Author: Jocelyn Fang

Qvantel acquires Optiva for $108.6 million which merging AI-powered BSS platforms to boost telecom innovation.

AFRINIC election disputes put African ISPs and startups at risk. Delays in IP allocation, weak trust, and unstable governance.

Nokia and Microscan strengthen India’s digital backbone with a 400G+ optical network upgrade, boosting resilience and lowering costs.

HKNOG 14.0, Hong Kong network operator conference, to be held 31 October 2025, showcasing networking trends and products.

AFRINIC’s election legitimacy raise concerns about transparency in internet governance, with implications for Africa and global trust.

Iridium selected Mavenir to build the cloud-native core network, aimed at enabling global NB-IoT for D2D connectivity over satellite.

The annulment of June’s lawful vote over one proxy dispute exposes inconsistencies in Mauritius’ judicial oversight.

Huawei reveals multiyear roadmap for Ascend AI chips, mass supernodes and in-house memory tech to rival Nvidia.

Analysis of election dispute resolution mechanisms in AFRINIC: June 2025 election result recognition seen as only path to restore trust.

Ericsson has secured a US$1.33 billion share of an eight-year billion 5G contract with VodafoneThree in the UK, alongside Nokia.

AddPay is transforming South Africa’s payment ecosystem with Android-based POS devices, cloud platforms and payment facilitator support.

ICANN has opened its Domain Metrica platform to ccTLD operators, offering access to DNS abuse data, phishing.