Hytera Communications, a provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS), the country’s pioneering quad-play telecommunications operator at MWC.

This strategic cooperation aims to drive digital transformation across Seychelles’ enterprises and government sectors. The MoU establishes a framework to advance Seychelles’ digital transformation through a series of key initiatives. A major focus of the collaboration is the joint development of a resilient Seychelles emergency communications redundant network, designed to ensure uninterrupted communications during critical scenarios such as natural disasters.

Additionally, the partnership will deliver tailored communication solutions for key sectors, including public safety, energy, transportation and tourism. Hytera will provide push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) devices, mission-critical services (MCX) core networks, and cloud-based platforms, seamlessly integrating with CWS’s existing 4G/5G public networks while supporting the future expansion of private networks.

The MoU was signed by Mr Naadir Hassan, Chief Executive Officer at CWS, Mr Oliver Fock-Tave, Associate Director Products & Services and Information Systems at CWS, and Mr Tony Wang, Business Development Director of Hytera, at MWC 2025 in Barcelona, where Hytera showcased its mission-critical portfolio across multiple protocols such as 4G/5G, MCX, and PoC, as well as body-worn camera (BWC) and digital evidence management (DEM).

Naadir Hassan remarked at the MoU signing ceremony: “As a trailblazer in Seychelles’ telecommunications sector, we are dedicated to introducing the world’s leading technologies to our nation. Our cooperation with Hytera will not only enhance our service offerings, but also strengthen digital infrastructure, unlocking new opportunities for local businesses and communities in the Seychelles.”

Tony Wang added: “At Hytera, we bring over 30 years of experience in delivering innovative professional and private communication solutions that support seamless connectivity and enhance operational efficiency. We are confident that this partnership will help Cable & Wireless Seychelles advance its digital transformation goals while ensuring a resilient and future-ready communication infrastructure. We look forward to contributing to the growth and success of Seychelles’ digital economy.”

With MWC underway over in Barcelona, there is lots of partnership news out there as well as plenty of vendor announcements: … [visit site to read more]

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Turkcell, Türkiye’s leading telecommunications and technology company, has been deploying Europe’s largest Super C+L ASON (Automatic Switched Optical Network) mesh metro and backbone network, in collaboration with global technology leader Huawei. This cutting-edge infrastructure sets a new benchmark in the evolution of high-capacity, flexible, and reliable optical networks. 

This state-of-the-art network provides bandwidth capacity of up to 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps, potentially even up to 2.4 Tbps per wavelength. Moreover, thanks to Super C+L technology, the spectrum increases by 2.5 times compared to traditional solutions. This technological leap will boost the total capacity carried over a single fiber by 5 times compared to conventional methods. As a result, this network deployment marks a pivotal advancement in meeting the demands of the 5G Advanced and F5.5G era. 

Leveraging ASON technology, the Super C+L mesh network allows for automated, intelligent network management, streamlining operations and maximizing uptime. This deployment solidifies Turkcell’s position as a leader in technological innovation, offering a robust foundation for next-generation mobile and broadband services. Prepared for the demands of the F5.5G era and beyond, Turkcell is set to lead the way in delivering future technologies. 

Prof. Dr. Vehbi Çağrı Güngör, Chief Technology Officer of Turkcell, says: “Turkcell is at the forefront of building the next generation of telecom infrastructure. Our commitment to innovation and technological leadership ensures that we are not only meeting the demands of today but also preparing for the future. This advanced network is designed to deliver the high-performance, flexible, and reliable connectivity required to support the digital transformation across industries.” 

Gavin Gu, President of Huawei’s Optical Transmission Domain, said, “Huawei is proud to collaborate in deploying one of Europe’s most advanced optical networks. This 400/800G Super C+L ASON mesh network is a key enabler of the next phase of connectivity, empowering businesses and consumers with seamless, high-performance services. By embracing new technology, we are ensuring that this infrastructure will support the future needs of the digital world.” 

ABOUT TURKCELL: 

Turkcell is a technology and telecommunications company headquartered in Türkiye, offering a unique portfolio of voice, data and IPTV services over its mobile and fixed networks along with digital consumer, enterprise and techfin services. Turkcell Group operates in three countries: Türkiye, Belarus and Northern Cyprus. Listed on both the NYSE and BIST since July 2000, Turkcell remains the only dual-listed company on these exchanges.

Read more at http://www.turkcell.com.tr 

Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced at MWC25 that Kenyan operator Safaricom has deployed Red Hat OpenShift as a common cloud platform for applications, including the M-Pesa mobile payment system.

Safaricom has more than 45 million subscribers and the widest modern mobile network coverage in Kenya. It runs sensitive applications with high uptime and stability requirements. This includes third party applications that connect to the renowned M-Pesa core platform, a mobile payment system that supports 51 million customers making over US$314 billion in transactions per year across Africa.

Safaricom’s vision is to be Africa’s leading purpose-led technology company by 2025. To fulfil this vision, Safaricom identified the need to move from monolithic, traditional infrastructures to a cloud-native, container and microservices-based architecture that provides a flexible, stable foundation to grow and support its digital requirements.

Building on its use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a stable, reliable and flexible Linux platform and Red Hat Satellite for infrastructure management, Safaricom sought an open source solution for containerisation. Initially, Safaricom deployed upstream Kubernetes but faced stability challenges and a lag in resolving bugs quickly enough to meet its business needs. Safaricom then chose to move to Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, which provides production-ready maturity and carrier-grade stability along with enterprise-grade support.

Safaricom collaborated with Copy Cat Group, an experienced systems integrator, as well as the Red Hat team to deploy the platform and develop a roadmap for application modernisation. This included aligning processes across Safaricom’s security, application development and platform teams.

The companies ran joint technical workshops and a developer day to get the teams upskilled on DevOps and agile methodologies.

Safaricom in 2024 then expanded to Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus to harness Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for additional cybersecurity capabilities, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes for holistic orchestration of its workloads at scale and Red Hat Quay, a security-focused and scalable private registry platform for managing content across globally distributed data center and cloud environments.

Red Hat OpenShift is now the core Kubernetes-based platform in Safaricom’s IT environment, running all of its containers and supporting approximately 70% of its tier 1 and tier 2 applications. It is moving much of its estate to Red Hat OpenShift on bare-metal for greater control, increased economic efficiencies and more flexible scale-out capabilities. Benefits that Safaricom has seen include customer experience improvements, greater platform stability, faster time-to-market, expanded automation capabilities, increased scalability and additional security.

Looking ahead, Safaricom is assessing the opportunity to expand these benefits into the network space, such as its 5G core, by expanding its Red Hat OpenShift footprint. The team is working on a proof-of-concept to kick off and define the process before scaling up to onboard the full team and applications.

The communications and media space has been quite a dynamic environment over the past few years as companies balance both internal and external transformations.  But the arrival of AI is just accelerating everything.  Professional services companies, like Accenture, are right in the middle of all of it with both a ringside seat and a hand in the changes themselves.  With us today to talk about the state of the sector and look at where things tend to be going is Dan Rice, Accenture’s Communications and Media Lead for the USA. … [visit site to read more]