The well-respected and influential African telecom news site Connecting Africa recently wrote an interesting piece following an interview with Akinwale Goodluck, head of the GSMA’s operations in Africa, during which he said many things that we at Telecom26 thoroughly agree with:

Europe’s cargo ports are booming, but as the volume of freight increases and demands for IoT tracking grows so too do calls for digital transformation that will create the next-generation of ‘smart ports’. Find out what’s happening – and how we’re driving developments.

It’s actually quite difficult to find out how many MNOs there are in the world. The GSMA says that its members include more than 750 operators but this includes fixed and satellite operators.

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to connecting thousands of ‘things’ to the Internet – the so-called ‘Massive IoT’ – during maritime transportation is that of connectivity. Current 4G standards and other connectivity technologies simply cannot handle the sheer number of items in a relatively confined space.

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