Wholesale and Capacity

e& and Vodafone Group Plc have agreed to a strategic relationship that will bring certain aspects of the two operators’ businesses closer together across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

Telecom Egypt announces that Eng. Mohamed Nasr Eldin Mohamed Ali has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of the company to succeed Eng. Adel Hamed Ibrahim Gadallah. The board of directors (the “Board”) has accepted Eng. Adel Hamed’s request to be relieved of the position of Managing Director and CEO to assume a new role at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. However, Eng. Hamed will remain on Telecom Egypt’s board of directors as a non-executive member.

TELUS International, a leading digital customer experience innovator that designs, builds and delivers next-generation solutions, including artificial intelligence (AI) and content moderation, for global and disruptive brands, today announced it has established operations in South Africa and Morocco. TELUS International now operates in 32 countries located across five continents around the world.

Omantel has partnered with data center operator Wingu Group to establish a point of presence (PoP) in Djibouti. The company is thus beginning its expansion into the African market. Omantel will be able to forge new wholesale partnerships with telecom operators and hyperscalers, improve the use of connectivity between Oman and Africa, facilitate better business models and provide better support to customers with connectivity requests to and from Africa.

MTN GlobalConnect has successfully facilitated Group Vivendi Africa's acquisition of subsea capacity from the 2Africa subsea fiber cable. This cable system spans 45,000km and offers a capacity of 180 terabits per second (Tbps), providing much-needed additional international capacity for internet and other services to serve the African continent. This development will increase GVA's capacity and diversify its West African operations, in line with its growth plan for the region.

MTN GlobalConnect and BICS announced the renewal of their partnership to collaborate in international mobility and connectivity for Africa. This partnership will see the complementary strengths of both companies come together to accelerate the growth of mobile and digital services in Africa.

MTN GlobalConnect has achieved certification for MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Services, signifying our commitment to maintaining the highest industry standards for our digital connectivity solutions. With the ongoing evolution of network technology, this certification will help us drive network transformation and support the growth of the African digital economy.

Zambia has been working hard to achieve its ambitious aim of becoming the most advanced digital hub in Southern Africa, as it will offer a possibility to work collectively towards vital connectivity initiatives that will drive the expanding digital economy in Zambia.

At a time when both the public and private sectors are focusing on network and digital ICT tools for economic recovery, MTN National Wholesale is positioned as the leading "backbone" partner in the industry. As part of its Ambition 2025 strategy, with a specific focus on Network as a Service, MTN aims to become the primary digital network and service provider for the wholesale market in South Africa by 2025. MTN National Wholesale is expanding its range of innovative solutions to provide speedy and cost-effective enablement solutions to achieve this goal.

Telecom Egypt (TE), a leading network operator in Egypt announced that it is working with IBM to adopt intelligent automation technologies to implement an umbrella solution for all its operations support systems (OSS) on mobile, fixed and core networks.