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Smartphone shipments in Africa saw growth of 7.6% to a total of 19.6 million units in Q2, snapping seven quarters of continuous year-on-year decline.

Leading the growth was South Africa and Egypt with strong performances in the quarter.

IDC research analyst Taher Abdel-Hameed noted recovery in Egypt was due to the government easing on mobile phone imports.

« The Egyptian government is encouraging local production through various incentives, and this has led to the launch of five mobile phone factories in the country,” said Abdel-Hameed.

More brands are planning to start local manufacturing in the short term, and the initiatives aided in spurring recovery and accelerating momentum in Egypt.

Meanwhile, growth in South Africa was due to an increase in shipments of entry-level devices from Samsung and other local brands to meet the demand for affordable devices from budget-constrained consumers.

Nigeria is also among one of the largest markets in Africa but saw a decline despite seeing growth in Q1, which IDC attributed to a sluggish economy, high inflation rates, and poor exchange rates.

Transsion which owns the Tecno, Itel and Infinix brands, accounted for the largest share of smartphone shipments in Africa in Q2. Africa is the Chinese manufacturer’s highest contribution region pushing its entry into the top five largest shipping vendors for the first time. Samsung was the second-highest shipping vendor in Africa, followed by Xiaomi.

« Looking ahead, the African smartphone market is expected to recover further in 2024; however, it is worth noting that shipments will still not surpass the level of strong performance seen in 2021, » said IDC senior research manager Ramazan Yavuz.  

« The hardships and challenges posed by the global economic outlook continue to affect the region, preventing a faster recovery. In the long term, an influx of affordable models across all brands and faster turnover from feature phones to smartphones will drive growth in the market. »

Yesterday Google unveiled yet another subsea cable project. The new cable will be named Nuvem, which is apparently Portuguese for ‘cloud’, and will connect Portugal with South Carolina. Along the way it will stop in Bermuda, which has not gotten a whole lot of subsea fiber love over the years. … [visit site to read more]

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The European data center market has had an interesting few years, buffeted by geopolitical changes in the energy markets and driven by ever-expanding demand from new technologies.  With us today to talk about it all isn the CEO of maincubes, Oliver Menzel.  From his perch in Frankfurt, Germany, home to one of the largest data center concentrations in the world, he has a unique viewpoint on the market, the drivers of demand, and the future direction of European data centers.  … [visit site to read more]

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The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), an advanced communications standard meant to replace the currently used GSM-R system, may soon be on its way to Poland.

Transportation solutions company Alstom, telecoms giant Ericsson, NetWorkS!, the largest provider of radio access network solutions in Poland, and the Polish Railway Institute, which conducts scientific and R&D activities for railway transport, have signed a letter of intent regarding the implementation and testing of FRMCS in Poland.

The main goal of FRMCS is to increase the capacity of existing railway networks and optimise their costs of operation. It has been designed by the International Union of Railways, in cooperation with key representatives of the railway sector, and, it is claimed, represents an important step towards the full digitalisation of rail transport.

As part of the newly announced cooperation, the signatories of the letter of intent will engage in joint research and development projects, verify requirements and solutions in actual railway conditions, and create and develop training models and certifications for the FRMCS system.

Specifically, Alstom will provide a modern control subsystem for vehicles; Ericsson will provide a radio telecommunications network for the FRMCS pilot implementation; and NetWorkS! will provide competences in telecommunications solutions for the railway sector, as well as the construction and maintenance of the FRMCS test network. The Polish Railway Institute will provide the necessary research infrastructure where the FRMCS system will be tested.

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