Afrique for Commerce Africa

Afrique for Commerce Africa

CAF 1 2016 - Cover_Layout 1 12/02/2016 08:29 Page 1 Issue 1 2016 Édition 1 2016 Africa Afrique www.communicationsafrica.com Bell Labs initiates debate on the transformation of economies and societies with The Future X Network Base Stations Reducing operational costs with UMTS Broadcasting How free-to-air satellite Fibre platform services work connections Technologies for commerce Des télécommunications d'urgence et la gestion des catastrophes Europe m15 - Kenya KSH300 - Nigeria N400 - South Africa R20 - UK £10 - USA $16.50 FEATURES: G Internet G Mobile G Infrastructure REGULAR REPORTS: G Bulletin - Agenda G Solutions S01 CAF 01 2016 - Start_Layout 1 12/02/2016 08:22 Page 2 S01 CAF 01 2016 - Start_Layout 1 12/02/2016 08:23 Page 3 Issue 1 2016 Édition 1 2016 Africa Afrique www.communicationsafrica.com CONTENTS Bulletin 4 Bell Labs initiates debate on the transformation of economies and societies with The Future X Network Events 8 Base Stations Agenda 9 Reducing operational costs with UMTS Broadcasting How free-to-air satellite Solutions 31 Fibre platform services work connections Technologies for commerce Des télécommunications d'urgence et la gestion des catastrophes Europe m15 - Kenya KSH300 - Nigeria N400 - South Africa R20 - UK £10 - USA $16.50 FEATURES: G Internet G Mobile G Infrastructure FEATURES REGULAR REPORTS: G Bulletin - Agenda G Solutions A note from the Editor Fibre 18 How terrestrial fibre connectivity is taking off on the back of subsea cable growth and new funding; managed services for part THIS ISSUE OF Communications of a high-quality corporate communications portfolio serving varied vertical sectors; and how to dramatically boost network Africa/Afrique offers insights into resilience with hardware-accelerated shared mesh protection terrestrial fibre connectivity, Base Station Management 22 managed services for corporate An overview of UMTS technologies, which connect the continent at relatively low energy usage and operational costs communications, and work towards increasing network resilience. It Test & Measurement 24 assesses, also, UMTS technologies, in The challenges faced by mobile network operators as they work to deliver improved coverage and capacity; and FLIR's thermal relation to operational costs. It imaging accessory adds functionality to smartphones and tablets, and offers new opportunities to iOS and Android app analyses the coverage and capacity developers challenges faced by operators. This Satellite Broadcasting 28 issue also addresses thermal imaging functionality for smartphones and A year of free-to-air platform services provision to markets dominated by terrestrial channels tablets, delivered by app developers. Read, too, of developments in satellite broadcasting, with respect to the provision of free-to-air platform services provision. Une note du rédacteur CETTE ÉDITION DE Communications Africa/Afrique compris des articles sur le TIC, l’équipment, et le film. Il y a un article sur le deuxième Forum mondial de l'UIT sur les télécommunications d'urgence, et le ARTICLES rôle des télécommunications d'urgence dans la gestion des TIC 17 catastrophes. Il y a un article sur la Le deuxième Forum mondial de l'UIT sur les télécommunications d'urgence, et le rôle des télécommunications d'urgence croissance des importations mondial dans la gestion des catastrophes de l'information et des Equipement 23 communications ralentit à bas depuis cinq ans. Il y a un article sur La croissance des importations mondial de l'information et des communications ralentit à bas depuis cinq ans l’’Institut français de Madagascar et Film 30 la préservation du patrimoine Cinémathèque Africain. L’Institut français poursuit son soutien à la préservation du patrimoine Cinémathèque Africain en collaboration avec la région Ile-de-France et L’Institut français de Madagascar Managing Editor: Andrew Croft - [email protected] Audit Bureau of Editorial and Design team: Bob Adams, Prashanth AP, Sindhuja Balaji, Hiriyti Bairu Circulations - Miriam Brtkova, Andrew Croft, Ranganath GS, Georgia Lewis, Rhonita Patnaik, Nicky Valsamaki Business Magazines Louise Waters and Ben Watts Production: Nikitha Jain, Nathanielle Kumar, Nelly Mendes, Donatella Moranelli and Sophia Pinto Email: [email protected] Head Office: Middle East Regional Office: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd Alain Charles Middle East FZ-LLC Publisher: Nick Fordham University House Office 215, Loft 2A Publishing Director: Pallavi Pandey 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place PO Box 502207 Magazine Sales Manager: Steve Thomas - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7834 7676, London SW1W 0EX, United Kingdom Dubai Media City, UAE Fax: +44 (0) 20 7973 0076, Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 20 7834 7676 Telephone: +971 4 448 9260 Fax: +44 20 7973 0076 Fax: +971 4 448 9261 Country Representative Telephone Fax Email China Ying Matthieson (86)10 8472 1899 (86) 10 8472 1900 [email protected] Subscriptions: [email protected] India Tanmay Mishra (91) 80 656 84483 (91) 80 67710791 [email protected] Chairman: Derek Fordham Nigeria Bola Olowo (234) 8034349299 [email protected] Printed by: Buxton Press Printed in: February 2016 UAE Graham Brown (971) 4 448 9260 (971) 4 448 9261 [email protected] Communications Africa/Afrique is a bi-monthly magazine USA Michael Tomashefsky (1) 203 226 2882 (1) 203 226 7447 [email protected] ISSN: 0962 3841 Serving the world of business www.communicationsafrica.com Communications Africa Issue 1 2016 3 S01 CAF 01 2016 - Start_Layout 1 12/02/2016 08:23 Page 4 BULLETIN Anritsu showcases latest test and measurement developments for a connected future AT MOBILE WORLD Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, Anritsu is demonstrating a range of key product and technologies in its test and measurement offering that support the latest 3GPP and IoT technology developments and network deployments; in particular, the company will be focusing on some of the emerging test and measurement issues within 5G, LTE-A Pro, Connected Home and M2M device testing. ACE stretches cable from Sao Tomé & Principe to Cape Town ORANGE, TOGETHER WITH the other members of the ACE consortium, have begun work on the second phase of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system, extending the cable system to 17,000km with potential or actual high-speed access available to 25 countres; today, nearly 12,000km of fibre optic cable are already used to connect 18 countries - France, Portugal, the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania, Anritsu addresses test and measurements of the new 5G air interface R&D Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São in a high availability solution that will serve all future customers in Tomé & Príncipe - with two landlocked countries, Mali and Niger, compliance to the standards of the International Civil Aviation connected via a terrestrial extension. Organization (ICAO). Huawei makes MWC a force for behind digital CTO celebrates 115 years of communications industry transformation across all industry sectors collaboration, support ad leadership GUIDED BY THE vision of Building a Better Connected World, Huawei is ACTIVITIES TO MARK the 115th anniversary of the Commonwealth committed to driving business and industry advancement through Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in 2016 include an anniversary technology innovation, fostering a robust industry ecosystem through launch ceremony attended by over 120 member country representatives, open collaboration, and helping global carriers and enterprise diplomats, industry executives and journalists; speaking of the customers achieve agile innovation, rapid transformation and business organisation’s role today, Secretary-General Sharma noted, “The CTO is success in the digital era; at MWC 2016, Huawei's senior executives and working closely with the Commonwealth Secretariat to advocate for ICT technology experts are sharing the company's vision and growth access for all, and helps governments and the private sector to utilise strategies for 2016, and unveiling new products in key technology areas telecommunications as means of connection and inclusion.” such as wireless, IoT, and a range of vertical industry solutions. The MMIX at MWC Study shows increasing security risks to payment REFLECTING THE EXPLODING demand for mobile content globally, The data and mobile payment methods MMIX at Moble World Congress encompasses a four-day programme WITH ACCEPTANCE OF mobile and other new forms of payments that includes the full-day MMIX Summit sponsored by MixRadio, and expected to double in the next two years, a global study shows a critical keynote and track sessions in the MWC conference; the MMIX Summit need for organisations to improve their payment data security practices; kicks off with a keynote from Scott Mirer, vice president, device partner this is according to a recent survey of more than 3,700 IT security ecosystem at Netflix and features sessions examining subjects such as practitioners from more than a dozen major industry sectors the future of film, TV and broadcast, as well as developments in digital independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of digital music, mobile games, social video and mobile media - with executive security specialist Gemalto. speakers from key connnectivity corporates including CNN, Getty Images, Google, Next Games, Rovio, Sony Mobile Communications, City of Cape Town works with ADVA FSP 3000 Telefónica-Movistar+,

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