Telekom Egypt made a series of announcements at Mobile World Congress this week, covering two 5G partnerships, Africa’s first 1.2Tbps fiber connection, a 50G PON trial, and more.
Telekom Egypt and Huawei announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership for the deployment of 5G networks. Under this partnership, Huawei will provide the latest network solutions such as 5G wireless, 5G service-oriented core, and 5G-enabled transport network.
Huawei announced that it has collaborated with Telekom Egypt to open 5G sites in hotspot areas across Egypt.
Meanwhile, Telekom Egypt also announced that, in collaboration with Ericsson, it has successfully piloted 5G using the 2.6 GHz spectrum in several key locations in Egypt’s new administrative capital.
For this trial, Ericsson deployed a 5G non-standalone (NSA) solution using 4G/5G radios from Ericsson Radio Systems connected to Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Unified Data Management (UDM). did.
On the fiber network front, Telecom Egypt also said that in collaboration with Huawei, it has successfully completed trials of what it claims is Africa’s first 1.2Tbps single-channel DWDM connection.
The 1.2Tbps channel uses Huawei’s concentrated wavelength division optical fiber technology, which Huawei says increases the bandwidth of existing fiber networks.
According to Huawei, the 1.2Tbps coherent solution will be used in Telekom Egypt’s live network “soon” and will provide improved range, spectrum efficiency, latency, and system energy consumption to support the telco’s 5G It is said to support the network. This technology can also support applications such as metro, short-haul, and data center interconnect (DCI) on a single wavelength.
Telecom Egypt and Huawei also announced that they have completed what is being billed as Africa’s first 50G PON trial.
Test results demonstrated that the upload and download speeds of Huawei’s 50G PON prototype meet standard requirements. This test also verified the ability to manage 50G PON ONTs and support G/10G 50PON combo functionality.
The test also verified that the 50G PON is compatible with Telekom Egypt’s existing fiber optic network and works seamlessly with the Optical Distribution Network (ODN) on optical devices, paving the way for future developments. Ta. Huawei said the technology will enable Telekom Egypt’s broadband products to support UHD video, virtual and augmented reality, and industrial digitalization.
