in foreign currency. through peering points in Eastern as well as Wi-Fi network providers USD320m satellite. The deals mark Following its successful launch and Southern Africa, with the such as iPass. the official launch of the campaign from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, option to connect to hundreds of “Africa Wi-Fi Hub is an important to commercialise its capacity. Angosat-1 will orbit at 14.5ºE for an locations in one country, or join step in bringing together the Angosat-1 will be operated by expected service life of 15 years. Its a global network of public Wi-Fi region’s Wi-Fi networks, reducing InfraSat which was established in payload includes 22 C- and Ku-band hotspots. The hub is also available as cost and complexity for operators 2008 as an independent business transponders. InfraSat adds that it has a a white label service. and extending coverage for their unit of Angola Telecom. InfraSat is conventional capacity equivalent to 44 Liquid claims that by joining the subscribers,” says Ben Roberts, responsible for the management of its transponders of 36MHz which covers hub, operators will be leveraging group CTIO, Liquid Telecom. entire portfolio of satellite services. all of Africa and parts of Europe. Safaricom CEO Bob Safaricom introduces LTE-A in Kenya Collymore reckons Safaricom claims it is continuing to Safaricom says the new LTE-A sites of which 4,677 are 2G, 3,517 are faster network roll out Africa’s “most advanced” technology builds on the growing 3G and 1,103 are 4G. They will also speeds are mobile network following the footprint of its 4G network which complement its fibre rollout strategy “democratising introduction of 4G+ (LTE-A or 4.5G) has gone live on more than 1,100 that has so far seen more than data access”. services in major towns across Kenya. sites across the country. It also 50,000 homes and 1,500 commercial In June, the operator announced enables carrier aggregation, allowing buildings passed by high speed links. that it had already activated 100 4G+ subscribers to benefit from increased “These faster speeds not only CEO, Safaricom. “We expect that our sites in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, as bandwidth accessible through benefit the customer, they also network will empower more small well as parts of Kisii, Naivasha, Kitui, the aggregation of different LTE empower small businesses who enterprise to participate in commerce Machakos, Kakamega and Kericho.
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