As fixed wireless access (FWA) has been in the news a great deal of late, the special anniversary issue of Communications Africa has analysed the sector and provided a view of the relationship between licensed technologies (like 4G and 5G) and FWA – and what FWA could mean for Africa
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Meta unveils business coach tool on WhatsApp for African SMBs
Meta has launched Facebook Business Coach, an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners of small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya and other English speaking countries to learn more about how to grow their business online with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Artificial intelligence set to power ‘Bank of the Future’
Artificial intelligence will deliver personalised experiences and reshape the world of banking as we know it, according to a report from SaaS banking platform Mambu and Google Cloud
Ericsson launches time-critical communication for real-time 5G experiences
Ericsson is enabling Time-Critical Communication through its new Critical IoT product – easily deployable as a software upgrade on public and private 5G networks, in wide and local areas, on any 5G frequency band
Inmarsat suggests IoT to overtake cloud computing as primary Industry 4.0 technology
New research conducted by Inmarsat, a leader in global mobile satellite communications, has revearled that investment in the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake cloud computing, next generation security, big data analytics and other digital transformation technologies in the near future