30 results
- 9 May 2016
World Telecom Labs Surveys Beams Light On Nigeria, Other USPFs
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Monday launched an online survey to identify voice and/or data deployments in Africa that have been financed by Universal Service (provision) Funds (USPF) - and to…
- 17 May 2017
World Telecom Labs Adds VoIP App to Wholesale Rural Voice, Data System
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has announced a new voice component for Vivada Wholesale (Village Voice and Data), its multi-award winning system for building wholesale networks in rural Africa. Vivada…
- 30 Sept 2014
ITU Telecom World 2014 Holds in Doha in December
ITU Telecom World 2014 which holds in Doha, Qatar, from December 7-10 will begin with an exclusive one-day Leadership Summit on the Future for leaders from governments, regulatory bodies and across…
- 10 Dec 2014
Telecom World 2014 Highlights Innovations, Technologies to Shape Future of ICTs
ITU Telecom World 2014 closed its doors yesterday following four busy days of high-level debate, networking, knowledge sharing and showcasing. A dynamic and truly diverse line-up of participants from…
- 2 Feb 2019
WTL Tasks NCC on Use of Excess Spectrum for Rural Coverage
World Telecom Labs (WTL), a global telecommunication equipment vendor has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enforce the use of excess spectrum by telecom networks in rural areas…
- 29 Jul 2015
Rural Telephony, Internet Connectivity Now Critical in Nigeria- Smith
Leigh Smith is the managing director of World Telecoms Lab (WTL). Smith, an Australian with Economics degree has been based in Belgium for over 30 years and has held international positions. These…
- 29 May 2016
Study Credits USF Relevance for Remote Areas Connectivity
The issue of provision of voice and data services to remote and unconnected regions remains a pressing topic, according to World Telecom Labs in a report released at the weekend. According to…
- 4 Oct 2016
WTL Bags Capacity Africa Wholesale Award for Its Rural Telephony System
World Telecom Labs (WTL), at the inaugural Capacity Africa awards, picked up another accolade for its Vivada (Village Voice and Data) system. Capacity Africa awards celebrate excellence and…
- 16 Sept 2014
Interconnect, Others’ Switch Over 1Bn Minutes Traffic-WTL
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Tuesday, announced that close to one point four billion (one thousand million) minutes have passed through its specialist 2nd generation VoIP switches deployed by five of…
- 13 Jun 2016
WTL, ICN Win ‘Connecting W/Africa Award’ for VoIP Network
World Telecom Labs (WTL) and its customer Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria won in the Connecting West Africa category at the inaugural West Africa Com awards which took place in Dakar, Senegal on…
- 15 Apr 2017
SMSaaS Has Strong Future with Telcos As ‘Gatekeepers’- Pearson
Short Messaging System (SMS) remains a key tool for reaching everyone with unmatched service guarantees and has a strong future, according to researchers at the World Telecoms Lab (WTL) Although, the…
- 27 Apr 2016
WTL Shows Disruptive Solution to Connect More Unconnected Areas
World Telecom Lab (WTL) in a whitepaper released on Wednesday demonstrated how a disruptive solution can pave the way to connecting more of the unconnected. WTL re-emphasized that a key goal for both…
- 15 Dec 2015
WTL White Paper Shows How to Profitably Connect Rural Areas
World Telecom Labs, a Belgium-based company which has long been a leader in the provision of VoIP switches, Pre-Paid applications, and signalling gateways for emerging carriers and telecom service…
- 18 Sept 2013
Interconnect Exchange Carriers Switch to WTL
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Tuesday announced that its specialist high capacity voice switching equipment will be deployed by five of Nigeria’s interconnecting exchange carriers. Licensed by the…
- 10 Jul 2016
WTL Says Collabo, Innovation Critical for Rural Voice & Data Service
World Telecom Labs has continued discussion of the results of the recent survey regarding rural connectivity, this time, highlighting collaboration and partnership can be critical to the success of…
- 23 Aug 2017
WTL Chosen for New OTT, VoIP Voice Service in Cameroon
Cameroonians will soon have a new voice service offering inexpensive and high quality international calls and texts, thanks to pioneering work undertaken by World Telecom Labs (WTL) on behalf of…
- 17 Jun 2016
WTL Releases Findings of 2016’s Survey on African USFs
World Telecom Labs (WTL) today unveiled the findings of its recent survey about the management and rollout of voice and/or data deployments in Africa that have been financed by Universal Service…
- 17 Jun 2015
Interconnect Transform Voice Traffic with WTL’s 2nd Generation VoIP Switches
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Tuesday announced that Interconnect Nigeria (ICN), one of Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers, is now using its award-winning 2nd generation VoIP switches to transfer…
- 21 Sept 2015
WTL Gives Update on Nigeria’s VoIP Market
At this year’s NigeriaCom World Telecom Labs (WTL) update attendees on the rollout of VoIP in Nigeria. WTL has a long and successful relationship with Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers which…
- 15 Nov 2017
WTL’s Survey Receives 94% Support for Network Sharing
By peter oluka A survey carried out by World Telecom Labs (WTL) about rural telephony in Africa has supported network sharing as critical for achieving rural telephony. Conducted every year, WTL’s…
- 20 Sept 2018
WTL's VoIP Switch Investment Pays Off in Nigeria
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has announced that more than six billion calls lasting around ten billion (ten thousand million) minutes have now passed through its specialist VoIP switches deployed by five…
- 6 May 2017
WTL Calls for Infrastructure Sharing in Rural Africa
At the Innovation Africa Digital Summit held in Uganda recently, World Telecom Labs (WTL) called on regulators to use USF money to build wholesale networks in rural Africa – and to reallocate unused…
- 12 Nov 2013
WTL Provides Missing Link for Nigeria’s MNP Initiative
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Monday announced that it has developed Text-To-Change, a vital component of Nigeria’s Mobile Number Portability (MNP) programme. Text-to-Change shows operators worldwide…
- 13 Nov 2015
AMOTEL Appoints WTL as First Supplier for GSM, Data Networks
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has been appointed by AMOTEL to bring voice and data to remote rural villages close to Lake Tanganyika in Katavi Region. Later to take the services to other villages in…
- 6 Dec 2016
WTL Mulls Webinar on ‘How to Profitably Connect the Unconnected’
World Telecoms Lab (WTL) will on Thursday, 8th December at 14:00 - 14:45 GMT hold a Webinar, a seminar conducted over the Internet, on how to profitably connect the unconnected. According to an email…
- 8 Aug 2015
WTL Releases Whitepaper on Satellite Voice Communications
As the rise of the mobile phone continues, and demand for data-based services accelerates exponentially, it is easy to forget that voice still has a vital role to play in the communications mix, said…
- 21 Nov 2022
NCC, WTL, IMBIL, Others to Headline TSSF’s Conference on Mobile Virtual Network Operations in Nigeria
As the second edition of the Telecoms Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) gathers momentum, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Wireless Technology Labs, IMBIL Telecom among many others are…
- 18 Jan 2017
WTL Says VoLTE Will Improve Voice Traffic Growth
Despite the increasing takeover of calling and Short Message Service by over-the-top players, or apps, such as WhatsApp and Skype eating deep into voice revenue of telecommunications companies in…
- 21 Aug 2017
Firm Uncovers How Attackers Compromise Companies' Software
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a backdoor planted in a server management software product used by hundreds of large businesses around the world. When activated, the backdoor allows attackers…
- 19 Dec 2012
2012: Alcatel-Lucent Reels Success Story, Activities
Alcatel-Lucent has a very strong presence in Africa, connected to its global organization, leveraging central support and ensuring best practices, the company has dedicated teams with local knowledge…