Two recent deals in Sierra Leone and Malawi underline the continuing role of Chinese telecommunications in general, and tech giant Huawei in particular, in the ongoing digital development of the African market.
Recently, China Telecom Guangdong and Huawei have jointly built the first 400G all-optical premium transmission network in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area.
At MWC Barcelona 2025, Leon Wang, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, officially unveiled the AI WAN Solution during the product and solution launch event.
Global shipments of cellular IoT modules grew 16% year-on-year in Q1 2025, largely fuelled by strong demand in India, China, and Latin America, according to Counterpoint Research.