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February – March 2018

News review

• Quika plans to launch world’s first free satellite internet service
• Unique ‘power and coverage as a service’ in Rwanda
• World’s first CloudAIR trial is completed on live network in Egypt
• Ericsson to deploy next-generation NOC for Safaricom
• SatADSL connects radios and tourists
• Connectivity “revolutionised” for mining industry in DRC
• Orange teams with OpenClassroom and CNED to boost digital skills
• Marlink tracking service to help protect racers
• Omantel and DE-CIX partner for global peering
• Forensic lab to fight digital piracy in Egypt

Wireless business

• Qualcomm rejection of Broadcom’s proposal leads to bitter dispute.

Wireless solutions

• World’s first dual-band beamforming base station.

Features

• VAS - RAHIEL NASIR wonders if there’s life beyond mobile money for MNOs launching VAS as they struggle with flatlining ARPUs.
• IoT - RF-based components are positioned to be an integral part of the infrastructure of the Internet of Things, as AMPHENOL RF explains.
• Industry view - MATT HALLIGAN says operators are building out infrastructure based on an incomplete picture of mobile data trends.

World news

• MTN and Ericsson trial 5G in Africa
• Viasat launches ‘fastest’ satellite internet service
• Peruvian villages go online for first time
• Researchers simulate living conditions of Mars
• Vodafone introduces 4G mini mobile mast

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