The Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya's Board of Directors has appointed David Mugonyi as the new Director General, effective January 15, 2024. CA Board Chairperson Mary Mungai highlighted Mugonyi's extensive 23-year career in public service, media, and strategic communications, emphasizing his qualifications, including a Master's Degree in International Journalism and a Bachelor's Degree in Education.
The Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit is just three months away, and everyone in the industry is excited to see what this huge annual event will bring to the table.
ESCWA organized a workshop on building trust in digital government services in collaboration with the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Union (AICTU), the Internet Society and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The workshop took place over two days, on September 11 and 12, 2023. The opening session on the first day was attended by Rola Dashti, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA; Engineer Mohamed Ben Omar, the Director-General of the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization; and Dr. Najla El Riachi, the Minister of Administrative Development in Lebanon.
In its recent virtual panel entitled “Digital transformation driving the next phase of innovation”, Telecom Review discussed the shortage of digital kills as a big concern and what strategies are being implemented to meet this demand and to reach digital transformation goals.
Clickatell, the CPaaS innovator and chat commerce leader, revealed the results of its latest Chat Commerce Trends Report: Travel Edition, which uncovers new insights about how today’s consumers want to communicate and make purchases with hotels, airlines and rental car companies in mobile messaging conversations. The survey, which fielded responses from over 1,000 US participants, found 87% of consumers prefer to use mobile messaging to communicate with travel companies.
Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer of TELUS, discussed with Telecom Review about their new graduate program that enables future-proofing technology talent pools while nurturing the innovators of the future.
Sunsets are among the most pleasant things in our world – beams of light casting a mix of ever-changing colors across the sky as the sun slowly sinks below the horizon. They are the triumphant end to the day that heralds the approach of night and foreshadows the bright rays of the new day to follow.
The Gunnebo Group, a global provider of security solutions for public, commercial, industrial & high-risk sites, is announcing the accession of Jacob Touma to Vice-President Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Caucasus as of 1 July 2021. Jacob will be part of the leadership team and will be reporting to Stefan Syrén, president and CEO of The Gunnebo Group
The Telecom Review awards recognize industry leaders for their efficient and hard work throughout the year and are a special way for Telecom Review to help celebrate the winners’ success.
Regulating the spectrum is vital to the mobility and connectivity surging within today’s data-heavy and tech-savvy generation. Allocation of spectrum through licenses guarantees flexibility to regulators to secure the best usage of the spectrum in society, and enables operators to offer innovative services with predictable quality service.
