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Northern African Volume 14 Number 5 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 northern african Volume 14 Number 5 Forwireless comms professionals in north, west, east & central Africa COMMUNICATIONS ● How smartphones are getting smarter ● Using the digital dividend for broadband ● Record fi ne for MTN in Nigeria – CEO quits To see how IDT can help you reach out and grow your business, email [email protected] or visit idtcarrierservices.com wirelessnorthern african CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 northern african Volume 14 6 News 5 News review Number 5 OCTOBER/ Forwireless comms professionals in north, west, east & central Africa COMMUNICATIONS NOVEMBER 2015 > Fibersat to offer satellite at fi bre costs > MTN Benin extends rural connectivity Volume 14 > Ethiopia uses LTE for Addis Ababa metro ● How smartphones are getting smarter ● Using the digital Number 5 dividend for broadband > Effortel delivers fi rst mobile banking MVNO ● Record fi ne for MTN in Nigeria – CEO quits > Eutelsat and Facebook partner for satcoms > Vodafone seeks more power in Ghana To see how IDT can help you reach out and grow your business, email [email protected] or visit idtcarrierservices.com > Yahsat integrates OSS/BSS with VSAT 20 Wireless solutions > Softwire and SES to bridge information gap > Save the Children acts as VNO for 35 VSATs > Inmarsat to help develop remote services IDT is one of the largest global carriers of > Enterprise m-banking solution in Kenya international voice traffi c, generating over > ATU calls for more universal access funds 30 billion international minutes last year > Ericsson manages BSS for MTN as well as creating billions of retail minutes > Mobile platforms for 100 million women through our BOSS Revolution brand. 13 Wireless business 22 Smartphones To see how our scale and reach can > Huge fi ne for MTN Nigeria; Dabengwa quits help you grow your business, come see us at AfricaCom stand B17 (Hall 2), 20 Wireless solutions email [email protected] or visit > Affordable Ka-band antenna for COTM idtcarrierservices.com. Turn to page 16 Features: to fi nd out more about IDT 22 Smartphones > With smartphone adoption growing, RAHIEL NASIR rounds up the latest devices. 27 Broadband > Will the digital dividend help deliver low- 27 Broadband cost broadband? DAVE HOWELL fi nds out. 32 World news > Sepura DMR in Mongolian capital > Nokia uses drones for network planning > Anite to fi ne tune Bangladeshi network > TI Sparkle expands global backbone reach > Convention Centre Dublin supports Wi-Fi 33 World news > Cisco implements Europe’s fi rst smartROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS: of control can purchase an annual 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: Dave Howell Production & circulation: Production: Suzanne Thomas [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1932 886537 Editorial enquiries: Fax: +44 (0) 1932 886539 Tel: +44 (0) 1932 886537 Fax: +44 (0) 1932 886539 Publishing director: Kathy Moynihan [email protected] +44 (0) 1932 886537 © 2015 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, Brassey House, New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1QD, 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 Polestar Stones NEWS Fibersat to offer satellite services at the cost of fi bre in Africa Fibersat will use a hosted Ka- smaller that we cover the same area The firm adds that it has already band payload on forthcoming with almost 100 beams. Each one of signed up “significant” pre-launch high-throughput satellites (HTS) these beams has as much bandwidth orders with key African operators from Arabsat to provide extensive as a traditional satellite beam.” but does not name them. It says the coverage over Africa using an As a result, Fibersat reckons broad- agreement with Arabsat represents a innovative system. band delivered via its system will cost major step forward in its mission. Luxembourg-based Fibersat is a a “tiny fraction” of what it costs today. For Arabsat, the deal means it will new operator and its HTS payload, The company’s CEO Christof Kern be able to expand its coverage across Fibersat-1, is planned for launch says: “By combining the benefits the region. CEO Khalid Balkheyour in 2018. The company claims its of a power-optimised HTS design says: “This cooperation with Fibersat optimised design will enable satellite and leveraging a hybrid satellite will position Arabsat as a major services to be delivered at the cost of architecture, Fibersat will be able to service provider to the growing fibre throughout the continent. offer customers unprecedented price markets of sub-Saharan Africa, Fibersat-1 will use beams that are levels for satellite services which is key with a portfolio of broadband and smaller than conventional geo satel- in price-sensitive markets like Africa. telecom services. By employing lites, but it’s claimed they can deliver This is the only way to meet the explod- an innovative payload design in up to 100 times more bandwidth. ing demand for internet in Africa, the Ka-band, Arabsat will have blanket In late October, Arianespace began “Traditional geostationary fastest-growing market in the world.” coverage over the MEA region.” preparations for the launch of Arabsat- communication satellites typically use At launch, Fibersat says it will be At the time of writing, Arianespace 6B, seen here receiving its propellant. one large beam to illuminate a large able to provide affordable internet was getting ready to launch Arabsat’s area,” states the firm. “This single access services to remote areas across next satellite. Arabsat-6B, which will November and will orbit at 26ºE to beam usually has a capacity of 1Gbps. the continent using low-cost commer- be operated as BADR-7, was expected provide telecoms and broadcast ser- Fibersat has smaller beams – so much cially available VSAT terminals. to lift-off from French Guiana on 10 vices for Africa and the Middle East. Equitel aims to be continent’s fi rst m-banking MVNO Kenyan MVNO Equitel is working up for the mobile money service CRM and billing systems. It supports institutions in East Africa, along with Effortel to provide what’s claimed which is activated on its platform. a number of VAS provided by with the groundswell in mobile, to be Africa’s first fully integrated As well as being an MVNO itself, Equitel, including a branded mobile was driving the mobile banking banking system using a mobile network. Belgium-based Effortel is also an banking service that allows users phenomenon,” says Effortel CMO Equitel has a partnership with MVNE (enabler). It is responsible for to check balance updates, make Liudvikas Andriulis.” Equity Bank as part of a project that the day-to-day technical operations payments, and withdraw money He adds that the majority of aims to bring a more mobile and and administrative management of from ATMs using a PIN code sent people want more from the mobile truly integrated banking experience the Equitel-Equity service. directly to their phones via USSD. banking experience than simply the to East Africa. The MVNO claims The company says its platform “Equity Bank recognised that the wire transfer functionality offered by that 450,000 users have so far signed delivers core network capability, limited infrastructure of banking typical mobile wallet services. ‘Mobile as a service’ enables MTN Benin to expand MTN Benin will use managed able to provide mobile coverage in Ericsson says solar powered BSTs and satellite rural coverage (MRC) provided by transmission – as used in this Cambodian areas where it previously did not Ericsson to bring ‘mobile as a service’ deployment – creates a more viable exist,” says Stephen Blewett, CEO, to central and northern parts of the model for a rural network rollout. MTN Benin. “This connectivity allows country where connectivity was people in these areas to communicate previously unavailable. with family, friends and acquaintances This is the first MRC contract which they previously could not do. We Ericsson has signed. The company are also proud to see members of these claims MRC is a “cost-competitive” communities establishing themselves solution whereby operators provide as MTN Mobile Money agents.” mobile coverage for a set period MTN Benin has been an Ericsson according to SLAs and defined KPIs. associated with diesel generators. As a result, MTN Benin say it customer since 1999. The vendor is Under the terms of a five-year It adds that transmission will be was possible to create a business the sole supplier of core, packet core, contract with MTN Benin, Ericsson provided via satellite as an alternative model to provide mobile coverage radio, transmission and charging will provide access via its low-power to the high costs and civil works to parts of Benin where people have system nodes to the operator. BSTs running on solar energy to associated with building a microwave to survive on less than USD2 a day. Ericsson manages BSS platform for avoid the expense and emissions backhaul network in remote villages. “With Ericsson’s help, we are now MTN Group operations – News, p11.
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