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SpeedChecker Releases Report on Africa’s Mobile

Network Champions

SpeedChecker, the mobile crowdsourcing company
released a new report on the performance of
mobile networks in the African continent during
2021. The Africa’s Mobile Network Champions
report is part of an ongoing commitment from
SpeedChecker to benchmark true user experience.
The SpeedChecker report has been compiled using
data from over 3 million speed test samples and
over 700 million coverage samples from over 50
countries between January 2021 and January
2022. The report identifies the best-performing
operators in each country in terms of both speed
and coverage. Each country is represented by
their best (champion) operator in each of the two
categories and the results are presented in league
tables. The results of this report make for some
interesting reading. For instance, there are only 4
countries that have champions in both coverage
and speed (Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa
and Tunisia). Read the report to identify which
operators are the champions for these countries.
It may not come as a surprise to find South Africa
second for speed but can you guess who beat
them to first place with average speeds of 23.57
Mb/s and where they stand in the coverage table?

Syniverse Enables Vodafone Oman’s 5G Mobile

Roaming Services

Syniverse announced it is working with Commerce for BCE solutions to monetize reconciliation of network usage between
Vodafone Oman to enable 5G roaming wholesale roaming traffic using the GSMA’s Vodafone Oman and its roaming partners.
services in the Sultanate of Oman. Billing and Charging Evolution (BCE) In August 2021, Syniverse announced
Vodafone is one of the world’s largest industry standard. Universal Commerce its plan to go public through a merger
telecommunications companies and has for BCE is an industry-leading blockchain agreement with M3-Brigade Acquisition II
partner operations with mobile networks based solution which enables new 5G Corp. (NYSE: MBAC). On January 10, 2022,
in 41 countries. Syniverse is a premier enabled monetization models such as Syniverse and MBAC announced that
global technology provider of mission- network slicing, and monetization of new MBAC’s special meeting of shareholders to
critical mobile platforms for carriers and 5G enabled use cases such as the internet approve the merger is scheduled to be held
enterprises. Vodafone Oman will benefit of Things (IoT). Universal Commerce on February 9, 2022. On January 7, 2022,
from Syniverse’s Clearing and Settlement for BCE also permits reports between MBAC commenced mailing of its definitive
solution to drive efficiencies by using a Vodafone Oman and mobile operators proxy statement to its shareholders of
robust set of cloud applications designed to be exchanged upon previously agreed record as of January 6, 2022. Upon closing
to automate and optimize all workflows bilateral agreements for use in support of the transaction, the renamed Syniverse
needed by Vodafone Oman to address its of wholesale invoicing and settlement. Technologies Corporation will be listed on
5G roaming business. Vodafone Oman By implementing these new methods for the New York Stock Exchange under the
will also benefit from Syniverse’s Roaming monetizing wholesale roaming, Syniverse ticker “SYNV.”
Fraud Protection and Syniverse’s Universal allows for more accurate and efficient

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