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Vodacom taps Starlink for mobile backhaul across Africa

by Harry Baldock | Nov 12, 2025

Today, African mobile operator Vodacom has announced a new deal with SpaceX’s Starlink, aiming to use the latter’s satellite constellation to improve connectivity in rural Africa.

Vodafone using drones to plug holes in damaged networks

by Harry Baldock | Feb 21, 2025

Using Taara’s wireless optical networking tech, two drones can connect to one another from up to 20km apart, allowing operators to bypass damaged network sections

Entel: Building an 800G optical backbone network to enable digital Chile

by Harry Baldock | Apr 9, 2024

We spoke with Luis Uribe, the CTO of Entel, to share his experience and insights on the latest optical transport technology and how is digitally transforming Chile in F5G (Fixed 5th Generation)-Advanced era

FCC updates spectrum rules to facilitate broadband access on ships and aircraft

by Harry Baldock | Jan 30, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission last week adopted updates to its rules for the 70 GHz, 80 GHz, and 90 GHz spectrum bands to facilitate broadband access on ships and aircrafts, in addition to backhaul service for 5G

Fibre will underpin our 5G future, says ITS Technology Group at Connected North

by Harry Baldock | Apr 27, 2023

Interview At this year’s Connected North conference in Manchester, we caught up with Mark Weller,...

Aitelecom/APCO Networks enhances 4G cellular backhaul and enterprise services across Mexico

by Total Telecom Staff | Mar 17, 2023

Aitelecom/APCO Networks partners with Astranis and ST Engineering iDirect to deliver highly competitive enterprise and backhaul services across Mexico.
Powerful MicroGEO satellites combined with groundbreaking Mx-DMA MRC waveform enable a new level of scale, agility and service experience