2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (284+ words) Among headlines relating to ongoing device registration efforts across Africa is recent news that Cameroon's customs administration has ordered mobile network operators to block digital devices that have not been registered and cleared through the country's new electronic customs system....

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (331+ words) Developing Telecoms NEC XON partners Mimosa to strengthen African wireless portfolio NEC XON, a leading African integrator of ICT solutions and part of NEC, a Japanese global company, says it has reinforced its position in the African wireless connectivity market…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (175+ words) Togo and Poland have signed a EUR24 million (about US$27. 85 million) financing agreement to support the local development of next-generation drones. Backed by Cyber Defense Africa, a cybersecurity company established in 2019 through a public-private partnership between the Togolese government and European…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (198+ words) Kazakh telco Transtelecom JSC said on Wednesday it has kicked off a project with national postal operator Qaz Post to install satellite connectivity from LEO satellite operator Starlink in remote settlements in Kazakhstan. The project involves installing and configuring Starlink…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (252+ words) Nigeria's Kasi Cloud Datacenters said on Tuesday that it has flagged off its planned hyperscale, AI-ready, carrier-neutral data centre in Lagos that it's positioning as a sovereign alternative to global platforms. Kasi said the new LOS1 facility " which began construction in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (275+ words) The Mayor's Office of Bogota in Colombia and cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky have signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo U) to establish closer cooperation and enhance the city's cybersecurity ecosystem. The two organisations have agreed to promote joint initiatives…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (437+ words) Global operator'Sparkle and Bolivian state-owned telco Entel announced on Tuesday they have signed an Mo U to create a new coast-to-coast terrestrial fibre route across Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. The planned route will span 4, 370 km and establish a direct connection…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (255+ words) Developing Telecoms Everbridge to boost Estonia's public warning capabilities Critical event management company Everbridge has announced the next phase of Estonia's nationwide public warning modernisation initiative, adding end-to-end cell broadcast capabilities across government agencies and all three mobile network operators…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (216+ words) Plans by data centre company Equinix'to build two data centres in Cape Town South Africa are facing opposition over alleged lack of transparency relating to their potential effect on the environment. Opponents of the scheme have reportedly lodged a formal…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (213+ words) Philippine telco PLDT announced on Tuesday that three indigenous cultural communities (ICC) representing the Tagbanua in Palawan province have given the green light to a subsea cable project designed to boost the telco's network resiliency for the island. The Palawan Resiliency…...