Ericsson and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (EITC), announced on Monday that they have leveraged carrier aggregation to achieve a download speed of up to 16.7 Gbps on du’s 5G standalone (SA) network.
Telecom operator MTN Benin officially launched the country’s first commercial 5G network on Friday, with initial services available in select areas of the port city of Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi.
Algeria’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has officially announced the launch of 5G rollouts following the approval of 5G licences issued to Mobilis, Djezzy and Ooredoo.