Ethio Telecom is back in the news – this time via plans to launch a smart city project in Bahir Dar, capital city of the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia, following the deployment of commercial 5G services.
GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway) specifications were released two decades ago. These have been successfully used around the world, but can no longer support the bandwidth, latency, and connectivity required by railways as they go digital.
Kenyan operator Safaricom's M-Pesa mobile money service has teamed up with Kenyan start-up tappi to digitise 650,000 business users in the country.
Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said on Tuesday it has teamed with Mastercard to integrate its in-vehicle payments solution with Indosat’s AI-powered fleet management system NEXTFleet.
Malaysian operator Maxis says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) to collaborate on driving adoption of 5G in the domestic retail sector.
