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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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What Can CIOs Learn From 5G Early Adaptors?

The Accidental Successful CIO

In the corporate world, CIOs need to understand that the point of 5G wireless service goes far beyond faster internet access. 5G Early Adopters In Europe, auto manufacturers plan to apply for licenses to operate private 5G networks within their facilities. What IS 5G? What are CIOs to do now?

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

GeekWire

Starlink, which is currently operating on a beta-trial basis, and Amazon’s yet-to-be launched Project Kuiper constellation both seek to make global broadband internet access available to billions of people who are currently underserved — as well as to specialized markets ranging from military communications to cloud computing.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

GeekWire

Project Kuiper is designed to provide affordable broadband internet access from above for tens of millions of people around the world who are underserved. “Our customers have to learn our system, how it’s going to operate,” Badyal explained. The rest would have to be launched by 2029.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

GeekWire

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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

GeekWire

which is part of the world’s third-largest mobile operator, have successfully bid more than $1 billion to acquire the bankrupt OneWeb satellite broadband internet venture. 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.

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The FCC’s high-profile bet on Elon Musk

Vox

The billionaire’s space internet project could connect millions of remote American homes. Derrin Carelli’s Reddit post couldn’t be a better advertisement for Starlink, the satellite internet service brought to you by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. High-speed, low-latency internet in the middle of nowhere. If it actually works.