Private 5G and Industrial IoT: From Connectivity to Competitive Advantage
Industrial players are accelerating investments in private 5G networks to enable secure, low-latency, and high-reliability IoT and edge AI use cases. High profile initiatives such as Aramco’s national industrial IoT network highlight a broader shift: enterprises are moving from reliance on public networks toward enterprise-controlled connectivity to support mission critical operations. At the same time, […]
Salience Consulting partners with AFRALTI to strengthen ICT and Digital Policy Capacity across Africa
Nairobi, Kenya / Dubai, UAE The African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) and Salience Consulting have signed a strategic Collaboration Framework Agreement to strengthen human and institutional capacity across Africa’s telecommunications, digital policy, and ICT sectors. The partnership combines AFRALTI’s leadership in ICT capacity development with Salience Consulting’s expertise in telecommunication regulation, digital transformation, spectrum […]
Africa’s power grid is already a fibre network. We just haven’t unlocked it yet.
I have spent much of the last decade staring at maps of Africa’s infrastructure. Power maps. Fibre maps. Road maps. And I keep noticing the same thing. The high-voltage transmission towers run along the same corridors a telecoms engineer would choose. The distribution poles reach the same villages where ISPs would string their last-mile cables […]
Why telecom’s future isn’t about connectivity?
Opening Vision: The Sentient City Connectivity will no longer be something you buy or even use. It will be something that breathes. You’ll step into a park, and the environment will already understand your context, not your identity, but your intent. A bench warms as you approach, anticipating your arrival through a quiet exchange between […]
Fortifying the network edge: Why CPE security is now a strategic imperative for telcos?
Executive Summary: For telecommunications providers, security has perpetually been a foundational pillar. However, the industry’s relentless evolution towards all-IP networks and the subsequent “softwarization” of platforms—manifested in virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) and containerized applications—has exponentially elevated its criticality. This transformation extends the threat landscape far beyond the core network, placing unprecedented focus on the most […]
Europe’s Digital Regulation in 2026: From Expansion to Agile Consolidation
Will 2026’s regulatory rethink unlock €1 trillion in European growth or leave innovators sidelined? Europe stands at a crossroads, pivoting from regulatory sprawl to sharp-edged efficiency. The Digital Omnibus, unveiled in late 2025, ushers in simplification, interoperability, and unrelenting competitiveness—recalibrating the AI Act, NIS2, and data frameworks to ignite innovation, not smother it. Three pillars […]
The Rise of the TechCo: Redefining Digital Infrastructure in the MEA Region
The Pivot Point: Transition from Access to Architecture Over the past decade, the focus on digital development in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) has been singular: access. The main measure of success was the penetration rate — how many SIM cards were active, how many homes were passed by fiber, and how many citizens […]
Telecom’s biggest problem in 2026 isn’t tech, it’s people
Every telco project will face the same issue in 2026. Everywhere you look, telecom projects are growing, 5G, Open RAN, fibre rollout, AI integration, edge cloud… yet, finding good people to actually deliver them? That’s becoming the real bottleneck. I’ve had multiple conversations with project leads this quarter who all say the same thing: “We’ve […]
Ivan Skenderoski on Global Subsea Investments, Technology Shifts & Connectivity Hubs
Our Managing Partner, Ivan Skenderoski, participated in a video interview at Submarine Networks World 2025, where he discussed how business models, technology, and global connectivity are evolving in this new era of subsea connectivity. The official interview is now live! Please take a moment to like, comment, and share to help boost its visibility. Link […]
What Brazil’s New Digital Industrial Policy Means for Latin America?
Last month, Brazil pulled off a master move on Latin America’s digital chessboard with ReData. With its new Special Taxation Regime (ReData), it’s not just offering tax incentives for data centers; it’s implementing the most sophisticated digital industrial policy in the region. The key question isn’t whether Brazil will win. The real question is whether […]