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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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How opportunities are unfolding for telcos in the healthcare space

TM Forum

During the initial 5G hype we heard many examples of the potential opportunity for telecommunications providers in the healthcare space. Telecommunications operators are in a prime position to step up into this space. However, they do not have exclusivity here. Application Solution. global digital health market size. from 2022 to 2030.

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Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

GeekWire

Under the terms of the Federal Communications Commission’s license, half of that total would have to be deployed by mid-2026. Those organizations include telecommunications companies ( Verizon, Vodafone and Vodacom , NTT and Sky Perfect JSAT ) as well as NASA , DARPA and the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

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Ambassadors from Norway and Finland forge ties in Seattle, offer glimmer of hope on cybersecurity

GeekWire

The ambassadors also appeared together Monday at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, the city’s traditional Scandinavian enclave, fielding questions on environmental issues, economic development, and political relations between the United States and their countries. Watch the full video above.

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Building a digital content platform for Botswana's creative ambitions

TM Forum

Fully owned by Botswana’s government, BoFiNet provides wholesale national and international telecommunications infrastructure to local ISPs, and is rolling out a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. At the time of. ” image. . ” Investing in content creation. That said, Dintwa does not expect to take on global content giants.

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO Business Intelligence

Here, we actually get a licensed frequency we don’t have to share with anyone, so there’s no interference,” he says. Independence through private 5G Because of this licensed frequency, network slicing offers from mobile operators were out of the question. So we’re not dependent on a carrier and their update plans.”

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British-Indian team puts in a winning $1B bid for OneWeb satellite broadband venture

GeekWire

At one point, Amazon was rumored to be interested in bidding on OneWeb’s assets , including its spectrum licenses, but nothing came of those rumors. Speculation over who would win out in the bidding battle touched on geopolitical rivalries as well as the realities of the telecommunications industry.